Jean-Louis Debré
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 Jean-Louis Debré in 2006 |
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President of the Constitutional Council of France
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| Assumed office 5 March 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Pierre Mazeaud |
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| In office 25 June 2002 – 2 March 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Raymond Forni |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Ollier |
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| In office 18 May 1995 – 4 June 1997 |
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| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Alain Juppé |
| Preceded by | Charles Pasqua |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Chevènement |
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| In office 1 June 1997 – 5 March 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Françoise Charpentier |
| Succeeded by | Françoise Charpentier |
| In office 2 April 1986 – 18 June 1995 |
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| Succeeded by | Françoise Charpentier |
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Mayor of Évreux
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| In office 18 March 2001 – 12 March 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Roland Plaisance |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Nicolas |
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| Born | September 30, 1944 Toulouse, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | UMP |
| Spouse | Anne-Marie Debré |
| Children | Charles Guillaume Marie-Victoire |
| Alma mater | École nationale de la magistrature Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris |
Jean-Louis Debré (born September 30, 1944[1]) is a conservative French political figure. He was President of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2007 and has been President of the Constitutional Council since 2007.
Debré was born in Toulouse.[1] The son of former Prime Minister Michel Debré and the brother of politician Bernard Debré, he was member of the Neo-Gaullist party Rally for the Republic (RPR) then of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Debré is known for his loyalty to Jacques Chirac.
Jean-Louis Debré, outside of politics, is a career judge.[2]
Debré was first elected to the National Assembly in the 1986 parliamentary election; he was re-elected in 1988, 1993, 1997, and 2002 as a deputy from the first constituency of Eure.[3] He was Minister of the Interior in Alain Juppé's governments (1995-1997), and has been criticized for having allowed the armed Corsican clandestine press conference, and was responsible for the controversial evacuation of Saint-Bernard church in Paris, which was occupied by illegal immigrants (so called sans-papiers) on hunger strikes.
He was elected as Mayor of Evreux in 2001, serving in that post until 2007.
He was leader of the RPR group in the National Assembly from 1997 to 2002 and then President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007. Faithful to President Chirac, he frequently criticized UMP leader Nicolas Sarkozy. He resigned as President of the National Assembly three months before the end of his tenure after he was appointed as President of the Constitutional Council by Chirac on February 22, 2007.[4] He replaced Pierre Mazeaud in the latter position.
[edit] References
- ^ a b CV at National Assembly website.
- ^ Decree of the President of the Republic putting Jean-Louis Debré on leave from his judgeship in order to be member of the National Assembly.
- ^ CV at National Assembly website.
- ^ L'Express.fr, February 23, 2007; Decision of the President of the Republic of February 23, 2007 appointing Jean-Louis Debré as president of the Constitutional council.
[edit] See also
| Current members of the Constitutional Council of France |  |
| President of the Council
Jean-Louis Debré |
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| Members
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Jacques Chirac | Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe |
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* as of 2007 |
| Preceded by Charles Pasqua |
Minister of the Interior 1995-1997 |
Succeeded by Jean-Pierre Chevènement |
| Preceded by Raymond Forni |
President of the National Assembly 2002-2007 |
Succeeded by Patrick Ollier |
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