Gilles de Robien
Le vicomte Gilles de Robien (French pronunciation: [ʒil də ʁɔˈbjɛ̃]; born 10 April 1941) is a French politician and former government minister.[1]
Gilles de Robien | |
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Minister of National Education | |
In office 31 May 2005 – 15 May 2007 | |
President | Jacques Chirac |
Prime Minister | Dominique de Villepin |
Preceded by | François Fillon |
Succeeded by | Xavier Darcos |
Minister of Transport | |
In office 7 May 2002 – 31 May 2005 | |
President | Jacques Chirac |
Prime Minister | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
Preceded by | Jean-Claude Gayssot |
Succeeded by | Dominique Perben |
Mayor of Amiens | |
In office 24 March 1989 – 27 June 2002 | |
Preceded by | René Lamps |
Succeeded by | Brigitte Fouré |
In office 29 March 2007 – 21 March 2008 | |
Preceded by | Brigitte Fouré |
Succeeded by | Gilles Demailly |
Personal details | |
Born | Cocquerel, Somme, France | 10 April 1941
Political party | UDF |
Education | Lycée Hoche |
The son of Count Jean de Robien by his wife Éliane Le Mesre de Pas,[2] he is descended from the noble Breton family de Robien.
In 1989, De Robien was elected Mayor of Amiens, being re-elected for two further terms.[2] However, in the French municipal elections of 2008, he was defeated by Gilles Demailly of the French Socialist Party.
De Robien served as French Minister for Education from August 2005 to May 2007, and as a Deputy from 1996 to 2007.[2]
Political career
Government offices[2]
Minister for Transport : 2002–2005.
Minister for National Education : 2005–2007.
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France[2]
Vice-President of the National Assembly of France : 1993–1998.
Member of the National Assembly of France for the Somme : 1986–2002 (appointed Minister in 2002). Elected in 1986 (re-elected: 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002).
Regional Council[2]
Regional Councillor of Picardy : 1992–2004. Re-elected in 1998.
Municipal Council[2]
Mayor of Amiens : 1989–2002 (Resigned) / 2007–2008. Re-elected in 1995, 2001, 2007.
Deputy Mayor of Amiens : 2002–2007.
City Councillor of Amiens : 1989–2008. Re-elected in 1995, 2001.
Agglomeration Community Council[2]
President of the Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole : 1994–2008. Re-elected in 1995, 2001.
Member of the Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole : 1994–2008. Re-elected in 1995, 2001.
Honours
- Chevalier, Légion d'honneur
- Commandeur, Order of Palmes académiques
- Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Hon. KBE)
- Grand Officer, Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul (Brasil)
- Grand Cross, Orden al Mérito de Chile
- Grand Cross, Orden del Mérito Civil (España)
- Knight Grand Cross, Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana
- Grand Officer, Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco)
References
- www.whoswho.fr
- "Elections 2008 – Municipales – Biographie de Gilles de Robien" [Elections 2008 – Municipal – Biography of Gilles de Robien] (in French). Paris: Les Echos. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2011. Translate the French to English