Former Sarkozy and Chirac Minister dies after Covid-19 infection

A well-known French politician has died after contracting coronavirus, the Department of Hauts-de-Seine said on Sunday.

Patrick Devedjian, who was a Cabinet minister and adviser to former presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, said in a tweet on Thursday, that he had contracted Covid-19 and was hospitalized: “Tired but stable [thanks to doctors and health workers], I’m recovering.”

Devedjian was 75.