The funeral of François Léotard, former Minister of Culture, Defense and ex-boss of the UDF, who died Tuesday at the age of 81, will take place on May 3 in Fréjus, we learned Thursday from of the town hall and the parish.
The funeral of the former deputy and mayor of the town for 20 years, will be celebrated at 3:00 p.m. in Notre-Dame and Saint-Léonce cathedral, said the parish priest.
François Léotard will then be buried in the family vault “in the strictest privacy”, in the Saint-Etienne cemetery in Fréjus, said the priest.
Former boss of the late UDF from 1996 to 1998, François Léotard had been minister during the two cohabitations under François Mitterrand: of Culture (1986-88) in the government of Jacques Chirac, then of Defense (1993-95) in the government of Edouard Balladur.
this politician in whom many saw a potential presidential candidate had left politics in the 2000s.
Stricken with “weariness”, Mr. Léotard will then explain that he “no longer supported” the political world, its “prostitutional” aspect, made of “flattery” and “lie”.
Electoral failures and legal troubles – sentence in 2004 to ten months in prison suspended for money laundering and illicit financing of a party – had also weakened him.
27/04/2023 12:18:04 – Nice (AFP) – © 2023 AFP
