Marie-Louise Fort, mayor (Les Républicains) of Sens for nearly 15 years, died on the night of Friday September 23 to Saturday September 24.
It is an emblematic figure of the right in Yonne who died. Marie-Louise Fort, LR mayor of Sens, died at the age of 71 on the night of September 23 to 24. The cause of his disappearance is still unknown, but the city councilor was taken to the emergency room during the night, AFP learned from his services.
“It is with infinite sadness that the City Council and the Agglomeration Council of Grand Sénonais learned this morning of the sudden death of Marie-Louise Fort“, write the elected officials in a press release. “The first thoughts of elected officials and collaborators go to her husband, her children, her grandchildren, her loved ones.“
Our community is losing a committed, honest, dedicated woman of courage, deeply attached to her territory, close to its inhabitants to whom she has devoted most of her life.
The city council of Sens
As a reminder, Marie-Louise Fort was first elected mayor of Sens in March 2001. A position she held until her defeat in the second round of municipal elections in 2008 against Daniel Paris, candidate of the Radical Left Party. At the same time, she invested the National Assembly where she will represent the third constituency of Yonne for ten years. Finally, she reinvests the town hall of Sens in 2014, and will not leave it.
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