Georges Fontès | |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1924 |
Birth Place: | Béziers, France |
Death Place: | Béziers, France |
Nationality: | French |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | UMP |
Office: | General Councillor of Hérault |
Term Start: | 26 March 1982 |
Term End: | 2 April 2015 |
Predecessor: | Pierre Brousse |
Office2: | Mayor of Béziers |
Term Start2: | 18 March 1983 |
Term End2: | 24 March 1989 |
Predecessor2: | Paul Balmigère |
Successor2: | Alain Barrau |
Office3: | Deputy of Hérault |
Term Start3: | 16 March 1986 |
Term End3: | 1 April 1986 |
Successor3: | René Couveinhes |
Office4: | State Secretary of Veterans' Affairs |
Term Start4: | 20 March 1986 |
Term End4: | 10 May 1988 |
Predecessor4: | Jean Laurain |
Successor4: | Jacques Mellick |
Georges Fontès (5 September 1924 – 3 March 2020) was a French politician.[1] He was first a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), then the Rally for the Republic (RPR), and finally the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
Fontès was the son of a truck driver and a housekeeper. He was excluded from the Grand Orient de France for "inassuidity".[2] He was in favor of reestablishing the death penalty in France.