Patrick Devedjian
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| Patrick Devedjian | |
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| Birthplace | Paris |
| Birth date | 26 August 1944 |
| Lived in | Paris |
| Resides in | Paris |
| Death place | Paris |
| Death date | 2020-03-29 |
| Death year | 2020 |
| Profession | Politician |
| Languages | French, Armenian |
| Ethnicities | Armenian |
| Dialects | Western Armenian |
| Ancestral villages | Sivas |
| Relatives | Karekin Deveciyan |
Patrick Devedjian (26 August 1944 – 29 March 2020) was a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party. A close adviser of Nicolas Sarkozy since the 1990s, he was Minister under the Prime Minister in charge of the Implementation of the Recovery Plan, a special ministerial post created for two years following the global financial crisis of 2008, a tenure which commenced in December 2008. He was of Armenian descent. In the night of 28 to 29 March 2020, he died of COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic.