Henri de Raincourt is a French politician, formerly a senator representing the Yonne

Yonne

Yonne is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Burgundy in eastern France and its prefecture is Auxerre. Its official number is 89....

 department, was Minister for Relations with Parliament. He was elected senator of the Yonne on 28 September 1986, and reelected on 24 September 1995 and 26 September 2004. From 15 January 2008 to 23 June 2009, he was Chairman of the Union for a Popular Movement

Union for a Popular Movement

The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...

 in the Senate. He was appointed Minister for Relations with Parliament in the government reorganization of 23 June 2009, replacing Roger Karoutchi. He then became Minister for Cooperation under the French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Michèle Alliot-Marie.

A farmer by profession, Henri de Raincourt is the son of Philippe de Raincourt (1909-1959), senator of the Yonne from 1948 to 1959. He is also a 4G-grandson of the Marquis de Sade

Marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...

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Governmental functions

• Minister for Relationships with Parliament: 2009-2010.
• Minister for Cooperation: Since 2010.

Senate of France

• President of the Union for a Popular Movement
  Union for a Popular Movement
  The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
  
   Group in the Senate of France: 2008-2009.
• President of the Republicans and Independents Group in the Senate of France: 1995-2002. Reelected in 1998, 2001.
• Senator of Yonne
  Yonne
  Yonne is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Burgundy in eastern France and its prefecture is Auxerre. Its official number is 89....
  
   : 1986-2009 (Became minister in 2009). Elected in 1986, reelected in 1995, 2004, 2008.

General Council

• President of the General Council of Yonne: 1992-2008. Reelected in 1994, 1994, 2001, 2004.
• Vice-president of the General Council of Yonne: 1982-1992. Reelected in 1985, 1988.
• General councillor of Yonne: 1980-2008. Reelected in 1982, 1988, 1994, 2001.

Municipal Council

• Mayor of Saint-Valérien, Yonne
  Saint-Valérien, Yonne
  Saint-Valérien is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France.-References:*...
  
  : 1977-2001. Reelected in 1983, 1989, 1995.
• Municipal councillor of Saint-Valérien, Yonne: Since 1977. Reelected in 1983, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2008.

Community of Communes Council

• President of the Gâtinais en Bourgogne Community of Communes Council: Since 2008.
• Member of the Gâtinais en Bourgogne Community of Communes Council: Since 2008.