François Fillon

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François Fillon

Fillon in 2012
Prime Minister of France
In office
17 May 2007 – 16 May 2012
President Nicolas Sarkozy
Preceded by Dominique de Villepin
Succeeded by Jean-Marc Ayrault
Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing
In office
22 February 2012 – 16 May 2012
President Nicolas Sarkozy
Preceded by Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet
Succeeded by Nicole Bricq
Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research
In office
31 March 2004 – 31 May 2005
President Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Preceded by Luc Ferry (National Education and Research)
François Loos (Higher Education)
Succeeded by Gilles de Robien
Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity
In office
7 May 2002 – 30 March 2004
President Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Preceded by Élisabeth Guigou
Succeeded by Jean-Louis Borloo
President of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire
In office
20 March 1998 – 16 May 2002
Preceded by Olivier Guichard
Succeeded by Jean-Luc Harousseau
Minister responsible for Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones
In office
7 November 1997 – 2 June 1997
President Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister Alain Juppé
Succeeded by Christian Pierret
Minister of Information Technologies and Posts
In office
18 May 1995 – 7 November 1995
President Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister Alain Juppé
Preceded by José Rossi
Succeeded by Franck Borotra
Minister of Higher Education and Research
In office
30 March 1993 – 11 May 1995
President François Mitterrand
Prime Minister Édouard Balladur
Preceded by Hubert Curien (Research)
Succeeded by François Bayrou
Personal details
Born François Charles Amand Fillon
(1954-03-04) 4 March 1954
Le Mans, France
Political party RPR (Before 2002)
UMP (2002–2015)
Les Républicains (2015–)
Spouse(s) Penelope Clarke (m. 1980)
Children 5
Alma mater University of Maine
Paris Descartes University
Religion Roman Catholicism
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François Charles Amand Fillon (French pronunciation: ​[fʁɑ̃.swa ʃaʁl amɑ̃ fi.jɔ̃]; born 4 March 1954) is a French lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 17 May 2007 to 16 May 2012. He was appointed by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007.[1][2] As a member of the UMP, Fillon became Jean-Pierre Raffarin's Minister of Labour in 2002 and undertook controversial reforms of the 35-hour working week law and of the French retirement system.

Fillon became Minister of National Education in 2004 and proposed the much debated Fillon law on Education. In 2005, he was not included in the new government headed by Dominique de Villepin, but was elected Senator for the Sarthe Département. His role as a political advisor in Nicolas Sarkozy's successful race for President led to his becoming Prime Minister. Fillon resigned upon Sarkozy's defeat to François Hollande in the 2012 presidential elections. In 2013 during a visit in Russia, Fillon criticized the French government led by Francois Hollande for its support to a military intervention in Syria.

Early life

Fillon was born in Le Mans, Sarthe. His father is a civil law notary, while his mother, Anne Fillon, is a celebrated historian of Basque descent.[3] His youngest brother, Dominique, is a talented pianist.[4]

Fillon lives with his wife, Penelope, and five children, Marie, Charles, Antoine, Édouard and Arnaud, in the 12th-century Château de Beaucé, set in 20 acres (8 ha) of woodland on the banks of the River Sarthe at the famous monastery village of Solesmes, near Sablé-sur-Sarthe about halfway between Le Mans and Angers. M. and Mme Fillon resided in various other properties, always in the Sarthe, throughout their marriage, before buying Beaucé in 1993.[4]

Connections with United Kingdom

François Fillon speaking in the National Assembly.

Fillon has a reputation as an Anglophile and has had speaking engagements at a wide variety of universities in Britain, notably the London School of Economics.[5]

His wife, Penelope Kathryn (née Clarke), was born in Llanover, Wales, the daughter of a solicitor. They met while she was teaching English during her gap year in Le Mans, and they were married in the bride's family church in June 1980.[4][6][7][8] Fillon's younger brother, Pierre, an ophthalmic specialist, later married Penelope Fillon's younger sister, Jane.

Having lived all his life in the Le Mans area and represented it politically, Fillon is an enthusiastic supporter of the city's famous 24 hour sportscar race, which he has attended nearly every year since he was a small child. He is a member of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, which stages the event, and is on the race's organisation committee. He has competed himself in the Le Mans Legend historic sportscar races on the full 24-hour circuit and in a number of other classic road rallies.[9]

Professional résumé

Education

Political career

Governmental functions

Minister of Higher Education and Research : 1993–1995;

Minister of Information Technologies and Post : May–November 1995;

Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Space : 1995–1997;

Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity : 2002–2004;

Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research : 2004–2005;

Prime minister : 2007-2012.

February to May 2012 : he assumed the functions of the Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing, after the resignation of Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet who became spokeswoman of Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign.

Electoral mandates

National Assembly of France

President of the Rally-UMP Group in the National Assembly : November 2012 - January 2013;

Member of the National Assembly of France for Paris (2nd constituency) : Since 2012. Elected in 2012;

Member of the National Assembly of France for Sarthe (4th constituency) : 1981–1993 (Became minister in 1993) / 1997–2002 (Became minister in 2002) / Reelected in 2007 but he became Prime minister. Elected in 1981, reelected in 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007;

Senate of France

Senator of the Sarthe : 2005–2007 (Became Prime minister in 2007, and he appears again as a member of the National Assembly of France in June 2007). Elected in 2004, but he remains as minister. Reelected in 2005.

Regional Council

President of the Regional Council of Pays-de-la-Loire : 1998–2002. (Resignation);

Vice-president of the Regional Council of Pays-de-la-Loire : 2002–2004;

Regional councillor of Pays-de-la-Loire : 1998–2007 (Resignation). Reelected in 2004. Elected in Sarthe constituency.

General Council

President of the General Council of Sarthe : 1992–1998. Reelected in 1994;

Vice-President of the General Council of Sarthe : 1985–1992;

General councillor of the Sarthe, elected in the canton of Sablé-sur-Sarthe : 1981–1998. Reelected in 1985, 1992.

Municipal Council

Mayor of Sablé-sur-Sarthe : 1983–2001. Reelected in 1989, 1995;

Municipal councillor of Sablé-sur-Sarthe : 1983–2001. Reelected in 1989, 1995;

Municipal councillor of Solesmes : Since 2001. Reelected in 2008.

Community of communes Council

President of the Communauté de communes of Sablé-sur-Sarthe : 2001-2012 (Resignation). Reelected in 2008;

Member of the Communauté de communes of Sablé-sur-Sarthe : Since 2001. Reelected in 2008.

Prime Minister

The day after Nicolas Sarkozy became President, he appointed Fillon as Prime Minister of France, charging him with the task of forming a new cabinet, which was announced on 18 May 2007.[10] By appointing as Secretary of State André Santini, who had been indicted in the Fondation Hamon affair on charges of corruption, Fillon broke for the first time since 1992 with the so-called "Balladur jurisprudence," according to which an indicted governmental personality should resign until the case is closed.[11]

Fillon's First Government

From 17 May, to 18 June 2007.

Ministers

Secretaries of State

High Commissioner

Fillon's Second Government

Appointed on 19 June 2007[12]

Ministers

Secretaries of State

High Commissioner

Shuffles

Appointment of Secretary of State for Sport

22 October 2007[14]

After Municipal Elections of 2008

18 March 2008[15]
There was a shuffle of the secretaries of state following the municipal elections of 16 March 2008.

New Secretaries of State
Changes of attributions – Ministers
Changes of attributions – Secretaries of State

In December 2008

In January 2009 – Xavier Bertrand becomes head of UMP[18]

In June 2009 – After the European parliamentary elections[19]

In addition:

keep their current functions.

Resignation and Cabinet reshuffle

On 13 November 2010, Fillon resigned, paving the way for a cabinet reshuffle.[20] On 14 November 2010, French President Nicolas Sarkozy reappointed Fillion as Prime Minister, allowing Fillon to formally name a new cabinet.[21]

In 2012 in a country where foreign citizens are traditionally held to a devoir de réserve (non-involvement in politics) Fillon challenged the conviction accorded to Eva Joly (a French citizen but of Norwegian origin)'s expression. He subsequently suggested that Jews and Muslims abandon their traditional food practices (but has since apologised). Earlier as Minister for Education he had strongly advocated restriction on the wearing of religious signs in schools and other 'public' places.

Fillon resigned on 10 May 2012 with his cabinet, following the defeat of Nicolas Sarkozy to François Hollande in the 2012 presidential elections. Following the inauguration of Hollande as President on 15 May 2012, Jean-Marc Ayrault, mayor of Nantes, was appointed as Prime Minister.

UMP presidential election

Aiming at building consensus within the diverging views at the UMP after Francois Hollande's victory in the French presidential elections in 2012, Francois Fillon declared his candidacy to become the President of the UMP party. On the day of the vote, both candidates François Fillon and Jean-François Copé claimed victory and accused the other of cheating. This led to a major political crisis within the party with votes being recounted twice and Jean-François Copé finally being declared winner.

François Fillon threatened to split from UMP unless new elections were organized. In December 2012, Jean-François Copé, finally agreed to organizing new elections in 2013, thus putting an end to the crisis. To this date, François Fillon has not announced whether he will run again.

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ "Communiqué de la Présidence de la République concernant la nomination du Premier ministre" (in French). Élysée Palace. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
  2. ↑ "Décret du 17 mai 2007 portant nomination du Premier ministre" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Décès d’Anne Fillon, mère de l’ex-Premier ministre". Ouest France (France). 17 August 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Willsher, Kim; Finan, Tim (7 May 2007). "Welshwoman prepares for life in French No 10". The Daily Telegraph (UK). Retrieved 12 May 2007.
  5. ↑ Chrisafis, Angelique (18 May 2007). "Anglophile Fillon is new French PM". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 18 May 2007.
  6. ↑ Campbell, Matthew (7 October 2007). "Madame Rosbif pricks Gallic pride". The Times (UK). Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  7. ↑ Chrisafis, Angelique (6 May 2007). "Sarkozy's first hundred days". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 12 May 2007.
  8. ↑ "François Fillon – Minister for National Education, Higher Education and Research". Embassy of France in the United States. 31 March 2004. Archived from the original on 10 May 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2007.
  9. ↑ "Le Mans racer to be France's next Prime Minister?". GrandPrix.com. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2007.
  10. ↑ Communiqué de la Présidence de la République concernant la composition du gouvernement de M. François FILLON, Premier ministre. Élysée Palace, 18 May 2007
  11. ↑ La mise en examen de M. Santini n'a pas empêché sa nomination au gouvernement, Le Monde, 22 June 2007 (French)
  12. ↑ Communiqué de la Présidence de la République annonçant la composition du gouvernement. Élysée Palace, 19 June 2007
  13. ↑ Communiqué de la Présidence de la République concernant la démission du gouvernement de M. François FILLON. Élysée Palace, 18 June 2007
  14. ↑ "Bernard Laporte, secrétaire d'Etat chargé des sports". Elysee.fr. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  15. ↑ "Décret de nomination du gouvernement" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  16. ↑ "Décret de nomination du gouvernement". Elysee.fr. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  17. ↑ M. Bruno LE MAIRE secrétaire d’État chargé des affaires européennes – 12 December 2008
  18. ↑ "Nomination au gouvernement". Elysee.fr. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  19. ↑ Composition du nouveau gouvernement – 23-06-09
  20. ↑ AFP: Sarkozy clears decks for French government reshuffle
  21. ↑ "French Prime Minister Reappointed". The New York Times. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  22. ↑

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Political offices
Preceded by
Élisabeth Guigou		 Minister of Social Affairs
2002–2004 		Succeeded by
Jean-Louis Borloo
Preceded by
Luc Ferry		 Minister of National Education
2004–2005 		Succeeded by
Gilles de Robien
Preceded by
Dominique de Villepin		 Prime Minister of France
2007–2012 		Succeeded by
Jean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded by
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet		 Minister of Ecology, Sustainable
Development, Transport and Housing
2012 		Succeeded by
Nicole Bricq
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