Claude Goasguen

Claude Goasguen (born the March 12th 1945 with Toulon (VAr)) is a lawyer and a Politician French, Député of Paris since 1993, Minister for the reform of the State, the Décentralisation and the citizenship in 1995, president of the group UMP with the Conseil of Paris of 2001 with 2006.

He was also general secretary of the UDF of 1996 with 1998, spokesperson of liberal Démocratie of 1998 with 2002 and candidate with the Mairie of Paris for the elections of 2008 within the primary framework of the organized by UMP.

Origins and studies

Resulting from the important Breton community of Toulon, police port authority, it “goes up” to Paris with little money and relations.

After studies with the College Henri-Iv, it returns to the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, which will become after May 68 the university Paris-II (the Pantheon-Assas).

He was in particular president of the Corpo of Assas, an association student's, and viscéralement hostile with the " Communist Totalitarianism " , in a context of Cold war, binds friendship with other students in Droit or of Political sciences like Alain Madelin, Herve Novelli, Patrick Devedjian, Gerard Longuet, members then of the movement Nationaliste of Extrême right-hand side Occident.

University career

It becomes lawyer with the Court of Appeal of Paris, Doctor in right and law professor. Its field of predilection is the history of the right and in particular the Roman law. It climbs the levels of the French academic world: assistant then lecturer at the university Paris-North of 1976 with 1982, University lecturer at the university Paris-North of 1982 to 1986, senior of the faculty of 1982 with 1984, Vice-chancellor of academy and director of the National center of remote Teaching of the December 2nd 1987 with the January 3rd 1991, then inspector-general of State education. He is today in charge of conferences with HEC.

Political career

He joined initially the republicans independent of Valery Giscard d'Estaing then the UDF with his friend Alain Madelin.

Of 1986 with 1988, it is adviser technical near the Minister for State education, Rene Monory, in charge of the relations with the world of the company and professional training.

He is secretary-general of the UDF of 1996 with 1998. He joined then liberal Démocratie at the time of his scission of the “UDF News” chaired by Francois Bayrou.

After the defeat of the right-hand side at the anticipated legislatures of 1997, it invites its camp to give up " the anathème" and with " to leave the dead end of the diabolisation of the FN to the profit a serene reflection and constructive" .

He is vice-president then spokesperson of DLL.

In 2002, it joined the UMP during the fusion of DLL with this one. It is there in particular acting general in load of the universities and research.

He is also the president of the Reformers of Paris, liberal wing of UMP.

National career

He becomes appointed UDF of the 13th district of Paris in 1993 to replace Jacques Toubon, named with the Government. With the Parliament he is in particular Member of the parliamentary Commission of inquiry on the use of the funds assigned to the professional training and chair Group of friendship France - Vietnam.

From May to November 1995, he is Minister for the Reform of the State, Decentralization and the Citizenship in the government of Alain Juppe. He is re-elected appointed in 1997 then in 2002 in the 14th district of Paris (districts of Auteuil and the Dumb woman), as of the first turn with more than 70% of the votes. At the time of the legislative elections of the June 10th and 17th 2007, he is elected as of the first turn with 65,83% of the voices compared with in particular 11,38% with the young person Wladimir d' Ormesson (MoDem), 10,93% with Jean-Yves Mano (PS), in addition assistant with the mayor from Paris, and 2,57% with Farid Smahi (National front).

He belongs to the group UMP and is in particular president of the group of friendship France - Quebec and vice-president of the group of friendship France - Israel.

Parisian career

He is elected Conseiller of Paris in 1983 and becomes assistant of the mayor Jacques Chirac, in particular with the international relations between 1989 and 1995.

Of 1995 with 1998, he is assistant of the Mayor of Paris, Jean Tiberi, in charge of the school and university businesses.

In 2001 it refuses to be presented to the local elections not to worsen already important divisions of the right-hand side.

In 2002, after the defeat and bitter divisions of the failure of 2001, it manages nevertheless to carry out the Parisian line unit and is unanimously elected president of the UMP Group to the Council of Paris.

As a chief of the opposition, he criticizes often and hard the policy of the new mayor Bertrand Delanoë, being caught some for example with the absence of real estate construction projects in Paris, speaking about a “policy of the trowel to back” or by criticizing the transport policy carried out by Denis Baupin, the green assistant of transport with the town hall of Paris, whose actions are described as “baupinades”. He regards as dangerous for circulation the new “benches” of Parisian Furniture, considering the corridors of buses thus protected, harmful for circulation and the economy.

He publishes Hello Paris sore at Ramsay in 2006 in order to present his project for Paris within the framework of the UMP primary educations for the municipal elections of Paris 2008 to which he presents himself vis-a-vis Jean Tiberi, Francoise de Panafieu and Pierre Lellouche. After having passed the first turn of these primary educations in second position, it is found in difficult situation vis-a-vis favorite surveys Francoise de Panafieu. He finally prefers to withdraw himself, informant to put the union at the top of his personal objective.

In September 2006, Francoise de Panafieu, from now on leader of UMP Paris and candidate with the local elections of 2008, succeeds to him as a president of the UMP group to the Council of Paris. He becomes the first vice-president about it.

Positions

Claude Goasguen is a Atlantiste and a partisan of the Economic liberalism.

Taxation

He wants to leave the main home the plate of imposition to the Wealth tax and militated for the extension of the field of the donations divisions between grandparents and grandchildren.

He declared himself favorable to a tax credit for the purchasers of clean vehicle.

International relations

Vice-president of the parliamentary group of friendship France Israel, it is close to the Jewish community of France, and expressed his support of the policy of unilateral withdrawal of Ariel Sharon then of Ehud Olmert.

At the time of the International crisis of the caricatures of Mahomet, he denounces the organization " scandalous " contest of caricatures on the holocaust and speaks d'" a deeply aggressive step and warmonger " from Iran.

He decided against the entry of the Turkey in Europe and for the inscription of the Hezbollah on the list of the terrorist organizations by the European Union.

He is also vice-president of the group of friendship France - Quebec.

Subjects of company

Claude Goasguen is hostile with the Right to vote immigrants with the local elections, estimating that it is essential to bind nationality and citizenship. He is also against the adoption of children by the homosexual couples, estimating that he is in the psychological interest of the child to allow his inscription in a natural filiation.

He is in favor of a Immigration controlled and chosen and for aggravation of the sanctions for the racist infringements.

Lastly, it is favorable to a great reform of the universities.

Paris

The program which it defended within the framework of the primary educations was more “on the left” of that of the UMP candidates. He claimed the most creation of social housing, and paid the most attention to groups often neglected by the line, the such elderly or handicapped, the single-parent families… He also recommended a political volunteer as regards fight against the Pollution, with the use of ecological vehicles for the city, public transport and the taxis, and the creation of a research laboratory of international level in the field of urban pollution.

In parallel with this social aspect he recommended a policy of economic revival, deploring the displacement of the head offices of large companies on other side of the peripheral and informant that the mayor of Paris of the 21e century will have to be “a manager”, in competition with the mayors of the other big cities of the world to attract the economic activity on Paris. He recommended in particular an ambitious policy in the field of the innovation, with the combination of the university research and SME innovating according to the Swedish model of the clusters or American of the Small Business Act within “European MIT” whose campus would be built on the ground of Batignoles, but also a policy of encouragement of the services to the person, and of more effective tourist economy.

He is particularly committed and successfully in 2006 in the Holy-Périne safeguard of the Parc in his district of the Quartier of Auteuil, threatened by a construction project carried out by the town of Paris or for the rebuilding of the Molitor swimming pool.

The Communities

He has a “Community” approach very, making a great place at the various communities in his actions, especially the Jewish community. It rétorque that it is as thanks to the communities as Jacques Chirac gained and kept Paris, and especially which he is not communautarist for people who have a joint membership to want to find itself together, in the respect of the common laws. In October 2007, Claude Goasguen is named president of the group of France-Israel friendship.

Media

He intervenes regularly in are not afraid of the words , a daily program of debate presented by Samuel Etienne diffused on the chain of information uninterrupted I>Télé.

Distinctions

Claude Goasguen is Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and knight in the Ordre of the academic Palms.

Private life

Claude Goasguen is married and has two children.

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