Dassault, 69, represented the conservative Les Républicains party and was 361st richest man in the world

The French billionaire and conservative politician Olivier Dassault has been killed in a helicopter crash, Emmanuel Macron has announced.

Dassault, 69, was the eldest son of French billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, whose group builds the Rafale fighter planes and owns Le Figaro newspaper.

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