Alain Joyandet

Alain Joyandet
Member of the French Senate for Haute-Saône
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2014
Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony
In office 2008–2010
President	Nicolas Sarkozy
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Jean-Marie Bockel
Succeeded by	Henri de Raincourt
Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Saône's 1st constituency
In office 2010–2012
Preceded by	Patrice Debray
Succeeded by	Alain Chrétien
President of UMP-NC-DVD Group in the Franche-Comté Regional Council De facto Leader of Opposition
In office 25 March 2010 – 9 July 2010
Preceded by	Sylvie Vermeillet
Succeeded by	Sylvie Vermeillet
Personal details
Born	(1954-01-15) 15 January 1954 Dijon, France
Political party	UMP

Alain Joyandet (born 15 January 1954) is a French politician who was appointed Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony in the government of François Fillon from 18 March 2008 to July 2010. Prior to that, he was CEO of the Société Nouvelle des Éditions Comtoises (SNEC), a publisher of weekly newspapers and journals. He is a journalist by training.

He has been mayor of Vesoul since 1995 and senator of Franche-Comté from 1995 to 2002.

In 2010, he won the UMP nomination for President of Franche-Comté, but lost to socialist candidate Marie-Guite Dufay in the general election.

Political career

Governmental functions

Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony : 2008-2010 (Resignation on 4 July 2010).

Electoral mandates

Senate of France

Senator of Haute-Saône : 1995-2002 (Resignation, became a member of the National Assembly of France in 2002).

National Assembly of France

Member of the National Assembly of France for Haute-Saône (1st constituency) : 2002-2008 (Became secretary of State in 2008) / Since 2010. Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007.

Regional Council

Leader of the Opposition in the Regional Council : March–July 2010.

Regional councillor of Franche-Comté : march-July 2010 (Resignation).

General Council

General councillor of Haute-Saône : 1992-2002 (Resignation). Reelected in 1998.

Municipal Council

Mayor of Vesoul : since 1995. Reelected in 2001, 2008.

Municipal councillor of Vesoul : since 1989. Reelected in 1995, 2001, 2008

Controversy

At the end of March 2010 Joyandet made headlines for spending 116,500 euros of taxpayers' money chartering a private jet to fly him to Martinique to an international conference on Haiti and back to Paris.

On 4 July 2010, he resigned his government post, the same day as Christian Blanc, Secretary of State for Development of the capital region. The French press had reported the suspected misuse of public money by the two ministers. Alain Joyandet was accused of renting a private jet to €116,500 to travel to Martinique, where he was to attend an international conference for reconstruction after the earthquake of Haiti. An article in the Canard Enchaîné also suspected of having received an illegal building permit for his house of Grimaud, which he abandoned shortly after.

References

• Biography on the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs website