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Jacques Barrot

French politician (1937–2014)

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French politician (1937–2014)

FieldValue
nameJacques Barrot
imageJacques Barrot 2004 (cropped).jpg
captionBarrot in 2004
officeEuropean Commissioner for Justice, Freedom & Security
presidentJosé Manuel Barroso
term_start9 May 2008
term_end9 February 2010
predecessorFranco Frattini
successorViviane Reding (Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship)
Cecilia Malmström (Home Affairs)
office1European Commissioner for Transport
president1José Manuel Barroso
term_start122 November 2004
term_end19 May 2008
predecessor1Loyola de Palacio (Energy and Transport)
successor1Antonio Tajani
office2European Commissioner for Regional Policy
president2Romano Prodi
term_start21 April 2004
term_end222 November 2004
predecessor2Michel Barnier
successor2Danuta Hübner
office3Member of the Constitutional Council
term_start312 March 2010
term_end33 December 2014
appointer3Bernard Accoyer
president3Jean-Louis Debré
predecessor3Pierre Joxe
successor3Lionel Jospin
office4Minister of Labour
term_start418 May 1995
term_end42 June 1997
president4Jacques Chirac
primeminister4Alain Juppé
predecessor4Michel Giraud
successor4Martine Aubry
office5Minister of Health
term_start54 July 1979
term_end513 May 1981
president5Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
primeminister5Raymond Barre
predecessor5Simone Veil
successor5Edmond Hervé
office6Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Loire's 1st constituency
term_start61 January 1997
term_end64 July 2004
predecessor6Serge Monnier
successor6Laurent Wauquiez
birth_date
birth_placeYssingeaux, France
death_date
death_placeNeuilly-sur-Seine, France
children3, including Jean-Noël Barrot
alma_materAix-Marseille University
Sciences Po
partyUDF (before 2002)
UMP (2002–2014)

Cecilia Malmström (Home Affairs) Sciences Po UMP (2002–2014)

Jacques Barrot (; 3 February 1937 – 3 December 2014) was a French politician who served in the European Commission as Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security (2008–2010), Commissioner for Transport (2004–2008) and Commissioner for Regional Policy (2004). He was also one of the vice-presidents of the Barroso Commission. In France, he held several ministerial posts and was later a member of the Constitutional Council from 2010 until his death in 2014.

European Commissioner

Barrot joined the Prodi Commission in April 2004 as Commissioner for Regional Policy, before moving in November 2004 to become Commissioner for Transport and a vice-president in the first Barroso Commission. In May 2008, following Franco Frattini’s departure from the Commission, Barrot took over the Justice, Freedom and Security portfolio. On 18 June 2008 the European Parliament held hearings on the reshuffle and approved the related changes; on the same day MEPs also voted to appoint Antonio Tajani as Transport Commissioner. He remained Commissioner until February 2010, when the second Barroso Commission took office and the portfolio was split between Viviane Reding (Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship) and Cecilia Malmström (Home Affairs).

National politics

Barrot served several terms as a deputy for Haute-Loire (1967–1974, 1981–1995, 1997–2004) and presided over the Haute-Loire General Council (1976–2001). He was Minister of Health (1979–1981) and Minister of Labour (1995–1997).

Conviction and amnesty

In 2000 Barrot received an eight-month suspended sentence for illegal party funding related to the CDS; the sentence concerned acts covered by a 1995 presidential amnesty, which expunged the conviction under French law. The European Parliament’s legal service accepted that he was not legally required to disclose an amnestied conviction during his 2004 hearing.

Constitutional Council and death

Barrot was appointed to the Constitutional Council on 12 March 2010 and served until his death on 3 December 2014 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Honours

  • Officer of the Legion of Honour (2011).

References

References

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  2. "Barrot Jacques".
  3. (23 May 2007). "Jacques Barrot – Green Paper on Urban Transport (SPEECH/07/339)".
  4. (18 June 2008). "European Parliament approves Jacques Barrot as Justice, Freedom and Security Commissioner".
  5. (18 June 2008). "New Italian Commissioner ‘not pocketable by any lobby’".
  6. (2008). "Annual Report 2008 – Visits".
  7. "Jacques Barrot – fiche parlementaire".
  8. "Barrot Jacques".
  9. (26 November 2004). "Barrot survives call to quit". The Guardian.
  10. (24 November 2004). "Repères". Le Monde.
  11. (25 November 2004). "Barrot cleared by Parliament’s legal service".
  12. (25 November 2004). "Barrot cleared by Parliament's legal service".
  13. "Jacques Barrot".
  14. (3 December 2014). "L’homme politique français Jacques Barrot est mort". Le Monde.
  15. (3 December 2014). "Déclaration du Président Jean-Claude Juncker à la suite du décès de Jacques Barrot (STATEMENT/14/2353)".
  16. "Barrot Jacques".
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