Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé (French: [alɛ̃ ʒype]; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. He was a member of The Republicans. He was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac.[1] He was President of the political party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) from 2002 to 2004 and mayor of Bordeaux from 1995 to 2004.
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| Member of the Constitional Council | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2019 | |
| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Preceded by | Lionel Jospin |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 17 May 1995 – 2 June 1997 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Édouard Balladur |
| Succeeded by | Lionel Jospin |
| Minister of Foreign and European Affairs | |
| In office 27 February 2011 – 15 May 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Michèle Alliot-Marie |
| Succeeded by | Laurent Fabius |
| In office 29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Édouard Balladur |
| Preceded by | Roland Dumas |
| Succeeded by | Hervé de Charette |
| Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs | |
| In office 14 November 2010 – 27 February 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Hervé Morin (Defence) |
| Succeeded by | Gérard Longuet |
| Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development | |
| In office 18 May 2007 – 18 June 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Nelly Olin (Environment) |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Louis Borloo (Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea) |
| Mayor of Bordeaux | |
| In office 8 October 2006 – 7 March 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Hugues Martin |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Florian |
| In office 19 June 1995 – 13 December 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques Chaban-Delmas |
| Succeeded by | Hugues Martin |
| Spokesperson of the Government | |
| In office 20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Georgina Dufoix |
| Succeeded by | Claude Évin |
| Minister of the Budget | |
| In office 20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Henri Emmanuelli |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alain Marie Juppé 15 August 1945 Mont-de-Marsan, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Rally for the Republic (Before 2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–2018) |
| Spouse(s) | Christine Leblond (1965–1993) Isabelle Legrand-Bodin (1993–present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
He was Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs from 2010 to 2011 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2012.
He announced in 2015 his plan to run his party's primary election ahead of the 2017 presidential election. He came in second place in the first open primary of the right and centre, and in the run-off, he lost to François Fillon.
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French and Tunisian Foreign ministers Alain Juppé and Rafik Abdessalem at Tunis on 5 January 2012
