Jean-Louis Borloo
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Jean-Louis Borloo
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 Borloo (left) with Jacques Chirac |
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| In office 19 June 2007 – Incumbent |
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| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
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| Preceded by | Alain Juppé |
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| Born | 7 April 1951 Paris, France |
| Political party | Radical Party-UMP |
| Spouse | Béatrice Schönberg |
| Residence | Valenciennes, France |
Jean-Louis Borloo (born 7 April 1951 in Paris) is a French politician, and currently the French Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning (Regional Development).
[edit] Political career
Of Picard origin, Borloo began his career as a lawyer in the 1980s. He became president of the Valenciennes Football Club in 1986. In 1989, he was elected mayor of Valenciennes as an Independent, winning over 76% of the vote.
In the June 1989 European elections, he was elected to the European Parliament as the second candidate on Simone Veil's list. He held this function until his election as regional councillor for the Nord-Pas-de-Calais in 1992.
He was elected to the French National Assembly as a Miscellaneous Right candidate representing the Nord's 21st constituency in 1993. Caucusing with the UDF, he was re-elected in 1997, two years after his re-election as Mayor of Valenciennes.
He was a founding member of Ecology Generation in 1990, but he later joined the Union for French Democracy led by François Bayrou. However, he joined the Radical Party (associated to the new Union for a Popular Movement in 2002. He was co-president of the Radical Party alongside André Rossinot between 2005 and 2007 before becoming sole President of the party in 2007.
It was under the Radical-UMP etiquette that he was re-elected deputy in 2002 and 2007.
He was Minister of the City and Urban Renewal in the Jean-Pierre Raffarin governments between 2002 and 2004, Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Cohesion under Raffarin between 2004 and 2005 and finally Minister for Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing in the Dominique de Villepin government between 2005 and 2007.
On 21 July 2005 he married news anchorwoman Béatrice Schönberg at Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine.
In this role, he introduced a five-year plan of "social cohesion", which was centered around three axes: equal opportunity, housing and employment.
From 18 May to 19 June 2007, he was Minister of the Economy and Finance in the François Fillon cabinet. Since 19 June 2007, he has been the French minister of State for Energy, Ecology and Sustainable Development. In this capacity, he was a major player in the 2007-2008 Grenelle de l'environnement.
[edit] Political career
Governmental functions
- Minister of the City and Urban Renewal : 2002-2004
- Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Cohesion : 2004-2005
- Minister for Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing : 2005-2007
- Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry : May-June 2007
- Minister of State, Minister for Ecology, Energy, ans Sustainable Development : Since 2007
Electoral mandates
- Member of European Parliament : 1989-1992
- Member of the National Assembly of France for Nord (department) : 1993-2002 (He Becames minister in 2002) / Reelected in 2007 but he remains minister in 2007
- Mayor of Valenciennes : 1989-2002
- Deputy-mayor of Valenciennes : 2002-2008
- Municipal councillor of Valenciennes : Since 2008
- President of the Agglomeration community of Valenciennes : 2001-2008
- Regional councillor of Nord-Pas-de-Calais : 1992-1993 / March-November 1998
Political functions
- President of the Radical Party (France) : Since 2007
- Vice-president of the Union for a Popular Movement : Since 2009
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| Preceded by François Fillon |
Minister of Social Affairs 2004–2007 |
Succeeded by Xavier Bertrand |
| Preceded by Thierry Breton |
Minister of the Economy and Finance 2007 |
Succeeded by Christine Lagarde |
| Preceded by Alain Juppé |
Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development 2007 – present |
Incumbent |
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