Dominique Baudis
Dominique Baudis | |
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Defender of Rights | |
In office 22 June 2011 – 10 April 2014 | |
President | Nicolas Sarkozy François Hollande |
Preceded by | Jean-Paul Delevoye |
Succeeded by | Jacques Toubon |
Mayor of Toulouse | |
In office 11 March 1983 – 24 January 2001 | |
Preceded by | Pierre Baudis |
Succeeded by | Philippe Douste-Blazy |
Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Garonne's 1st constituency | |
In office 1 June 1997 – 24 January 2001 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Claude Paix |
Succeeded by | Philippe Douste-Blazy |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France | 14 April 1947
Died | 10 April 2014 Paris, France | (aged 66)
Political party | UMP |
Education | Lycée Carnot |
Alma mater | Sciences Po |
Dominique Baudis (French: [bodi]; 14 April 1947 – 10 April 2014) was the French Defender of Rights (ombudsman). Formerly a journalist, politician and mayor of Toulouse, he had been a member of Liberal Democracy and later of the leading centre-right Union for a Popular Movement.
Biography
Early life
Dominique Baudis was born in Paris. He was educated at Sciences Po where he graduated in 1968. His father, Pierre Baudis, served as the mayor of Toulouse.
Career
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.A member of the
He led the UDF-RPR list in the 1994 European election.
In 2001,
In 2009, the UMP nominated him to lead the UMP list in the South-West for the 2009 European election. His list won 26.89% and he was elected to the European Parliament for a third time.[1] For the first time, the Presidential Majority (meaning all the parties gathered around Nicolas Sarkozy) scored four seats in the European Parliament, two more than the Socialist Party, French South-West's leading force. In some urban areas, such as Toulouse, Bordeaux, Bayonne and Montpellier, he scored more than 30%.
In July 2009, he was elected vice-president of the Commission of Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament and in November 2009 he was named rapporteur on the Association Agreement with Syria.
Baudis was nominated by the
References
- ^ "Your MEPs : <Unknown MEP>". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
External links
- Dominique Baudis' Official Facebook Profile (in French)
- Website of the Défenseur des Droits (in French)