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Previously a Senator representing the Yonne department, he is set to re-join the Senate in June 2012, a month after leaving the Government. He was elected Senator for Yonne in 1986, and re-elected in 1995 and 2004. He was Chairman of the Union for a Popular Movement Senate caucus between 2008 and 2009.
He has also served as President of the Yonne General Council between 1992 and 2008.
A farmer by profession, Henri de Raincourt is the son of Philippe de Raincourt (1909–1959), Senator for Yonne from 1948 to 1959. He is also a fourth-generation grandson of the Marquis de Sade.
He has been deputy chairman of the Universiti Malaysia Pahang since 2013. Governmental functions
Minister in charge of Relationships with Parliament: 2009-2010.
Minister in charge of Company-operation under the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs: 2010-2012.
Electoral mandates
= Senate of France Chairman of the Union for a Popular Movement Group in the Senate: 2008-2009. Chairman of the Republicans and Independents Group in the Senate: 1995-2002. Re-elected in 1998, 2001.
Senator for Yonne: 1986-2009 (Became minister in 2009).
Elected in 1986, re-elected in 1995, 2004, 2008. = Regional Council Regional Councillor of Bourgogne: Since 2010.
= General Council President of the Yonne General Council: 1992-2008. Re-elected in 1994, 1994, 2001, 2004.
Vice President of the Yonne General Council: 1982-1992.
Re-elected in 1985, 1988. General Councillor of Yonne: 1980-2008. Re-elected in 1982, 1988, 1994, 2001.
= Municipal Council Mayor of Saint-Valérien, Yonne: 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.
Union for French Democracy, Union for a Popular Movement, Republican Party.
Member of the Gâtinais-en-Bourgogne Community of Communes Council: Since 2008.