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François Léotard

French politician (1942–2023)

Summary

French politician (1942–2023)

Field	Value
name	François Léotard
image	Francés Leotard.jpg
caption	Léotard in 2011
office	Minister of Defence
term_start	30 March 1993
term_end	18 May 1995
president	François Mitterrand
primeminister	Édouard Balladur
predecessor	Pierre Bérégovoy
successor	Charles Millon
office2	Minister of Culture
president2	François Mitterrand
primeminister2	Jacques Chirac
term_start2	20 March 1986
term_end2	10 May 1988
predecessor2	Jack Lang
successor2	Jack Lang
office3	President of the Union for French Democracy
term_start3	31 March 1996
term_end3	16 September 1998
predecessor3	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
successor3	François Bayrou
office4	Mayor of Fréjus
term_start4	1977
term_end4	1997
predecessor4	Léon Héritier
successor4	Élie Brun
birth_date
birth_place	Cannes, France
death_date
death_place	Fréjus, France
party	UDF
alma_mater	Sciences Po, ÉNA
relatives	Philippe Léotard (brother)

François Gérard Marie Léotard (; 26 March 1942 – 25 April 2023) was a French politician. Singer and actor Philippe Léotard was his brother.

A member of the Republican Party, the liberal-conservative component of the Union for French Democracy (UDF), he appeared in the foreground of the political scene in the 1980s. He led a new generation of right-wing politicians, the "renovationmen", who opposed the old right-wing leaders Jacques Chirac and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

In 1981, he was selected to be one of the first Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation. His political career started with being elected as the mayor of Fréjus in 1977. He served two terms as the deputy of Var.

As culture minister from 1986 to 1988, he sold the main public TV channel TF1. He returned to the French cabinet as defense minister, from 1993 to 1995. Supporting the candidacy of Edouard Balladur in the 1995 presidential election, he was dismissed after Chirac's election. Elected president of the UDF in 1996, he could not prevent the split of this confederation two years later with Alain Madelin's secession. This and the party's poor showing in the 1998 regional elections prompted his resignation. After a mission in Macedonia in 2001 as representative of the European Union,{{Cite web|language=fr

Léotard died in Fréjus on 25 April 2023, at age 81.

Political career

Governmental functions

Minister of state, minister of defence : 1993–1995.

Minister of Culture and Communication : 1986–1988.

Electoral mandates

National Assembly of France

Member of the National Assembly of France for Var : 1978–1986 (Became minister in 1986) / 1988–1993 (Became minister in 1993) / 1995–2001 (Resignation). Elected in 1978, reelected in 1981, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1997.

Regional Council

Regional councillor of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur : 1998–2004.

General Council

General councillor of Var : 1979–1988 (Resignation). Reelected in 1985.

Municipal Council

Mayor of Fréjus : 1977–1997 (Resignation). Reelected in 1983, 1989, 1995.

Municipal councillor of Fréjus : 1977–1997 (Resignation). Reelected in 1983, 1989, 1995.

Political functions

President of the UDF : 1996–1998.

President of the Republican Party : 1982–1990 / 1995–1997.

Books

Léotard wrote also several books including non-fiction and a couple of novels:

Ma liberté (My freedom) published by Plon, 1995
Pour l'honneur (For honor) published by B. Grasset, 1997
La Couleur des femmes (The colour of women) published by Grasset & Fasquelle, 2002
À mon frère qui n'est pas mort (For my brother who is not dead) published by Grasset & Fasquelle, 2003
La vie mélancolique des méduses (The melancholic life of Jellyfish) published by Grasset & Fasquelle, 2005
Ça va mal finir (It's going to end badly) published by Grasset & Fasquelle, 2008

References

"Young Leaders". [[French-American Foundation]].
"François Léotard: au nom du frère". [[Gala (magazine).
"Assemblée nationale website".
"Video on Ina.fr".
"Former general Michel Aoun elected president of Lebanon". The Irish Times.
"Founders". Med Bridge.
(25 April 2023). "François Léotard, ancien ministre et enfant terrible de la droite, est mort". [[Le Monde]] (in French).
"Best Selling Leotard Francois Books".
Léotard, François. (2005-04-06). "La vie mélancolique des méduses". Grasset & Fasquelle.

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