Daniel Soulage


Daniel Soulage was a French politician.
Soulage was born in Monflanquin, Lot-et-Garonne, and served as deputy mayor of his hometown starting in 1978. He was elected to the mayoralty in 1983, retaining the office until 2008. Soulage was a member of the Senate of France from 2001 to 2011, representing Lot-et-Garonne department. Between 1993 and 1997, he served on the National [Assembly (France)|National Assembly] from Lot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency. While a deputy, Soulage was a member of the Union for [French Democracy]. During his senatorial tenure, he joined the Centrist Alliance and caucused with the Centrist Union.

Biography

A Farmer by profession, Daniel Soulage was a UDF deputy for the 3rd constituency of Union for French Democracy between 1993 and 1997.
Elected senator for Lot-et-Garonne on September 23, 2001, in the second round, with 60.75% of the vote, he sat with the RDSE group until 2002, then with the Centrist Union group, of which he was vice-president until the end of his term in 2011.
He died on September 14, 2020.