Bernard Piras

{{Short description|French politician}}

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{{ infobox Politician

| name = Bernard Piras

| office = Member of the French Senate for Drôme

| term_start = 1996

| term_end = 2014

| office2 = Mayor of Bourg-lès-Valence

| term_start2 = 2001

| term_end2 = 2014

| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|06|05|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Grenoble, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|02|01|1942|06|05|df=yes}}

| death_place = France

| nationality = French

| party = Socialist Party

}}

Bernard Piras (5 June 1942 – 1 February 2016) was a French politician, a member of the Senate of France, representing the Drôme department between 1996 and 2014.{{cite web | url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/drome-l-ancien-maire-et-senateur-de-bourg-les-valence-bernard-piras-est-mort-1454319617 | title=Drôme : Bernard Piras, l'ancien sénateur-maire de Bourg-lès-Valence est mort | publisher=France Bleu | date=1 February 2016 | accessdate=1 February 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202064711/https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/drome-l-ancien-maire-et-senateur-de-bourg-les-valence-bernard-piras-est-mort-1454319617 | archivedate=2 February 2016 }} He was also the mayor of Bourg-lès-Valence from 2001 to 2014.

Piras was a member of the Socialist Party.

Relationships

He became the "muse" and significant other of Hermes creative director, Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski in 2012, resulting in a line of silk scarves being formed in his name, as a pun on the city, Paris.

References

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  • [http://www.senat.fr/senfic/piras_bernard96006f.html Page on the Senate website]

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Category:1942 births

Category:2016 deaths

Category:French senators of the Fifth Republic

Category:Socialist Party (France) politicians

Category:Mayors of places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Category:Senators of Drôme

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