Claude Bartolone
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Claude Bartolone | |
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 Claude Bartolone in Iran's Center for Strategic Research, September 2016 | |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| In office 26 June 2012 – 20 June 2017 | |
| President | François Hollande Emmanuel Macron |
| Preceded by | Bernard Accoyer |
| Succeeded by | François de Rugy |
| President of the General Council of Seine-Saint-Denis | |
| In office 20 March 2008 – 4 September 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Hervé Bramy |
| Succeeded by | Stéphane Troussel |
| Minister for the City | |
| In office 30 March 1998 – 6 May 2002 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Éric Raoult |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Louis Borloo |
| Member of the French National Assembly | |
| In office 20 June 2012 – 20 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Élisabeth Guigou |
| Succeeded by | Sabine Rubin |
| Constituency | Seine-Saint-Denis's 9th |
| In office 2 July 1981 – 19 June 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Jacqueline Chonavel |
| Succeeded by | Élisabeth Guigou |
| Constituency | Seine-Saint-Denis's 6th |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 July 1951 Tunis, Tunisia |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse | Véronique Ragusa |
| Alma mater | Pierre and Marie Curie University |
Claude Bartolone (French pronunciation: [klod baʁtɔlɔn]; born 1951) is a Tunisian-born French politician who was President of the National Assembly of France from 2012 to 2017. A member of the Socialist Party, he was first elected to the National Assembly, representing the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in 1981. He served in the government as Minister for the City from 1998 to 2002, and he was President of the Seine-Saint-Denis General Council from 2008 to 2012.
Biography
Early life
He was born on 29 July 1951 in Tunis, Tunisia.[1] His mother was from Malta and his father from Sicily; both his parents were working-class.[2][3] At the age of nine, he moved to Le Pré-Saint-Gervais in France and grew up in a council estate.[2][4] After he was encouraged by a teacher named Marie-Thérèse Thoullieux not to get a professional degree, he attended the Lycée Turgot in Paris.[2][3] He received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.[3]
Career
Local mandates
He was a municipal councillor of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais from 1977 to 1983, and from 1995 to 2008. He served as Deputy Mayor of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais from 1977 to 1983, from June to October 1995, as Mayor from 1995 to 1998, and again as Deputy Mayor from 2001 to 2008. He was also municipal councillor of Les Lilas from 1983 to 1989.
He served as Seine-Saint-Denis general councillor from 1979 to 1992, and has served again since 2008. From 1985 to 1992, he served as vice-president of the Seine-Saint-Denis General Council, and as president from 2008 to 2012. From 1998 to 2002, he served as regional councillor of Ile-de-France.
National mandates
He served as a member of the National Assembly for the sixth district, encompassing Seine-Saint-Denis from 1981 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002, he served as Minister of the City. Since 2002, he has served as member of the National Assembly again.
Following the June 2012 parliamentary election, in which the Socialist Party won a parliamentary majority, Bartolone was designated as the Socialist candidate for the post of President of the National Assembly. In the vote, held on 26 June 2012, Bartolone was accordingly elected to the post, receiving 298 votes against 185 votes for the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) candidate Bernard Accoyer, who held the post during the preceding parliamentary term.[5]
| Candidates | Parties | Socialist Primary | First round | ||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| bgcolor="Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | Bernard Accoyer | Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire) | UMP | 185 | 38.30% | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | Claude Bartolone | Socialist Party (Parti socialiste) | PS | 127 | 49.22% | 298 | 61.70% |
| bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | Jean Glavany | Socialist Party (Parti socialiste) | PS | 59 | 22.87% | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | Élisabeth Guigou | Socialist Party (Parti socialiste) | PS | 50 | 19.38% | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | Daniel Vaillant | Socialist Party (Parti socialiste) | PS | 22 | 8.53% | ||
Since 2012, he has served as President of the National Assembly of France.[4][6] Thus, he lived in the Hôtel de Lassay.[4]
In April 2013, he received a menacing letter containing ammunition powder, suggesting he should stop supporting same-sex marriage.[7][8][9][10]
Personal life
He is married, in a second marriage, with Véronique Ragusa, a parliamentary collaborator. He resides in a 320 square metre mansion on the outskirts of Paris.[11]
Honours
Foreign Honours
Italy : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (19/11/2012)[12]
References
- ^ Office of the Secretary General (2012). "Claude Bartolone". Assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ a b c « J'ai dit à l'élève Bartolone : Vous devriez viser plus haut », Le Parisien, June 26, 2012
- ^ a b c Paul de Coustin, La prof qui a poussé Bartolone à entrer au lycée, Le Figaro, June 26, 2012
- ^ a b c François-Xavier Bourmaud, Bartolone, de la Seine-Saint-Denis au perchoir, Le Figaro, June 21, 2012
- ^ "Claude Bartolone élu au perchoir", AFP, 26 June 2012 Template:Fr icon.
- ^ Sophie Huet, Bartolone, futur président de l'Assemblée nationale, Le Figaro, June 21, 2012
- ^ Scott Roberts, France: National Assembly speaker urged to delay equal marriage vote in ammunition powder letter, Pink News, April 22, 2013
- ^ Nicolas Germain, Mariage pour tous : Claude Bartolone reçoit des menaces de mort, France 24, April 22, 2013
- ^ Mariage pour tous : Claude Bartolone reçoit des menaces de mort, The Huffington Post, April 22, 2013
- ^ Loi sur le mariage gay : Claude Bartolone a reçu une lettre de menaces, Le Parisien, April 22, 2013
- ^ Visitez la maison de Claude Bartolone, Le Journal du Dimanche, April 17, 2013
- ^ Italian Presidency website, Sig. Claude Bartolone (Presidente dell'Assemblea Nazionale ) - Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
- 1951 births
- Living people
- French people of Maltese descent
- French people of Sicilian descent
- French people of Italian descent
- Tunisian people of Sicilian descent
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- People from Tunis
- Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic