Background
Gerard Larcher converted to Protestantism by getting married to his second wife, Christine Weiss, his childhood friend with whom they have three children.
politician doctor of veterinary medicine
Gerard Larcher converted to Protestantism by getting married to his second wife, Christine Weiss, his childhood friend with whom they have three children.
In September 2008 during the Senate elections, Gerard Larcher was entitled to be the President of the Senate by the majority UMP Parliamentary Group. All this followed a continuous contest against former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Then, on October 1st 2008 Larcher was elected as the President of the Senate getting 173 votes against 134 votes for Socialist candidate Jean-Pierre Bel.
Gerard Larcher has been a veterinarian specializing in horses for 14 years who quitted his job after his election to the Senate. In April 2008 Gerard Larcher made a successful report for Nicolas Sarkozy on conducting a hospital reform.Among other issues it recommended the consolidation of facilities in order to bring public hospitals to balance the budget in 2012, while they showed a cumulative deficit of 800 million euro per year
Larcher was born to a Catholic family, but converted to Protestantism upon his marriage
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