Juppe, Alain

Juppe, who at one time was nicknamed the "walking computer" for his brilliant mathematical abilities, began his political career in 1976 as a speechwriter for Jacques Chirac. Later - Chirac's assistant for finance (when he was mayor of Paris).

In 1983-1995. - Vice Mayor of Paris.

In 1986, 1989-1993, 1997-2004. - Member of the National Assembly.

From 1984 to 1986 - Member of the European Parliament.

From 1986 to 1988 - Minister of Budget and Speaker of the Government in the office of Jacques Chirac.

In 1988-1995 - General Secretary of the Association in support of the republic.

In 1995-2004 and since 2006 - mayor of Bordeaux.

In 1993 - 1995 - Minister of Foreign Affairs in the office of Edouard Balladur .

From 1995 to 1997 - Prime Minister, head of the first government formed under the President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac (his austerity plan provoked massive strikes in 1995); after winning the parliamentary elections, the socialists resigned.

The first chairman of the Union for the presidential majority of France (from 2002 to 2004 ).

In 2004, Juppe was accused of embezzlement of public funds when he was prime minister (we are talking about illegal financing of the Association in Support of the Republic party at the expense of the Paris treasury), put on trial and sentenced to conditional imprisonment for one and a half years, civil rights for 5 years and the ban on running for 10 years; these terms were later shortened after the appeal, but the rest of the sentence was upheld. As a result, Juppe lost his posts as mayor of Bordeaux and chairman of the ruling party; the last post was replaced by Nicolas Sarkozy .

Many believe that President Jacques Chirac is also responsible for the offenses alleged by Juppe; A number of corruption scandals were connected with Chirac when he was mayor of Paris (Juppe was also a close associate during this period). However, back in 1999, the court made an ambiguous public decision, according to which Chirac could neither be put on trial nor forced to testify because of the inviolability that the person of the president of the republic possesses under the French constitution.

After the court verdict, Alain Juppe lectured for about a year at one of the institutes of Montreal (Canada). In August 2006, after an extraordinary election was announced in Bordeaux, Juppe returned to France and voted not only for the local elections, but also for the national parliamentary. In the pre-term election of the Bordeaux city assembly on October 8, 2006 , the Juppé bloc of the Union for the Popular Movement and Democrats-Centrists received over 56% of the vote in the first round, and Alain Juppe again became mayor of Bordeaux. In the elections to the French National Assembly, the Union for the Popular Movement won first place.

On May 18, 2007 , after taking office of President Nicolas Sarkozy , Alain Juppe took over as Minister of State and Minister of Environmental Protection in the cabinet of François Fillon , becoming an influential member of the cabinet, in whose subordination is also the Secretary of State for Transport. After Debre and Fabius, this is just the third time that the former Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic became Minister in one of the subsequent governments.

Just a month later, on June 18, 2007 , Juppe announced his resignation after losing the second round of parliamentary elections .

On November 14, 2010, he again became part of the French government, becoming the Minister of State, Minister of Defense and Veterans of France in the third cabinet of François Fillon. On February 27, 2011, after the resignation of Michelle Allio-Marie, Alain Juppe became Minister of Foreign Affairs of France , thereby returning to the French Foreign Ministry 15 years after his previous tenure. He retired on May 10, 2012, along with the entire cabinet of Fillon.

Cavalier of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit in front of the Republic of Poland (2000) ^[5] .

Juppe's First Cabinet: May 18 - November 7, 1995

• Alain Juppe - Prime Minister of France;
• Hervé de Charette - Minister of Foreign Affairs;
• Charles Millon - Minister of Defense;
• Jean-Louis Debreu - Minister of the Interior;
• Alain Madeleine - Minister of Economics and Finance;
• Jacques Toubon - Minister of Justice;
• Yves Gallan - Minister of Industry;
• Francois Bayrou - Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Research;
• Jacques Barrot - Minister of Labor, Social Dialogue and Participation;
• Pierre Pasquini - Minister for Veterans and War Victims;
• Philip Dust-Blazy - Minister of Culture;
• Philippe Wasser - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
• Korin Lepage - Minister of Environmental Protection;
• Jean-Jacques de Peretti - Minister of Overseas Territories;
• Bernard Pons - Minister of Transport, Regional Planning and Equipment;
• Roger Romani - Minister for Parliamentary Relations;
• Elizabeth Hubert - Minister of Health and Sickness Insurance;
• Pierre-Andre Perissol - Minister of Housing;
• Francoise de Panafieux - Minister of Tourism;
• Francois Fillon - Minister of Information Technology and Post;
• Jean Pueche - Minister of Public Administration;
• Jean-Pierre Raffaren - Minister of Small and Medium Business, Trade and the Craft Industry;
• Claude Goguen - Minister of State Reform, Decentralization and Citizenship;
• Colette Kodachchioni - Minister of Intergenerational Solidarity;
• Eric Raul - Minister of Integration and Anti-Discrimination;
• Jean Artois - Minister of Planning.

Changes

• August 25, 1995 - Jean Artois inherits Madeleine as Minister of Economics and Finance, remaining also Minister of Planning.

Juppe's Second Cabinet: November 7, 1995 - June 4, 1997

• Alain Juppe - Prime Minister of France;
• Hervé de Charette - Minister of Foreign Affairs;
• Charles Millon - Minister of Defense;
• Jean-Louis Debreu - Minister of the Interior;
• Jean Artois - Minister of Economy and Finance;
• Jacques Toubon - Minister of Justice;
• Frank Borotra - Minister of Industry, Posts and Telecommunications;
• Francois Bayrou - Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Research;
• Jacques Barrot - Minister of Labor and Social Affairs;
• Philip Dust-Blazy - Minister of Culture;
• Philippe Wasser - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
• Guy Drut - Minister for Youth and Sports;
• Korin Lepage - Minister of Environmental Protection;
• Bernard Pons - Minister of Transport, Housing, Tourism and Equipment;
• Roger Romani - Minister for Parliamentary Relations;
• Domink Perben - Minister of Civil Service, Government Reform and Decentralization;
• Jean-Claude Gaudin - Minister for Cities and Regional Planning;
• Jean-Pierre Raffaren is Minister of Small and Medium Business, Trade and the Craft Industry.

The leader in the polls among Republican party members before the primaries for the 2017 presidential election , but lost to François Fillon in the second round.

On January 15, 2018, he announced his withdrawal from the Republicans party in disagreement with the Euro-skepticism policy pursued by the new party leader Laurent Vauquier ^[6] .

• Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
• Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor
• Quebec National Order Officer