What is Bernard Pons?
[[File:7.7.69. Mme et M. Pompidou. Messe, mairie et bain de foule à Cajarc (Lot) (1969) - 53Fi5586 (Bernard Pons).jpg|right|200px]] '''Bernard Pons''' (18 July 1926 – 27 April 2022) was a French politician and medical doctor. He was a member of the [[Union of Democrats for the Republic]] from 1971 to 1976 and a member of the [[Rally for the Republic]] party after. He was the [[Minister of Transport (France)|Minister for Transport]] from 1995 until 1997.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gildea|first=Robert|title=France Since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywJoAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-219246-2}}</ref> He was an advisor for the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] until 2008 after his retirement from active politics in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whoswho.fr/biographie-PONS-Bernard_129676.html |title=BERNARD PONS – Biographies – WHO'S WHO in FRANCE |publisher=Whoswho.fr |accessdate=26 July 2010}}</ref> Pons was also a member of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] from 1997 until 2002. Pons was born in [[Béziers]], [[France]]. Pons died on 27 April 2022 in [[Aigues-Mortes]], France at the age of 95.<ref>[https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/bernard-pons-ancien-ministre-et-secretaire-general-du-rpr-est-mort-20220427 Bernard Pons, ancien ministre et secrétaire général du RPR, est mort] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pons, Bernard}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Occitanie]] [[Category:French physicians]] [[Category:People from Béziers]] {{bio-stub}}