Jean-Pierre Defontaine (4 February 1937 – 1 January 2022) was a French politician. A member of the Radical Party of the Left, he served Pas-de-Calais's 1st constituency from 1978 to 2007.[1] He also served as President of the football club RC Lens from 1976 to 1979.[2] In 2015, a multipurpose venue was named after him in Hénin-sur-Cojeul.[3] Defontaine died on 1 January 2022, at the age of 82.[4]

References

  1. ^ "M. Jean-Pierre Defontaine". Assemblée nationale (in French).
  2. ^ "L'ancien président du RC Lens, Jean-Pierre Defontaine, est mort à l'âge de 84 ans". L'Équipe (in French). 1 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Hénin-sur-Cojeul : plus spacieux, plus fonctionnel... Le nouvel espace polyvalent prend forme". La Voix du Nord (in French). Hénin-sur-Cojeul. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Monsieur Jean-Pierre DEFONTAINE". Libra Memoria (in French). 5 January 2022.


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