Bernard Tapie

Bernard Tapie (January 26th 1943 in the 20th district of Paris) is a Business man, Politician, TV host and Acteur French. As a business man, it did the one while buying, then by selling Adidas, operations followed by an important continuation to the civilian. It had a short career of singer with some discs in the Années 1960 under the name of Bernard Tapy . On the small pockets of its discs, it is mentioned that it was also racing driver, although this is disputed today. In addition to its passage flash with the ministry for the City under the government of Pierre Bérégovoy, he was elected appointed Rhone delta (temporary the professor Jean Claude Chermann, codecouvror of the virus of the AIDS). He was re-elected in 1993, but its immunity was raised by the National Assembly, in order to answer of its legal proceedings.

It caused near the French citizens at the same time of admiration (to be an autodidact) and a certain mistrust (for its doubtful practices). It made desire, by the possession of vast and luxurious private mansion, Rue of the Holy Father, in VIIe district, the district of the antique dealers, towards Saint-Germain-of-Meadows. This real estate was richly furnished, which caused in particular many press articles at the time of the legal seizures whose it was the object.

With the Bébête Show, it was represented in Taureau, was named " Tapie Violent". With the Puppets of information, it is brocardé for its prison experiment and, especially, by its gouaille verbal, naming itself Nanard , and using of the expressions " Hello my ball! " , " OJ Fiotte" and " Severely ball, Nanard! ".

Its course

Beginnings

It is during its military service, that it understands that its tenacity and its great ambitions can make it succeed in the company. It begins by selling cars as well as television sets. He proposed the free test of a station of Télévision during one week. Unfortunately, the television sets cost at the time very expensive and the customers, frightened, refused. Its idea was then to be made pass for an investigator on the quality of the televisual programs. With the usual answer “We do not have alas television”, it answered by the offer of loan. The apparatus entered then to the customer. One week later, allured so much by the apparatus than by the solicitude of which it was the object, this last signed readily a purchase order. In 1967, he becomes owner of the store of television sets and ten years later he will launch out in the purchase, the handing-over on foot and the resale of companies in difficulty.

Contractor

  • It was quickly made know media while proceeding to repurchases of companies in difficulty. It thus made the acquisition of the group of batteries Leclanché/Wonder to resell it after its rectification with Ralston Energy Systems . Skilfully, it required that the dismissals take place before its repurchase of the company, with the result that its image was not deteriorated by those.
  • Undertaken repurchased
    • Draeger
    • the Life Claire (Foot-note: The Life Claire was the sponsor of the cyclist team which it directed in the middle of the years 1980 with in particular Bernard Hinault and Greg Lemond runners in this team).
    • Adidas
    • Terraillon
    • Testut
    • Manufrance
    • Wonder
    • Kalimar

Policy

It was chief candidate of the left to the regional elections of 1992 in Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure, as a chief candidate in the Rhone delta. Were then at its sides Elisabeth Guigou, chief candidate in the Vaucluse, Mylène Demongeot, actress, on her own list, Daniel Hechter, dressmaker, chief candidate in the the Alpes-Maritimes, the professor Leon Schwartzenberg, professor of cancerology, chief candidate in the Var. He faces Jean-Marie Le Pen, president of the National front, European deputy, chief candidate in the the Alpes-Maritimes. He had already defied it in a media debate on immigration two years earlier. It is finally Jean-Claude Gaudin which is re-elected president of area with a relative majority.

In June 1994, it is the chief candidate of the radical lefts to the European elections, with the downstream in writing pad of the president François Mitterrand, for better torpedoing Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister, chief candidate of the Socialist party, first secretary of the party and rival of long time of the Head of the State. The operation succeeds: this last arrived second, but with only 14,49% of the voices, whereas the list of Bernard Tapie arrives fifth with 12,03%. Were reproduced on its list the feminist Antoinette Fouque, Christiane Taubira, appointed Guyana, candidate in 2002 with the presidential election, and No5el Mamère, which will leave this party for the Greens. All three were elected appointed European.

  • on April 5th 2007 Bernard Tapie gave his support for Nicolas Sarkozy, candidate of the UMP, for the presidential ones, which involved its exclusion of Radical left party (P.R.G.)

Mandate of Deputy
  • was elected appointed in 1988 of the Rhone delta (substitute professor Jean Claude Chermann, codecouvror of the virus of the AIDS). He was re-elected in 1993, but its immunity was raised by the National Assembly, in order to answer of her legal proceedings.
Regional mandate
European deputy
  • Appointed European

Football

  • 1986-1994, president of the Olympic of Marseilles (OM).

  • Five (5) consecutive titles of Champion of France with the OM (of 1989 to 1993), a Coupe de France including 4 Finales (1986-87-89 and 1991) and a victory finally of the League of the Champions (1993) whose first edition had taken place the previous year. Finalist of the League of the Champions in 1991. The OM classified 4 times of continuation 1st Club of Europe by lUEFA on the whole of its performances: 1990-1991-1992-1993!

With discovered great names of French and World Football, like PAPIN (JPP), Balloon of Gold European in 1991, Peeled Abédi (AYEW), Balloon of African Gold in 1991, 1992, 1993. Didier Deschamps, Basile Boli, Marcel Desailly, Fabien Barthez, Eric Confined, Jocelyn Angloma, Frank Sauzée, Enzo Francescoli, and incredible Chris Waddle dribblor and perfect technical complement of Papin.

  • It was condemned to eight month of imprisonment to have made corrupt players of the club of Valencians. It had paid several players so that they agree to play without forcing to prevent that its players are tired or wounded during the following match which was to oppose them to Milan AC, finally league of the champions.

  • It returned with the OM at the end of the season 2000-2001 as sport director to raise the club in prey with sporting difficulties. There will remain only one year, not being able to give again with the OM its gloss of antan and having relations tended with the finance manager Pierre Dubiton.

  • Of the rumors says that it would plan to make known glory with a Parisian club other that the PSG but that remains for the moment only one simple project.

Legal contentions

But he had also some problems:
  • an impossibility of refunding debts contracted near SDBO (Group Crédit Lyonnais). In legal conflict with the bank, Bernard Tapie claims 990 million to him Euro S of damages. The Court of Appeal of Paris judged the September 30th 2005 that Bernard Tapie was floué at the time of the sale of the group Adidas by the Crédit Lyonnais in 1993 and must receive 135 million euros as compensations. The sum will be paid to him by the Creation consortium (CDR), structure charged to assume last management of the Crédit Lyonnais, and by the bank itself. The Court of appeal in a stop of October 9th, 2006 broke this decision of the Court of Appeal of Paris.
  • a judgment for corruption at the time of the match of championship of France of Football between the US Valencian-Anzin and the Olympic of Marseilles. The Affaire VOMITS was worth with the club a retrogradation in the second division.
  • Of other legal difficulties with the Business Testut, and tax, with the Phocéa (to have charged to its companies the load in particular of the employees to ensure the receptions).
  • In December 2005, Bernard Tapie is condemned by the magistrates' court of Paris to 3 years of prison including 8 firm months for tax evasion (7,1 million euros would be due to the taxes). It will however not turn over in prison thanks to the confusion of this sorrow with others.
  • In January 2006, it must face new charges on behalf of the former player of the OM, Jean-Jacques Eydelie, which shows it shovel-mixes with corruption, cheating and organized doping. Bernard Tapie carried felt sorry for slandering but the 17th room of the magistrates' court of Paris débouté it.
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Actor and actor

Following these financial problems and legal, Bernard Tapie began a career of actor
  • to the theater with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and a beautiful bastard ;
  • on television, like organizer of interviews, where its emissions had appreciated results of audience, and in the detective series Commissaire Valence where he plays the title role. Bernard Tapie did not begin on television in the Années 2000, but fifteen years earlier, with the emission Ambition (1986), on TF1. The former president of club also took part during season 2005/2006 in emission RTL LCI one remakes the match presented by Eugene Saccomano.

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