Michèle Alliot-Marie
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| Michèle Alliot-Marie | |
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| Assumed office 23 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
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| Preceded by | Rachida Dati |
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| In office 18 May 2007 – 23 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | François Baroin |
| Succeeded by | Brice Hortefeux |
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| In office 7 May 2002 – 18 May 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Dominique de Villepin |
| Preceded by | Alain Richard |
| Succeeded by | Hervé Morin |
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| In office 29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Édouard Balladur |
| Preceded by | Frédérique Bredin |
| Succeeded by | Guy Drut |
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| Born | September 10, 1946 Villeneuve-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, France |
| Political party | RPR, UMP |
Michèle Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (born 10 September 1946) is the French Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals. In her role as Keeper of the Seals, she guards the Great Seal of France. Previously she was Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories;[1] she was the first woman to hold that position and the first woman to lead a major French political party. She was Minister of Defence in Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin's cabinet and was the first woman to hold that position as well.[1]
Forbes magazine declared her the 57th most powerful woman in the world in 2006 and the 11th in 2007.
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[edit] Early life
Born in Villeneuve-le-Roi in the Val-de-Marne, her father was Bernard Marie, the Mayor of Biarritz. She studied law at the University of Paris II Pantheon-Assas where she obtained her PhD. Before her career in politics, she was a senior lecturer at the University of Paris I, and also spent some time practicing law. She holds a doctorate of law, a doctorate in political science and Master's degree in ethnology.
[edit] Career
[edit] Local politician
Before her entry into national politics, Alliot-Marie was a municipal councillor in the town of Ciboure from 1983 to 1988 and for the town of Biarritz 1989 to 1992. From 1992 to 2002, she served as Mayor of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
[edit] Member of Parliament and government minister
She was elected to the National Assembly to represent Pyrénées-Atlantiques in 1986 as a member of the Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR). She served as Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education in Jacques Chirac's second government from 1986 to 1988 and as Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in Édouard Balladur's gouvernment from 1993 to 1995.
From 1989 to 1992 she was also a Member of the European Parliament.
[edit] President of the RPR
In 1999, she entered the challenge for the presidency of the RPR against Chirac's candidate and, to most insiders' surprise, won by a landslide, becoming the first woman to lead a major French political party. She remained president of the party until 2002 when it merged with the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), a merger she opposed at first.
[edit] Defense and Interior Minister
From 2002, she was Minister of Defense, France's first woman in this position. From May until June 2002, she was also the Minister of Veterans' Affairs. In 2006, Forbes magazine declared her the 57th most powerful woman in the world.
Although she publicly considered competing with Nicolas Sarkozy for the UMP’s nomination in the 2007 presidential election, she ruled herself out of the running in January 2007 and endorsed Sarkozy. Sarkozy and Alliot-Marie had a history of disagreements in the National Council.[1] She was appointed Interior Minister in François Fillon's government, the first woman to hold the position.[1]
[edit] Political career
Governmental functions
Secretary of State for Education : 1986-1988
Minister of Youth and Sports : 1993-1995
Minister of Defense : 2002-2007
Minister of Interior, Overseas territories and Territorial communities : 2007-2009
Keeper of the seals, Minister of State, Minister of Justice and freedoms : Since 2009
Electoral mandates
Member of the National Assembly of France for Pyrénées-Atlantiques : March 1986 (Became minister in march 1986) / 1988-1993 (Became minister in 1993) / 1995-2002 (Became minister in 2002) / Reelected in 2007 but leaves his seat because she is minister
Mayor of Saint-Jean-de-Luz : 1995-2002
Deputy-mayor of Saint-Jean-de-Luz : Since 2002
Vice-President of the General Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques : 1994-2001
Municipal councillor of Ciboure : 1983-1988
Municipal councillor of Biarritz : 1989-1991
Political functions
President of the Rally for the Republic : 1999-2002
Vice-president of the Union for a Popular Movement : Since 2009
[edit] Personal life
In the French media, she is nicknamed "MAM".
Her "life partner" is Patrick Ollier, a UMP deputy who briefly was President of the National Assembly in 2007 and has chaired the Economy Committee since then.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Excerpts from "Dawn Evening or Night"". International Herald-Tribune. 2007-08-24. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/24/europe/23excerpts-sarkozy.php. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Frédérique Bredin |
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports 1993-1995 |
Succeeded by Guy Drut |
| Preceded by Alain Richard |
Minister of Defence 2002–2007 |
Succeeded by Hervé Morin |
| Preceded by François Baroin |
Minister of the Interior, Overseas France and Territorial Communities 2007–2009 |
Succeeded by Brice Hortefeux |
| Preceded by Rachida Dati |
Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice 2009–present |
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| Preceded by Nicolas Sarkozy |
President of Rally for the Republic 1999–2002 |
Succeeded by Serge Lepeltier (acting) |
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