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Jean-Louis Borloo
Borloo in 2007
Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development,Territorial Development and for the Elderly
Incumbent
Assumed office  19 June 2007
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Alain Juppé
Born	7 April 1951 Paris, France
Political party	Radical Party-UMP
Spouse(s)	Béatrice Schönberg
Residence	Valenciennes, France

Jean-Louis Borloo (born 7 April 1951 in Paris) is a French politician, and currently the French Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning (Regional Development).

[edit] Political career

Of Picard 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. Since 19 June 2007, he has been 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.

[edit] Political career

Governmental functions

Minister of State, Minister for Ecology, Energy, ans Sustainable Development : Since 2007.

Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry : May-June 2007.

Minister for Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing : 2005-2007.

Minister of Labor, 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) : 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.

Political offices
Preceded by François Fillon	Minister of Social Affairs 2004–2007	Succeeded by Xavier Bertrand
Preceded by Thierry Breton	Minister of the Economy and Finance 2007	Succeeded by Christine Lagarde
Preceded by Alain Juppé	Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development 2007–present	Incumbent

v • d • e First Fillon Cabinet François Fillon | Alain Juppé | Bernard Kouchner | Hervé Morin | Michèle Alliot-Marie | Brice Hortefeux | Rachida Dati | Jean-Louis Borloo | Éric Wœrth | Xavier Bertrand | Christine Boutin | Christine Lagarde | Xavier Darcos | Valérie Pécresse | Christine Albanel | Roselyne Bachelot

v • d • e Second Fillon Cabinet François Fillon | Jean-Louis Borloo | Michèle Alliot-Marie | Bernard Kouchner | Hervé Morin | Brice Hortefeux | Xavier Darcos | Christine Lagarde | Éric Wœrth | Éric Besson | Luc Chatel | Bruno Le Maire | Valérie Pécresse | Frédéric Mitterrand | Roselyne Bachelot | Michel Mercier