A well-known French politician has died after contracting coronavirus, the Department of Hauts-de-Seine said on Sunday.
![Patrick Devedjian on April 7, 2015.](https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/digital-images/org/941a0319-59e6-4517-bb72-9abdf9c0777f.jpg)
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.