Raymond Forni
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Raymond Forni | |
|---|---|
 Forni in 2001 | |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 29 March 2000 – 18 June 2002 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Laurent Fabius |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Louis Debré |
| President of Franche-Comté | |
| In office 2 April 2004 – 5 January 2008 | |
| Deputy | Marie-Marguerite Dufay |
| Preceded by | Jean-François Humbert |
| Succeeded by | Marie-Marguerite Dufay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 May 1941 |
| Died | 5 January 2008 (aged 66) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Leukemia |
| Party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | University of Strasbourg |
Raymond Forni (French pronunciation: [ʁɛmɔ̃ fɔʁni]; 20 May 1941 – 5 January 2008) was a French Socialist politician.
The son of an Italian immigrant from Piedmont,[1] Forni was born in Belfort, in 1941. His father died when he was 11. At 17, he had to stop studying, and he started to work as an unskilled worker in Peugeot factories. He finally graduated from high school at 21 and started law studies at the University of Strasbourg. He became a lawyer at the age of 27 years.[citation needed]
Member of the Socialist Party, his political career started in 1971 when he became municipal council. In 1973, he was elected as deputy of Territoire de Belfort département. He got reelected four times consecutively, until 2002. He was President of the National Assembly from 2000 to 2002. He was president of the Franche-Comté regional council from 2 April 2004, until his death.[citation needed]
He died in Paris on 5 January 2008, at the age of 66, of leukaemia.[2] He was married twice and had five sons.
He was awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2000).[citation needed]
