What is Alain Bertrand?
[[File:Alain Bertrand.jpg|thumb|200px|Bertrand in 2008]] '''Alain Bertrand''' (23 February 1951 – 3 March 2020) was a [[French people|French]] politician. He was born in [[Saint-Juéry, Tarn]]. He was a member of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] before switching to [[LREM]].<ref name=Franceinfo>{{Cite news|url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2020/03/04/mende-alain-bertrand-laisse-la-lozere-orpheline,8773405.php|title=Lozère : Alain Bertrand, l'ancien maire de Mende est décédé à 69 ans|publisher=France Info|author=Dubault, Fabrice|date=3 March 2020|access-date=5 March 2020|lang=fr}}</ref> At the time of his death, Bertrand had served as the [[Senate (France)|Senate]]'s representative of the [[Lozère]] department since 2012. He was mayor of [[Mende, Lozère]] from 2008 to 2016. He also served as the vice-president of the [[Regional council (France)|regional council]] of [[Languedoc-Roussillon]] from 2004 to 2011.<ref name=Figaro>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/deces-du-senateur-ps-de-lozere-et-ancien-maire-de-mende-alain-bertrand-20200303|title=Décès du sénateur PS de Lozère et ancien maire de Mende Alain Bertrand|work=Le Figaro|date=3 March 2020|access-date=5 March 2020|lang=fr|publisher=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref> On 3 March 2020, Bertrand died in Mende of an unknown illness. He was 69.<ref name=Franceinfo/><ref name=Figaro/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2020/03/04/mende-alain-bertrand-laisse-la-lozere-orpheline,8773405.php|title=Mende : Alain Bertrand laisse la Lozère orpheline|work=Midi Libre|date=4 March 2020|access-date=5 March 2020|lang=fr}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *[https://www.senat.fr/senateur/bertrand_alain11081p.html Alain Bertrand profile] {{authority control}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertrand, Alain}} [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:People from Lozère]] [[Category:French mayors]] [[Category:People from Tarn]] [[Category:Socialist Party (France) politicians]] [[Category:Politician