Alexis Arette
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| Member of the Regional Council of Aquitaine | |
| In office 1986–1998 | |
| President of the Fédération française de l’agriculture | |
| In office 1982–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Gildas Ezanno |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
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| Born | (1927-06-20)20 June 1927 Momas, France |
| Died | 15 January 2023(2023-01-15) (aged 95) Aressy, France |
| Political party | FN |
| Occupation | Farmer Writer |
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Alexis Arette-Lendresse (20 June 1927 – 15 January 2023), also known as Alexis Arette-Hourquet, was a French farmer, writer, and politician of the National Front.[1] He was associated with the Organisation armée secrète.
Arette left Metropolitan France for French Indochina in 1949 as a red beret [fr].[2] After being wounded, he was honored by the Legion of Honour and awarded a Médaille militaire. He returned to France in 1953 and took over his parents' farm and joined the Centre National des Jeunes Agriculteurs [fr]. In 1967, he served as director of the Festival de Siros and became vice-president of the Académie de Béarn in 1970. From 1982 to 1991, he was president of the Fédération française de l'agriculture.[3]
In1986, Arette was elected to the Regional Council of Aquitaine on the list of the National Front,[4] and re-elected in 1992.[5]
In 2001, Arette published the book Les Dieux du crépuscule, which theorized that mad cow disease had been instrumented by the Americans.[6]
Arette died on 15 January 2023, at the age of 95.[7]
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