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{{short description|French politician (born 1944)}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2011}}

{{ infobox officeholder
| name         = Jean Saint-Josse
| image        = Jean Saint-Josse.JPG
| caption      = Jean Saint-Josse in 2003
| office       = [[Mayor (France)|Mayor]] of [[Coarraze]]
| term_start   = 16 June 1995
| term_end     =
| predecessor  = Jean Penouil
| office2      = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
| term_start2  = 1999
| term_end2    = 2004
| office3      = President of [[Hunt, Fish, Nature, Traditions]]
| term_start3  = 1998
| term_end3    = 2008
| predecessor3 = [[André Goustat]]
| successor3   = [[Frédéric Nihous]]
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1944|03|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Coarraze]], [[France]]
| nationality  = [[French people|French]]
| party        = [[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]<br>[[Rurality Movement|Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions]]
| children     = 4
}}

'''Jean Saint-Josse''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃ sɛ̃ ʒɔs}}; born 22 March 1944<ref name=dod/> in [[Coarraze]], [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]]) is a French politician and former member of the [[Rally for the Republic]] (RPR), he was the leader of the ruralist [[Rurality Movement|Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions]] (CPNT) party until 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jean Saint-Josse quitte la présidence de Chasse, Pêche, Nature et Traditions|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2008/01/07/jean-saint-josse-quitte-la-presidence-de-chasse-peche-nature-et-traditions_996815_823448.html|accessdate=13 July 2024|newspaper=[[Le Monde]]|date=7 January 2008}}</ref>

In the [[2002 French presidential election|2002 presidential election]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Tagliabue|first=John|title=France's First-Round Presidential Ballot Takes Shape|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20815F6385E0C708CDDAD0894DA404482|accessdate=25 January 2011|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=3 April 2002}}</ref>  he won 4.23%<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Gaffney|editor-first=John|title=The French presidential and legislative elections of 2002|year=2004|publisher=Ashgate|location=Burlington, VT|isbn=978-0-7546-3436-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QmzRqOAfAoC&pg=PA326 |accessdate=25 January 2011|page=326}}</ref>  as candidate of CPNT. He is a former [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP).<ref name=dod>{{cite book|title=Dod's European companion|year=2001|publisher=Vacher Dod Publishers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sW5mAAAAMAAJ&q=Jean+Saint-Josse+1944|accessdate=25 January 2011|page=272|isbn=9780905702292}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Candidates in the 2002 French presidential election}}

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[[Category:1944 births]]
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[[Category:People from Béarn]]
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[[Category:MEPs for France 1999–2004]]
[[Category:Candidates in the 2002 French presidential election]]
[[Category:Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions politicians]]
[[Category:Mayors of places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine]]


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