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Jean-Claude Mathis

French politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionFeb 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ2161754
Source-derived summary

Jean-Claude Mathis (born August 15, 1939 in Bouzonville, Moselle) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the 2nd constituency of Aube from 2002 to 2017, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Biography

He was elected deputy on June 16, 2002, for the 12th legislature (2002-2007), in the 2nd district of Aube. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement group. He was re-elected deputy in 2007 and again in 2012.

On November 27, 2012, he joined the Rassemblement-UMP group chaired by François Fillon.

In March 2015, he was elected departmental councilor for the Canton of Les Riceys alongside Christine Patrois. Their alternates are Jean-Michel Hupfer and Myriam Luttun. He resigned shortly thereafter from the departmental council and was replaced by his alternate, Jean-Michel Hupfer.

He supports François Fillon in the 2016 Republican presidential primary.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Jean-Claude Mathis” is french politician. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Jean-Claude, Mathis and French, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1939, 2002, 2017, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1939-08-15. For this dossier, Jean-Claude, Mathis and French is the immediate research focus.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2161754. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1939, 2002, 2017 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from Jean-Claude Mathis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.