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As former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years,JP attended more than 400 meetings.

A As the former
D As the

其他选项都可以直接排除，读着也觉得Ｄ比Ａ顺一点，可是把Ａ里的former去掉不会改变原意吗？