Yves Jégo
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| Secretary of State for Overseas (France) | |
| In office 18 March 2008 – 23 June 2009 |
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| Born | 17 April 1961 Besançon, France |
| Political party | Parti Radical |
| Other political affiliations |
UMP, Union des Seine-et-Marnais |
Yves Jégo (born April 17, 1961 in Besançon, Doubs) is a French politician who was appointed Secretary of State for Overseas in the government of François Fillon on March 18, 2008. He was replaced by Marie-Luce Penchard on June 23, 2009 and was not given another portfolio. He was a major player in the 2009 French Caribbean general strikes, his role being the subject of controversy.
Jégo has been a member (député) of the French National Assembly since 2002, and mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne since 1995. He is vice president of the Radical Party.[1] He has also been a spokesman for the current ruling party, the Union for a Popular Movement.[2] He is also founder and president of a local party, the Mouvement des Seine-et-Marnais.[3]
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[edit] Political career
Governmental functions
Secretary of State for Overseas : 2008-2009.
Electoral mandates
While most members of the French parliament are also mayors or general (department) or regional councillor,[4] Yves Jégo is one of the rare to cumulate three elective offices.
1. National Assembly of France
- Member of the National Assembly of France for Seine-et-Marne : 2002-2008 (Became secretary of State in 2008) / Since 2009. Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007.
2. Municipal Council
- Municipal councillor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne : Since 1990. Reelected in 1995, 2001, 2008.
- Mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne : Since 1995. Reelected in 2001, 2008.
3. Community of communes Council
- President of the Communauté de communes des Deux Fleuves : Since 2003. Reelected in 2008.
Regional Council
- Yves Jégo has also been Regional councillor of Ile-de-France : from march 2010 to his resignation in July 2011.
Accumulation of electoral mandates
According to French law[5] against accumulation of electoral mandates, M. Jégo should have resigned from one of the three first mandates in this list before the 21st of April 2010. But giving as a pretext a legal complaint from the Front National's candidates, he still held the three of them, plus his local mandate of president of the « communauté de communes des deux fleuves » (CC2F) until his resignation from the Regional Council in July 2011.
In September 2011, Yves Jégo failed to become a member of the Senate of France.
[edit] Voluntary Associations
Yves Jégo is involved in many voluntary associations.
- Cofounder and president of the multi partisan association « Entreprendre Villes et quartiers[6] », devoted to the promotion of the French « Zones Franches Urbaines » (Urban Free Trade Zones). Since 1996.
- Founder and president of the association « la Seine en partage [7](sharing the Seine) » devoted to the economical and cultural promotion of the Seine river. Since 2001.
- Founder and president of the « Association Française d’Accession Populaire à la Propriété (AFAP[8])» (formerly and briefly named « Association des maisons à 100.000 euros »). Its purpose is to help municipalities to build « 100,000€ houses » and to sell them to lower class households. Since 2005 or 2006.
[edit] Professional experience[9]
- Development director of human resources management and recruitment firm : Light Consultant (1998–2002)
- Cofounder of a publishing house, Éditions Timée (2000)
- Cofounder of a publishing house, Squan Éditions (2008)
- Lawyer (2010)
[edit] Lawsuits for defamation and insult
A confirmed blogger himself, Yves Jégo prosecuted two blogs for defamation and insult.
- In 2007, he sued Frédéric Maupin and Jean-Luc Pujo, who called him a "liar" and "manipulator" during the 2007 legislative campaign. His suit was dismissed in November 2007 (confirmed by the Paris appeal court in July 2009[10])
- In 2008, he sued a local opponent, Yves Poey who called him an "apparatchik" and a "schemer" during the local elections campaign. He won partly (for "schemer") in March 2008, but Yves Poey eventually won his appeal in May 2010[11]
[edit] References
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- ^ "Bureau du Parti Radical" (in French)
- ^ "Regional Leaders Making a Difference", Pacific Magazine, April 27, 2008
- ^ Journal Officiel de la République Française, N°218 du 18 septembre 2004, page 36013 (fr)
- ^ "Cumul des mandats, notre classement des députés", Le Monde, 6th of october, 2009
- ^ "French Interior Ministery" "Le cumul des mandats électoraux" (in French)
- ^ Association Entreprendre, Villes et Quartiers. 94 rue Saint Lazare-75009 paris Tel : 01 48 74 13 03-Fax : 01 48 74 30 40
- ^ La Seine en Partage 4, rue du Pont Louis Philippe - 75004 PARIS Tel / Fax 01 42 78 36 60 Association Loi 1901 - Siret 441 126 703 000 12 - APE 913 E
- ^ (fr) "AFAP website"
- ^ "Yves Jégo's website" (in French)
- ^ Yves Jégo perd son procès en diffamation , lefigaro.fr (in French)
- ^ Notre débouté-Maire, Flamberge (in French)
