Background
ABADIE, François Henri was born on June 19, 1930 in Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. Parents: Marc Abadie and Germaine Abadie (née Labourie).
ABADIE, François Henri was born on June 19, 1930 in Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. Parents: Marc Abadie and Germaine Abadie (née Labourie).
President of Radical Youth. Secretary-General of National Federation of Arts, Sports and Culture, 1953. Attaché to Office of Paul Devinât, Secretary of State for Public Works, 1953-1954.
Responsible for relations with the Council of the Republic in office of Henri Longchambon, Secretary of State for Scientific Research. 1954; Deputy Principal Private Secretary to René Billères, Secretary of State for Civil Service, 1954-1955. Principal Private Secretary then representative to office of Henry Laforest, Secretary of State for Relations with Associated States and later Secretary of State for Defence and the Armed Forces, 195556.
Deputy Principal Private Secretary to René Billères, Minister of Education, 1956-1958. Deputy Principal Private Secretary to Edouard Ramonet, Minister for Industry and Trade, 1958. Departmental Councillor for Hautes-Pyrénés, Lourdes-Est Canton, 1970, re-elected 1976 1982 and since 1988.
Mayor of Lourdes, 1971 re-elected 1977 and since 1983. Deputy for Hautes-Pyrénés, 2nd constituency. Tarbes-Nord, Lourdes, 1973, re-elected 1978 and 1981, registered member of Socialist and Left-wing Radical Group at National Assembly.
Secretary of State to Minister of Leisure, responsible for tourism, 1981 -83. Senator for Hautes-Pyrénées, since 1983, registered member of Democratic Left Group. Municipal Councillor of Lourdes, since 1989.
Sales director.
Clubs: Academy of Gourmets.
Spouse Jeannine Maison (3rd marriage), 1960.