Jean-Louis Borloo
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Jean-Louis Borloo is a French politician, and was the French Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning (Regional Development)
between 2007 and 2010.
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. In this role, he introduced a five-year plan of "social cohesion", which was centered around three axes: equal opportunity, housing and employment.
On 21 July 2005 he married news anchorwoman Béatrice Schönberg
at Rueil-Malmaison
, Hauts-de-Seine.
From 18 May to 19 June 2007, he was Minister of the Economy and Finance
in the François Fillon
cabinet. Between 19 June 2007 and November 2010, he was 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
. He quit the government allegedly after being passed over for premiership in a cabinet reshuffle.
In April 2011, Borloo quit the UMP in protest over Sarkozy's rightward swing. He announced plans to set up "a republican, ecologist, and social alliance" with a view to present a candidate in the 2012 presidential election.
Minister of State, Minister for Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development: 2007–2010.
Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry: May–June 2007.
Minister for Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing: 2005–2007.
Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Cohesion: 2004–2005.
Minister of the City and Urban Renewal: 2002–2004.
Electoral mandates
European Parliament
Member of European Parliament
: 1989–1992.
National Assembly of France
Member of the National Assembly of France for Nord (department) (21st constituency) : 1993–2002 (Became minister in 2002) / Reelected in 2007 but he remains minister in 2007. Elected in 1993, reelected in 1997, 2002, 2007.
Regional Council
Regional councillor of Nord-Pas-de-Calais : 1992–1993 (Resignation) / March–November 1998 (Resignation).
Municipal Council
Mayor of Valenciennes
: 1989–2002 (Resignation).
Deputy-mayor of Valenciennes
: 2002–2008.
Municipal councillor of Valenciennes
: Since 1989.
Agglomeration community Council
President of the Agglomeration community of Valenciennes
: 2001–2008.
Member of the Agglomeration community of Valenciennes
: 2001–2008.
Political functions
President of the Radical Party (France) : Since 2007.
Vice-president of the Union for a Popular Movement
: Since 2009.
Minister of the Environment (France)
The Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing is an agency of the government of France, centred around a cabinet member who is often referred to as the "Minister of Ecology". This position is occupied by Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet...
between 2007 and 2010.
Professional résumé
Education- 1969, BaccalauréatBaccalauréatThe baccalauréat , often known in France colloquially as le bac, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée . It was introduced by Napoleon I in 1808. It is the main diploma required to pursue university studies...
, Philosophy stream. - 1972, B.A., Law and Philosophy, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
- 1974, B.A., History and Economics, Paris X Nanterre.
- 1976, M.B.A, HEC Paris
Political career
Of PicardPicardie
Picardy is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.-History:The historical province of Picardy stretched from north of Noyon to Calais, via the whole of the Somme department and the north of the Aisne department...
origin, Borloo began his career as a lawyer in the 1980s. He became president of the Valenciennes Football Club
Valenciennes FC
Valenciennes Football Club is a French association football club based in Valenciennes. The club was founded in 1913 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Valenciennes plays its home matches at the recently-built Stade du Hainaut located within the city...
in 1986. In 1989, he was elected mayor of Valenciennes
Valenciennes
Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
as an Independent, winning over 76% of the vote.
In the June 1989 European elections
European Parliament election, 2009 (France)
European elections to elect 72 French Members of the European Parliament were held on Sunday 7 June 2009.Due to the entry of Romania and Bulgaria in the European Union in 2007, the number of seats allocated to France was revised from 78 seats to 72 seats, a loss of 6 seats...
, he was elected to the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
as the second candidate on Simone Veil
Simone Veil
Simone Veil, DBE is a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France....
'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
French National Assembly
The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
as a Miscellaneous Right
Miscellaneous Right
Miscellaneous Right in France refers to right-wing candidates that are not member of any large party. They either include small right-wing parties, dissidents expelled from their parties for running against their party's candidate, as well as candidates who were never formal members of a party...
candidate representing the Nord's 21st constituency
Nord's 21st constituency
The 21st constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.-Deputies:Prior to 1988, the 21st constituency was the constituency of Avesnes-sur-Helpe in the southeastern part of the department.-2007:...
in 1993
French legislative election, 1993
French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the 10th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.Since 1988, President François Mitterrand and his Socialist cabinets had relied on a relative parliamentary majority. Without the support of the Communists, Prime minister...
. Caucusing with the UDF
Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
, he was re-elected in 1997
French legislative election, 1997
French legislative election took place on 25 May and 1 June 1997 to elect the 11th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. It was the consequence of President Jacques Chirac's decision to call the legislative election one year before the deadline....
, 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
Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
led by François Bayrou
François Bayrou
François Bayrou is a French centrist politician, president of Union for French Democracy since 1998 and was a candidate in the 2002 and 2007 French presidential elections. In the first round, he received 18.6% of the vote, finishing in 3rd place and therefore was eliminated from the race....
. However, he joined the Radical Party (associated to the new Union for a Popular Movement
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
) in 2002. He was co-president of the Radical Party alongside André Rossinot
André Rossinot
André Rossinot is a French politician. He is a medical doctor specialist in Otolaryngology. He is a member of the Radical Party....
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
French legislative election, 2002
-12th Assembly by Parliamentary Group:...
and 2007
French legislative election, 2007
The French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. 7,639 candidates stood for 577 seats, including France's overseas possessions...
.
He was Minister of the City and Urban Renewal in the Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin is a French conservative politician and senator for Vienne.Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as the Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005, resigning after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. However, after 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
Dominique de Villepin
Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007....
government between 2005 and 2007. In this role, he introduced a five-year plan of "social cohesion", which was centered around three axes: equal opportunity, housing and employment.
On 21 July 2005 he married news anchorwoman Béatrice Schönberg
Béatrice Schönberg
Béatrice Schönberg is a French TV journalist on France 2 for the 8 pm weekend news. Her newscasts can be seen on TV5 in Canada on weekends at 6:30 pm North American Eastern Time...
at Rueil-Malmaison
Rueil-Malmaison
Rueil-Malmaison is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department of France. It is located 12.6 kilometers from the center of Paris.-Name:...
, Hauts-de-Seine.
From 18 May to 19 June 2007, he was Minister of the Economy and Finance
Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry (France)
The Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment , or Minister of Finance for short, is one of the most prominent positions in the cabinet of France after the Prime Minister....
in the François Fillon
François Fillon
François Charles Armand Fillon is the Prime Minister of France. He was appointed to that office by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007. He served initially until 13 November 2010 when he resigned from being prime minister before a planned cabinet reshuffle.On 14 November 2010, Sarkozy...
cabinet. Between 19 June 2007 and November 2010, he was the French minister of State for Energy, Ecology and Sustainable Development
Minister of the Environment (France)
The Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing is an agency of the government of France, centred around a cabinet member who is often referred to as the "Minister of Ecology". This position is occupied by Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet...
. In this capacity, he was a major player in the 2007–2008 Grenelle de l'environnement
Grenelle Environnement
The Grenelle de l'environnement is an open multi-party debate in France that brings together representatives of national and local government and organizations on an equal footing, with goal of unifying a position on a specific theme...
. He quit the government allegedly after being passed over for premiership in a cabinet reshuffle.
In April 2011, Borloo quit the UMP in protest over Sarkozy's rightward swing. He announced plans to set up "a republican, ecologist, and social alliance" with a view to present a candidate in the 2012 presidential election.
Political career
Governmental functionsMinister of State, Minister for Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development: 2007–2010.
Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry: May–June 2007.
Minister for Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing: 2005–2007.
Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Cohesion: 2004–2005.
Minister of the City and Urban Renewal: 2002–2004.
Electoral mandates
European Parliament
Member of European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
: 1989–1992.
National Assembly of France
Member of the National Assembly of France for Nord (department) (21st constituency) : 1993–2002 (Became minister in 2002) / Reelected in 2007 but he remains minister in 2007. Elected in 1993, reelected in 1997, 2002, 2007.
Regional Council
Regional councillor of Nord-Pas-de-Calais : 1992–1993 (Resignation) / March–November 1998 (Resignation).
Municipal Council
Mayor of Valenciennes
Valenciennes
Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
: 1989–2002 (Resignation).
Deputy-mayor of Valenciennes
Valenciennes
Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
: 2002–2008.
Municipal councillor of Valenciennes
Valenciennes
Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
: Since 1989.
Agglomeration community Council
President of the Agglomeration community of Valenciennes
Valenciennes
Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
: 2001–2008.
Member of the Agglomeration community of Valenciennes
Valenciennes
Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
: 2001–2008.
Political functions
President of the Radical Party (France) : Since 2007.
Vice-president of the Union for a Popular Movement
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
: Since 2009.