Jean-Louis Debré

Jean-Louis Debré

Jean-Louis Debré in 2012
President of the Constitutional Council
In office
5 March 2007 – 5 March 2016
Appointed by Jacques Chirac
President Jacques Chirac
Nicolas Sarkozy
François Hollande
Preceded by Pierre Mazeaud
Succeeded by Laurent Fabius
President of the National Assembly
In office
25 June 2002 – 2 March 2007
President Jacques Chirac
Preceded by Raymond Forni
Succeeded by Patrick Ollier
French Interior Minister
In office
18 May 1995 – 4 June 1997
President Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister Alain Juppé
Preceded by Charles Pasqua
Succeeded by Jean-Pierre Chevènement
Member of the French National Assembly
for Eure (1st constituency)
In office
1 June 1997 – 5 March 2007
Preceded by Françoise Charpentier
Succeeded by Françoise Charpentier
In office
2 April 1986 – 18 June 1995
Succeeded by Françoise Charpentier
Mayor of Évreux
In office
18 March 2001 – 12 March 2007
Preceded by Roland Plaisance
Succeeded by Jean-Pierre Nicolas
Personal details
Born (1944-09-30) 30 September 1944
Toulouse, France
Nationality French
Political party The Republicans
Spouse(s) Anne-Marie Debré (d. 2007)
Children Charles
Guillaume
Marie-Victoire
Alma mater École nationale de la magistrature
Sciences Po
Website Website

Jean-Louis Debré (born 30 September 1944)[1] is a conservative French political figure. He was President of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2007 and was President of the Constitutional Council from 2007 to 2016.

Biography

Debré was born in Toulouse.[1] The son of former Prime Minister Michel Debré, grandson of medicine professor Robert Debré, and 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).

Jean-Louis Debré, outside 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.[1] 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 Évreux 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 22 February 2007.[3] He replaced Pierre Mazeaud in the latter position, and was replaced by Laurent Fabius in 2016.

Political career

President of the Constitutional Council of France : 2007-2016.

Governmental function

Minister of Interior : 1995–1997.

Electoral mandates

National Assembly of France

President of the National Assembly of France : 2002–2007 (Resignation, became President of the Constitutional Council of France in 2007).

President of the Rally for the Republic Group in the National Assembly : 1997–2002. Elected in 1997.

Member of the National Assembly of France for Eure (1st constituency) : 1986–1995 (Became minister in 1995) / 1997–2007 (Resignation became President of the Constitutional Council of France in 2007). Elected in 1986, reelected in 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002.

General Council

Vice-president of the General Council of Eure : 1998–2001 (Resignation).

General councillor of Eure : 1992–2001 (Resignation). Reelected in 1998.

Municipal Council

Mayor of Evreux : 2001–2007 (Resignation).

Municipal councillor of Evreux : 1989–1995 / 2001–2007 (Resignation).

Deputy-mayor of Paris : 1995–1997 (Resignation).

Councillor of Paris : 1995–1997 (Resignation).

Agglomeration community Council

President of the Agglomeration community of Évreux : 2001–2007. (Resignation).

Member of the Agglomeration community of Évreux : 2001–2007. (Resignation).

Political functions

Spokesman of the Rally for the Republic : 1993–1995.

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 CV at National Assembly website.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ L'Express.fr, 23 February 2007; Decision of the President of the Republic of 23 February 2007 appointing Jean-Louis Debré as president of the Constitutional council.
Political offices
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
Preceded by
Pierre Mazeaud		 President of the Constitutional Council
2007–2016 		Succeeded by
Laurent Fabius


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