Appointed August 31st, 2010 by the President of the National Assembly
Took the oath of office on September 7th, 2010 before the President of the Republic
Born April 14th, 1949 in Paris (18th arrondissement)
Education
Paris Institute of Political Science diploma
Law degree
Russian language diploma from the National School of Oriental Languages
B.A. degree in Russian
Former National School of Administration student (Voltaire class)
Career
1972 : Chargé de mission at Gaz de France's legal department
1972/1976 : Deputy Commercial Attaché to the French embassy in Moscow (USSR)
1976/1977 : Assigned to the Board of Exterior Economic Relations (DREE)
1978/1980 : Student at the National School of Administration
1980 : Auditeur of the French National Accounting Court
1984 : Conseiller référendaire of the French National Accounting Court
1985/1987 : Chargé de mission, in charge of financial and interministerial affairs at the Delegation of territorial planning and regional action (DATAR)
1987/1990 : Head of the DATAR delegation
1990/1994 : Conseiller référendaire (1st class) of the French National Accounting Court
1991/1994 : Assistant Rapporteur at the Constitutional Council
1991/1994 : Chargé de mission for the President of the National Foundation for Blood Transfusion, then of the Commission for the Liquidation of the National Foundation for Blood
Transfusion
1994/1995 : Director of Financial Affairs and General Administration at the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, and Tourism
1995/1998 : Hospital Director at the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
1998/2010 : At the French National Accounting Court, nominated conseiller maître (1998), then Presiding Judge of a chamber (since 2006)
2002/2010 : Rapporteur-General for the Committee of Public Report and French National Accounting Court programmes
1998/2005 : Rapporteur for the Court of Budgetary and Financial Discipline
1999/2002 : Member of the Commission for the Compensation of Victims' Losses due to Antisemitic Legislation established during Nazi Occupation
2000/2004 : Member of the National Evaluation Committee for Public Scientific, Cultural and Professional Establishments
2001/2008 : President of the Management Board of the Metz Regional Institute of Administration
2008/2010 : President of the Follow-up Committee for the Law on Liberties and Responsibilities of Universities
2009 : Mediator for the concertation with the academic community on the decree modifying the status of professors
2010 : Member of the working group on the establishment of a rule of equilibrium for public finances, presided by Michel Camdessus
Since 2010, September 7th : Member of the Constitutional Council appointed by the President of the National Assembly, Bernard Accoyer
Honours and Awards
Officer of the Legion of Honour (July 13th, 2009)
Officer of the National Order of Merit (November 14th, 2005)
Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit
Knight of the Order of Academic Palms
Publications
Comptes et mécomptes de l'Etat, 1807-2007, le bicentenaire de la Cour des comptes (direction de l'ouvrage) (Albin Michel, 2008)
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