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France: new government minister has tanning industry background

17/07/2012

France’s new minister for sport, youth, and community life, Valérie Fourneyron, has roots in the tanning sector. Born Valérie Absire in Petit-Quevilly in Normandy, her family owns and runs the Absire-Sevrey tannery in the nearby town of Maromme, where it forms part of a special industrial complex devoted to traditional skills. Absire-Sevrey...

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