Jacques Toubon

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Jacques Toubon, MEP

Jacques Toubon (born 29 June 1941, Nice) is an MEP for France from the political party Union for a Popular Movement.

Affiliations

• Vice-Chairman, Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Member, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Substitute, Committee on Legal Affairs

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Degree in public law. Graduate of the Lyons Institute of Political Studies. Graduate of ENA (National School of Administration) (1965).
• Senior administrator, head of the office of the Prefect of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (1965-1968).
• Member of ministerial private offices (1968-1974).
• Technical adviser in the office of the Prime Minister, Jacques Chirac (1974-1976).
• Adviser to the President of the Republic (1997).
• RPR national delegate with responsibility for elections (1976-1978).
• Deputy Secretary-General with responsibility for elections (1978-1981).
• Secretary-General of the RPR (1984-1988).
• Member of the RPR Higher Committee 'Man and Society' (1990).
• Deputy Mayor of Paris and Mayor of the 12th arrondissement of Paris (1983-2001).
• Councillor, 19th arrondissement of Paris (since 2001).
• Member of the National Assembly for the 19th constituency of Paris (1981-1988).
• Member of the National Assembly for the 10th constituency of Paris (1988-1997).
• Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Laws (1986-1988).
• Minister for Culture and the French-Speaking World (1993-1995).
• Keeper of the Seals, Minister for Justice (1995-1997).
• President of Club 89 (since 1993).
• Chairman of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund (2002).
• Chairman of the preparatory group for the National Centre for Immigration History (Cité nationale de l'Histoire de l'immigration).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

13E115

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45166

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49166

Email:

jacques.toubon@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://jacquestoubon.over-blog.com

Resources

• European Parliament, Déclaration des Intérêts financiers des députés: Jacques Toubon, 06 January 2008, accessed 30 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Jacques Toubon, accessed 30 March 2009.