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MICHELE ALLIOT-MARIE,
MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, OVERSEAS FRANCE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Born on 10 September 1946 in Villeneuve-le-Roi (Val-de-Marne)
Qualifications
- Diplôme d’études supérieures [postgraduate degree] in private law, politics and history of law
- Doctor of law and politics
- Diplôme d’avocat [degree of barrister-at-law]
- Master’s degree in ethnology
Career
- Barrister
- Lecturer
Elective offices
- National Assembly Deputy for Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1986, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 2002. Re-elected in 2007
- Mayor of St Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), 1992-2002, and First Deputy Mayor since 2002
- MEP, 1989-1992
- Member of Pyrénées-Atlantiques General Council, 1994
- Member of Biarritz Municipal Council (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), 1989-1992
- Member of Ciboure Municipal Council (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), 1983-1988
Ministerial offices
- Minister of Defence, 2002-2004, 2004-2005 and 2005-2007
- Minister for Youth and Sport, 1993-1995
- Minister of State with responsibility for Teaching, 1986-1988
Political offices
- Chairman of the Rassemblement pour la République (RPR), 1999-2002
- Vice-Chairman of the RPR group in the National Assembly, 1998-2002
- Member of the RPR Political Committee, 1998
- Member of the RPR political bureau, 1991
- RPR Deputy General-Secretary with responsibility for Foreign Affairs, 1990
- RPR national secretary with responsibility for the Civil Service, 1981
Most recently published works
- Le Chêne qu’on relève, Editions Odile Jacob, 2005
- La République des irresponsables, Editions Odile Jacob, 1999
- La Grande Peur des classes moyennes, Editions La table ronde, 1996
Source: Prime Minister’s website, May 2007
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