Camille de Rocca Serra

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Camille de Rocca Serra (born 21 May 1954 in Porto-Vecchio) was the president of the regional council of Corsica between 2004 and 2010. He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). [1]

He was also the UMP deputy for Corse-du-Sud's 2nd constituency in the national assembly of France from 2002 to 2017. At the 2007 election, he was re-elected with 51.02% in the first round.

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