André Fanton

{{Short description|French politician (1928–2025)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = André Fanton

| image = Andre FANTON (4x5 cropped).jpg

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| caption = Fanton in 2012

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1928|03|31}}

| birth_place = Gentilly, France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2025|06|19|1928|03|31}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| other_names =

| occupation = Lawyer

| years_active =

| known_for =

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| party = UNR
UDR
RPR

| office = Deputy of the French National Assembly

| term_start = 2 April 1993

| term_end = 21 April 1997

| predecessor = Yvette Roudy

| successor = Yvette Roudy

| constituency = Calvados's 3rd constituency

| term_start1 = 2 April 1986

| term_end1 = 14 May 1988

| constituency1 = proportional representation

| term_start2 = 2 April 1973

| term_end2 = 2 April 1978

| predecessor2 = {{ill|Michel Marquet|fr}}

| successor2 = Alain Devaquet

| constituency2 = Paris's 9th constituency

| term_start3 = 9 December 1958

| term_end3 = 22 July 1969

| predecessor3 = constituency established

| successor3 = Michel Marquet

| constituency3 = Paris's 9th constituency

| office4 = Member of the European Parliament for France

| term_start4 = 24 July 1984

| term_end4 = 24 July 1989

| term_start5 = 26 June 1980

| term_end5 = 16 April 1982

| office6 = Member of the General Council of Calvados for the {{ill|Canton of Lisieux-3|fr|Canton de Lisieux-3}}

| term_start6 = 22 March 1985

| term_end6 = 1 April 2004

| predecessor6 = canton established

| successor6 = Brigitte Comet-Chérel

}}

André Fanton ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃dʁe fɑ̃tɔ̃|lang}}; 31 March 1928 – 19 June 2025) was a French politician of the Union for the New Republic (UNR), Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR), and the Rally for the Republic (RPR).{{cite news |last=Noblecourt|first=Michel|date=20 June 2025|title=André Fanton, ancien secrétaire d'Etat et gaulliste de toujours, est mort|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2025/06/20/andre-fanton-ancien-secretaire-d-etat-et-gaulliste-de-toujours-est-mort_6614810_3382.html|trans-title= |work=Le Monde|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=24 June 2025}}

Life and career

Born in Gentilly on 31 March 1928, Fanton earned a Licence de droit and was admitted to the {{ill|Paris Bar Association|fr|Ordre des avocats de Paris}}.{{cite web|url=https://francearchives.fr/fr/facomponent/a0b08623263f6dfc80173ceb00be6066c93fd768|title=Entretien d'André Fanton, réalisé par Anne Leboucher-Sebbab et Frédéric Turpin|work=Archives de France|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125080617/https://francearchives.fr/fr/facomponent/a0b08623263f6dfc80173ceb00be6066c93fd768|archivedate=25 January 2022}} He served four terms in the National Assembly; from 1958 to 1969, 1973 to 1978, 1986 to 1988, and 1993 to 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/%28num_dept%29/2904|title=André Fanton|work=National Assembly|language=French}} He also served two terms in the European Parliament from 1980 to 1982 and from 1984 to 1989.{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/433/ANDRE_FANTON/history/2|title=André FANTON|work=European Parliament}} While in office, he made no secret of his hostility toward the creation of a Federal Europe.

Fanton died in Paris on 19 June 2025, at the age of 97.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=20 June 2025|title=André Fanton, ancien secrétaire d'État et député, est mort à 97 ans|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/necrologie/andre-fanton-ancien-secretaire-detat-et-depute-est-mort-a-97-ans-f174e61a-4ddb-11f0-8eae-d079c596ca40|trans-title= |work=Ouest-France|language=French|location= |publisher= |access-date=24 June 2025}}

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