Death of Hubert Haenel, member of the Constitutional Council and former senator from Alsace – Le Figaro

Nicolas Sarkozy as Francois Hollande paid tribute to the former senator from Alsace who had entered in Wise in 2010.

The Constitutional Council announced Tuesday the death of one of its members, former senator RPR then UMP, Hubert Haenel, who died Monday night in Paris following a long illness. Mayor of Lapoutroie (Haut-Rhin) in 1977, then Senator of the Upper Rhine from 1986 to 2010, he also worked at the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Judicial Council and the State Council before being appointed Constitutional Council where he served since February 2010. Hubert Haenel was also known for being at the initiative of the experimentation of the regionalization of TER.

Since the announcement of his death, tributes succeed . Thus, Senate President Gerard Larche r welcomed the memory of a man who “embodied a modern, European Gaullism” and a “great student status Judicial and rail issues. ” The president of the party Republicans, Nicolas Sarkozy , also paid tribute to former Senator: “The Republic now loses a man of convictions, convinced European, late lawyer and deeply humanistic.”

President François Hollande also offered condolences to the family of Hubert Haenel: “The Republic lost a great jurist, a sincere patriot of France, Alsace and a jovial elected close to the people. “

In Alsace, elected officials also welcomed the Hubert Haenel memory. “Alsace is now in mourning. A large Alsatian leaves. It remains in our hearts the memory of a voice, a smile, intelligence, “said Philippe Richert , President of the Alsace Regional Council. Similarly, Republicans Senator of Bas-Rhin Fabienne Keller paid tribute to “a great Alsatian and a great servant of France.”

The President of the Senate shall designate a new member to the Constitutional Council for the unexpired term of Hubert Haenel, which ran until 2019.