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François d'Harcourt, 12th Duke of Harcourt | |
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| Member of theFrench National Assembly forCalvados's 4th constituency andCalvados's 5th constituency | |
| In office 2 April 1973 – 21 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond Triboulet |
| Succeeded by | Laurence Dumont |
| General Councillor ofCalvados | |
| In office 1967–1994 | |
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| Born | 10 December 1928 |
| Died | 5 November 2020(2020-11-05) (aged 91) Annecy, France |
| Political party | UDF |
François d'Harcourt (10 December 1928 – 5 November 2020), 12th Duke of Harcourt, was a French politician.[1]
He was the son of François-Charles d'Harcourt, 11th Duke of Harcourt, andAntoinette Gérard, a French resistant. From 1954 to 1955, François served as Chief of Cabinet of theMinistry of Armed Forces. Also a journalist, he was an editor forJours de France from 1956 to 1958. He was a major reporter abroad inAfrica in 1960 andAsia in 1962.
D'Harcourt was elected General Councillor of theCanton of Balleroy, serving from 1955 to 1958 and again from 1967 to 1994. He was elected to theNational Assembly forCalvados's 4th constituency on 11 March 1973. He was reelected continuously until 1986. He was a member of theUnion for French Democracy and was part of theCentrist Union of Democrats for Progress. On 17 January 1975, he voted to decriminalize abortion under the "Veil Law".[2] In 1988, he was elected to serve forCalvados's 5th constituency, where he remained until 1997.
After his father's death in 1997, d'Harcourt became the head of theHouse of Harcourt. He was married to Isabelle Roubeau. He died inAnnecy, on 5 November 2020, at the age of 91.
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