Serge Vinçon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Serge Vinçon

French politician

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1949

Place of Birth: Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 16-Dec-2007

Profession: politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Serge Vinçon (17 June 1949 – 16 December 2007), was a French politician of the UMP party.
Born in Bourges, Cher, he was a college professor before a politician.
He was elected senator of Cher on 24 September 1989 and re-elected on 27 September 1998.
He was chairman of the Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death and also held the position of mayor of Saint-Amand-Montrond from 1983 until his death.
His most notable position was the Vice-President of the Senate. Vinçon died of cancer on 16 December 2007 at the hospital of Val de Grâce in Paris.
Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute to him in a statement, referring to a "man of letters" and "a brilliant observer of the geopolitical developments of our time" who "will be remembered as a senator who embodies all the qualities of dialogue and compromise that House requires."