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Jacques Barrot
	Jacques Barrot
	;
Vice President of the European Commission for Justice, Freedom & Security
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 May 2008
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Franco Frattini
Vice President of the European Commission for Transport
	In office; 22 November 2004 – 9 May 2008
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Loyola de Palacio
Succeeded by	Antonio Tajani
European Commissioner for Regional Policy
	In office; 13 September 1999 – 11 November 2004
President	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Michel Barnier
Succeeded by	Danuta Hübner
Born	3 February 1937 (age 72); Yssingeaux, France
Political party	Union for a Popular Movement (EPP)
Profession	politician

Jacques Barrot (born 3 February 1937 in Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire) is a French politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Justice (since 2008), after 4 years as Commissioner for Transport. He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission. He previously held various ministerial positions in France, and is a member of the right-wing political party UMP. He was officially approved in his post by the European Parliament on 18 June 2008 with a vote of 489 to 52 with 19 abstentions.^[1]

Barrot has been a European Commissioner since April 2004, serving as Commissioner for Regional Policy in the Prodi Commission before being selected as a Vice-President and Commissioner for Transport in the Barroso Commission. A convicted criminal, he was convicted in a French court of embezzlement in 2000. The case involved the diverting of £2 million of government money to his party. He received an eight month suspended prison sentence but was pardoned by Jacques Chirac. [1]

He gave a warning to British bishop Richard Williamson on the social consequences of Holocaust denial. ^[2]

[edit] Political career

European commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs : Since 2008

Vice-president of the European Commission : Since 2004

European commissioner for Transports : 2004-2008

Governmental functions

Secretary of State for Housing : 1974-1978

Minister of Trade and Handicrafts : 1978-1979

Minister of Health and Social Security : 1979-1981

Minister of Labor, Social Dialogue and Participation : May-November 1995

Minister of Labor and Social Affairs : 1995-1997

Electoral mandates

Member of the National Assembly of France for Haute-Loire : 1967-1974 (Became Secretary of State in 1974) / Reelected in 1978, but he remains minister / 1981-1995 (Became minister in 1995) / 1997-2004 (Became member of the European Commission in 2004)

Municipal councillor of Yssingeaux : 1965-1971

Deputy-mayor of Yssingeaux : 1971-1989

Mayor of Yssingeaux : 1989-2001

General councillor of Haute-Loire : 1966-1976 / 2001-2008

President of the General council of Haute-Loire : 1976-2001

[edit] References

^ Round-up of Tajani and Barrot hearings
^ [La Commission européenne met en garde l'évêque Williamson http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hCdcg56XW07eSnFuOn1lLUa4eVDg]

[edit] External links

Official website

Political offices
Preceded by Michel Barnier	French European Commissioner 2004 - present	Incumbent
Preceded by Pedro Solbes	European Commissioner for Regional Policy 2004	Succeeded by Danuta Hübner
Preceded by Loyola de Palacio, Neil Kinnock	Vice-President of the European Commission 2004–present (jointly held position)	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Loyola de Palacio (as part of wider portfolio)	European Commissioner for Transport 2004 - 2008	Succeeded by Antonio Tajani
Preceded by Franco Frattini	European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom & Security 2008–present	Succeeded by incumbent

[0] Round-up of Tajani and Barrot hearings

[1] [La Commission européenne met en garde l'évêque Williamson http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hCdcg56XW07eSnFuOn1lLUa4eVDg]

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