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Herve de Charette served as a French minister three times: In 1986-1988, 1993-1995, and 1995-1997 as minister of foreign affairs. He was mayor of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil from 1989 to 2014, and MP for Maine-et-Loire between 1988 and 2012.

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