Patrick Devedjian
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Patrick Devedjian | |
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President of the General Council of Hauts-de-Seine | |
In office 1 June 2007 – 28 March 2020 | |
Preceded by | Nicolas Sarkozy |
Succeeded by | Georges Siffredi (interim) |
Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 13th constituency | |
In office 2010–2017 | |
Preceded by | Georges Siffredi |
Succeeded by | Frédérique Dumas |
Mayor of Antony | |
In office 1983–2002 | |
Preceded by | André Aubry |
Succeeded by | Raymond Sibille |
Minister under the Prime Minister in charge of the Implementation of the Recovery Plan | |
In office 5 December 2008 – 13 November 2010 | |
President | Nicolas Sarkozy |
Prime Minister | François Fillon |
Personal details | |
Born | Panthéon-Assas University | 26 August 1944
Profession | Lawyer |
Patrick Devedjian (26 August 1944 – 28 March 2020) was a French politician of the
Youth
Devedjian was born in
Career
Mayor of Antony and Deputy
In 1983, Devedjian was elected Mayor of
In 1992, he was one of the few members of the RPR who voted to support the Maastricht Treaty. During the 1995 presidential campaign, he supported Édouard Balladur together with Nicolas Sarkozy, and suffered unpopularity with the RPR after Balladur's defeat against Jacques Chirac. He became a close adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy and came back into favour during the presidential campaign of 2002.
Second Chirac presidency
After Jacques Chirac’s reelection in 2002, Nicolas Sarkozy, who became Minister of the Interior and de facto Number 2 of Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government, chose Patrick Devedjian to be his Deputy Minister for Local Liberties, in charge of local government. As President Chirac had requested that ministers did not carry local executive powers, Devedjian resigned as Mayor of Antony and was succeeded by Raymond Sibille. He was also replaced in Parliament by his substitute Georges Siffredi.
When Nicolas Sarkozy became
In June 2005, new Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin did not include Patrick Devedjian in his government. As a result, Georges Siffredi resigned from Parliament in October in order for Devedjian to be reelected in the Hauts-de-Seine 13th constituency.
Devedjian proposed an amendment to a proposed bill penalizing
When Nicolas Sarkozy resigned from Government and became President of the Union for a Popular Movement party, Patrick Devedjian became his political advisor.
2007 elections
After the 2007 presidential election and Nicolas Sarkozy’s election as President of the Republic, tensions appeared between Sarkozy and Devedjian, who had wished and been predicted to become Minister of Justice. Instead, Sarkozy chose Rachida Dati, the first woman of Northern African ancestry to hold a Ministry in France. Devedjian was not included in François Fillon’s government. On that occasion, Devedjian bitterly remarked: "I am in favour of a government open to a wide range of people—even to Sarkozists." The joke earned him the 2007 Prize for Political Humour.
Instead, Devedjian took the presidency of the
Return to government
From 8 December 2008 to 13 November 2010, Devedjian was appointed Minister under the Prime Minister in charge of the Implementation of the Recovery Plan, a special ministerial post created for two years after the
Political career
Governmental functions
Minister of Economic Recovery Plan : 2008–2010.
Minister of Industry : 2004-2005
Minister of Local Liberties : 2002-2004
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
Member of the
General Council
Hauts-de-Seine general councillor : Since 2004.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Antony, Hauts-de-Seine : 1983-2002 (Resignation). Elected in 1983, reelected in 1989, 1995, 2001.
Deputy-mayor of Antony, Hauts-de-Seine : 2002-2005 (Resignation).
Municipal councillor of Antony, Hauts-de-Seine : 1983–2005. (Resignation)
Agglomeration community Council
President of the Agglomeration community of Hauts de Bièvre : 2002-2005 (Resignation).
Member of the Agglomeration community of Hauts de Bièvre : 2002–2008.
Political functions
General Secretary of the Union for a Popular Movement : 2007–2008.
Spokesman of the Rally for the Republic : 1999–2001.
Controversies
After the 2007 legislative elections, Télé Lyon Métropole (TLM) filmed a conversation during which a UMP Deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône introduced new MP Michel Havard to Patrick Devedjian, saying that Havard had beaten Democratic Movement candidate Anne-Marie Comparini. Devedjian congratulated Havard and then added "… cette salope !" ("… that bitch!") about Comparini. That evening, Devedjian apologized in private, then issued a press release deploring the broadcast of "stolen images of a private conversation". He said he regretted his "inappropriate exclamation about Mrs. Anne-Marie Comparini" and said, "he sent her his regards and esteem". He apologized again in public at a press conference the next day, but it was too late to forestall a storm of criticism. The president of TLM said that Devedjian had asked for the interview not to be broadcast "but Mr. Devedjian knew he was being filmed".[6]
References
- ^ "L'ancien ministre Patrick Devedjian est mort du coronavirus" (in French). Le Figaro. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Sarıkaya, Makbule (January 2009). "Karekin Deveciyan'ın 1915 Tarihli "Balık ve Balıkçılık" Eseri" (PDF). Acta Turcica. 1 (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22.
- ^ a b "Biographie" (in French). Patrick Devedjian Official Website. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ^ "Quarante ans après, les anciens d'Occident revisitent leur passé". Le Monde (in French). 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ France: Punishment for Armenian Genocide Denial Shouldn’t Be Applied to Historians PanArmenian Network
- ^ Insult humbles French politician, BBC News