Jean-Louis Debré
Jean-Louis Debré in 2006
President of the Constitutional Council of France
Incumbent
Assumed office  5 March 2007
Preceded by	Pierre Mazeaud
President of the French National Assembly
In office 25 June 2002 – 2 March 2007
Preceded by	Raymond Forni
Succeeded by	Patrick Ollier
French Interior Minister
In office 18 May 1995 – 4 June 1997
President	Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister	Alain Juppé
Preceded by	Charles Pasqua
Succeeded by	Jean-Pierre Chevènement
Member of the French National Assembly for Eure (1st constituency)
In office 1 June 1997 – 5 March 2007
Preceded by	Françoise Charpentier
Succeeded by	Françoise Charpentier
In office 2 April 1986 – 18 June 1995
Succeeded by	Françoise Charpentier
Mayor of Évreux
In office 18 March 2001 – 12 March 2007
Preceded by	Roland Plaisance
Succeeded by	Jean-Pierre Nicolas
Born	30 September 1944 (1944-09-30) (age 65) Toulouse, France
Nationality	French
Political party	UMP
Spouse(s)	Anne-Marie Debré
Children	Charles Guillaume Marie-Victoire
Alma mater	École nationale de la magistrature Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris

Jean-Louis Debré (born 30 September 1944^[1]) is a conservative French political figure. He was President of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2007 and has been President of the Constitutional Council since 2007.

Debré was born in Toulouse.^[1] The son of former Prime Minister Michel Debré and the brother of politician Bernard Debré, he was member of the Neo-Gaullist party Rally for the Republic (RPR) then of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).

Jean-Louis Debré, outside of politics, is a career judge.^[2]

Debré was first elected to the National Assembly in the 1986 parliamentary election; he was re-elected in 1988, 1993, 1997, and 2002 as a deputy from the first constituency of Eure.^[3] He was Minister of the Interior in Alain Juppé's governments (1995-1997), and has been criticized for having allowed the armed Corsican clandestine press conference, and was responsible for the controversial evacuation of Saint-Bernard church in Paris, which was occupied by illegal immigrants (so called sans-papiers) on hunger strikes.

He was elected as Mayor of Evreux in 2001, serving in that post until 2007.

He was leader of the RPR group in the National Assembly from 1997 to 2002 and then President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007. Faithful to President Chirac, he frequently criticized UMP leader Nicolas Sarkozy. He resigned as President of the National Assembly three months before the end of his tenure after he was appointed as President of the Constitutional Council by Chirac on 22 February 2007.^[4] He replaced Pierre Mazeaud in the latter position.

[edit] Political career

President of the Constitutional Council of France : Since 2007.

Governmental function

Minister of Interior : 1995-1997.

Electoral mandates

National Assembly of France

President of the National Assembly of France : 2002-2007 (Resignation, became President of the Constitutional Council of France in 2007).

Member of the National Assembly of France for Eure : 1986-1995 (Became minister in 1995) / 1997-2007 (Resignation became President of the Constitutional Council of France in 2007). Elected in 1986, reelected in 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002.

General Council

Vice-president of the General Council of Eure : 1998-2001 (Resignation).

General councillor of Eure : 1992-2001 (Resignation). Reelected in 1998.

Municipal Council

Mayor of Evreux : 2001-2007 (Resignation).

Municipal councillor of Evreux : 1989-1995 / 2001-2007 (Resignation).

Deputy-mayor of Paris : 1995-1997 (Resignation).

Councillor of Paris : 1995-1997 (Resignation).

Agglomeration community Council

President of the Agglomeration community of Évreux : 2001-2007. (Resignation).

Member of the Agglomeration community of Évreux : 2001-2007. (Resignation).

Political functions

Spokesman of the Rally for the Republic : 1993-1995.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Debré family

Current members of the Constitutional Council of France
President of the Council Jean-Louis Debré
Members Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Jacques Chirac | Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe Dominique Schnapper | Pierre Joxe | Pierre Steinmetz | Jacqueline de Guillenchmidt Jean-Louis Pezant | Renaud Denoix de Saint Marc | Guy Canivet
* as of 2007[update]

Preceded by Charles Pasqua	Minister of the Interior 1995-1997	Succeeded by Jean-Pierre Chevènement
Preceded by Raymond Forni	President of the National Assembly 2002-2007	Succeeded by Patrick Ollier

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