{"id":695,"date":"2020-05-04T08:01:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T08:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=695"},"modified":"2020-06-12T14:32:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:32:16","slug":"french-politician-patrick-devedjian-dies-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Devedjian, French politician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Patrick Devedjian, former French government minister; Pix credit hetq<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Patrick Devedjian, 75, a former president of the Paris Haut-de-Seine district died on March 29, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 26 just a few days before his death he tweeted that he was suffering from coronavirus symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that he’d been affected by the epidemic and was able to testify to the exceptional work of the medical staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in the week, he’d also tweeted his thanks to the staff of the Haut-de-Seine department for their work tackling the outbreak. .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once an advisor to former President Nicolas Sarkozy Devedjian had held a number of ministerial positions since entering politics in 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On social media, politicians have been paying tribute to Devedjian, who was of Armenian descent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was one of those who posted condolences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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