Appointed February 25th, 2010 by the President of the Republic
Took the oath of office on March 12th, 2010 before the President of the Republic
Born July 8th, 1941 in Chamalières (Puy-de-Dôme)
Education
- Law degree
- Paris Institute of Political Science diploma
Career
- 1962 : Joins the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)
- 1964, February / 1965, July : Researcher for the Agricultural Products Department at the National Centre of Exterior Commerce
- 1964, October / 1964, November : Press officer at Sopexa
- 1965 / 1981 : Central administration attaché, then chief attaché (1976) at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, then assigned to Lille between 1973 and 1981
- 1967 / 1981 : Deputy Secretary-General of the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (FGDS) (1967-1969), then for the Socialists of the National Assembly. Expert in constitutional issues, parliamentary procedures and finance law
- 1968 : Candidate in the legislative elections for Puy-de-Dôme
- 1973 : Socialist candidate in the legislative elections for Haute-Loire
- 1976 : Principal Executive Officer at the Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Since 1977 : Mayor of Puy-Guillaume (Puy-de-Dôme)
- 1978 / 2001 : Secretary General of the Puy-de-Dôme Mayors' Association
- 1979 / 1986 : Member of the University Clermont 1 Council
- 1979 / 1987, February : Socialist Regional Councillor for Auvergne. Rapporteur-General for the budget at the Auvergne Regional Council (1979-1986)
- 1980 / 1995 : Substitute Member of the Local Finance Committee
- Since 1995 : Full Member of the Local Finance Committee
- 1981, 25 May : Adviser to the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic (Pierre Bérégovoy)
- 1981, 28 October / 1988, June : Puy-de-Dôme Senator, replacing Roger Quillot; resigns from parliamentary mandate to perform ministerial duties
- 1982, July / 1995, May : Advisor to the President of the Republic (François Mitterrand)
- 1983, 25 September : Elected Senator (Socialist Party) for Puy-de-Dôme
- 1986, 16 March : Re-elected Regional Councillor for Auvergne (4th on the Socialist Party list in Puy-de-Dôme)
- 1988, March : National Representative of François Mitterrand, candidate for President of the Republic
- 1988, 28 June / 1991, 16 May : Delegated Minister with budgetary responsibilities for the Minister of Economy, Finance and Budget (Pierre Bérégovoy, 2nd Michel Rocard Government)
- Since 1988, 25 September : Departmental Councillor (Socialist Party then Miscellaneous Left) for Puy-de-Dôme, Canton of Châteldon
- 1988, October / 1992, March : Vice-President of the Puy-de-Dôme Departmental Council
- 1989, 12 March : Re-elected Mayor (Socialist Party) of Puy-Guillaume (Puy-de-Dôme), Member of the Direction Committee of the French Mayors' Association
- 1991, 16 May / 1992, 2 April : Minister in charge of the Budget for the State Minister of Economy, Finance, and Budget (Pierre Bérégovoy, Edith Cresson Government)
- 1992, 22 March / 1992, 31 March : Re-elected Regional Councillor for Auvergne; candidate for Regional Council President, resigns from the Regional Council
- 1992, 2 April / 1992, 2 October : Minister of the Budget (Pierre Bérégovoy Government)
- 1992, 13 May : Retired from the Central Administration Attachés Corps
- Since 1992, 27 September : Elected Senator (Socialist Party then Democratic and European Social Rally) for Puy-de-Dôme
- 1992, September / 1996, January : First Vice-President of the French Mayors' Association
- 1992, October / 2005, 14 June : Special Rapporteur for the budget of official development assistance
- 1992, December : Member of the research fund on decentralisation
- 1992 / 2000 : Member of the Steering Committee of the Aid and Cooperation Fund
- Since 1992 : Substitute Member and Administrator (since 2007) of the supervisory board and then of the governing board of the French Development Agency (AFD)
- 1993, April : Administratively attached to the Socialist Party at the Senate
- 1993, November : Registers again with the Socialist Party at the Senate
- 1994, 20 March : Re-elected Departmental Councillor (Socialist Party) for Puy-de-Dôme, Canton of Châteldon
- 1995, 11 June : Re-elected, during the 1st round, Mayor (Socialist Party) of Puy-Guillaume (Puy-de-Dôme)
- 1995, 4 October / 1998, 6 October : Secretary of the Senate
- 1996, 17 January / 1998, November : Vice-President of the French Mayors' Association, in charge of decentralisation and State reform
- 1996, October / 1998, October : Vice-President of the Parliamentary Office for Evaluation of Public Policies
- Since 1996 : Founder and Vice-President (since 2003) of the François Mitterrand Institute
- 1998, March / 2001, March : Vice-President (Socialist Party) of the Puy-de-Dôme Departmental Council
- 1998, March / 2001, March : President (Socialist Party) of the General Administration Commission of the Puy-de-Dôme Departmental Council
- 1998, November / 2008 : Treasurer for the French Mayors' Association
- 1999, 10 November / 2003, 28 January : Member (as an authority in the field of development assistance and cultural, scientific, and technical cooperation) of the High Council for International Cooperation
- 2000, 20 June / 2002, June : Vice-President of the Senate's Evaluation Committee of Public Policies
- 2000 / 2003 : Member of the High Council for International Cooperation
- 2001, 11 March : Re-elected (1st round) Departmental Councillor (Socialist Party) for Puy-de-Dôme, Canton of Châteldon
- 2001, March : Re-elected Mayor (Socialist Party) of Puy-Guillaume (Puy-de-Dôme)
- 2001, 30 July / 2004, 23 December : Full Member (as the representative of communes) of the Consultative Commission for the Evaluation of Charges Resulting from Competency Transfer
- 2001, 3 October / 2004, 6 October : Senator administrator
- 2001, 23 November : Re-elected Treasurer of the French Mayors' Association
- Since 2001 : President of the Puy-de-Dôme Mayors' Association
- Since 2001 : Member of the Steering Council for Priority Solidarity Funds
- 2004, 26 October / 2008, September : Substitute Judge of the High Court of Justice
- 2004, 18 November : Re-elected Treasurer of the French Mayors' Association 2005, 16 February : Special Rapporteur for budget control of financial aid to Pacific Overseas Territories (Polynesia, New Caledonia) and Vanuatu
- Since 2005, February : Member of the Consultative Commission for the Evaluation of Expenses in the Local Finance Committee
- Since 2005, 14 June : Special Rapporteur for the budget of official development assistance
- 2005, 14 June / 2008, 16 October : Special Rapporteur for the budget of international monetary agreements and credit to foreign States
- 2006, 8 February : Special Rapporteur for budget control of the French Association for Artistic Action (AFAA), of cooperative loans in the Greater Antilles, and of debt waivers transiting through Coface accounts
- Since 2006, 12 April : Member of the Chambord National Domain Steering Council
- Since 2008 : Vice-President of the Consultative Commission for the Evaluation of Norms
- 2008, 9 March : Re-elected (first round) Departmental Councillor (Socialist Party) for Puy-de-Dôme, Canton of Châteldon
- 2008, March : Re-elected Mayor (Socialist Party) of Puy-Guillaume (Puy-de-Dôme)
- 2008, May : Excluded from the Socialist Party
- 2008, 3 June : Registers with the Democratic and European Social Rally (RDSE) at the Senate
- Since 2009 : President of the Intercommunal Syndicate with Multiple Vocations (SIVOM) of the Canton of Châteldon
- Since 2009, 16 December : Member of the Senate's Parliamentary Ethics Committee
- 2010, 3 February : Special Rapporteur for budget control of the French Centre for International exchanges (EGIDE)
- Since 2010, 11 March : Member of the Constitutional Council appointed by the President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy
Honours and Awards
- Knight of the Legion of Honour (2011) (2011)
Publications
- 55, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré : entretiens avec Robert Schneider, Paris, Grasset, 1996
- Pensées, répliques et anecdotes de François Mitterrand, Paris, Cherche-Midi, 1997 (revised edition in 2006)
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