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Rémi Cardon

French politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ99674386
Source-derived summary

Rémi Cardon (born 3 May 1994) is a French politician of the Socialist Party serving as a member of the Senate. He was elected in the 2020 Senate election at the age of 26, becoming the youngest-ever senator of the Fifth Republic. He is also a municipal councillor of Camon and the leader of the Socialist Party in Somme. In the 2019 European Parliament election, he was a candidate for member of the European Parliament.

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The public source identifies “Rémi Cardon” as french politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rémi, Cardon and French.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2020, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-05-03. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rémi, Cardon and French providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Rémi Cardon”, the useful work is to connect “french politician” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q99674386. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994, 2020 and 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from Rémi Cardon” 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.