Pascal Clément

Pascal Clément is a Politician French, born on May 12th, 1945 with Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), old Minister of Justice within the Gouvernement Dominique de Villepin.

Biography

Pascal Clement-Fromentel, known as Pascal Clément, is the son of Marcel Clément, editor catholic. Graduate of the Institute of studies political of Paris, bachelor of arts, bachelor of law, it also studied the Philosophie. He then worked as tallies with RANK XEROX, of 1971 with 1978, then was lawyer at the Court of Appeal of Paris, as from 1982.

Its parliamentary career started in 1978 like deputy of the the Loire (6th district), where he was constantly re-elected since. At the time of its last mandate, begun the June 16th 2002, it chairs the Commission of the Laws of the National Assembly and is in particular rapporteur of the Loi on secularity .

He was deputy secretary with the relations with the Parliament in the Gouvernement Edouard Balladur of 1993 to 1995. President of the General advice of the the Loire since 1994, Pascal Clément was named Minister of Justice, Minister for the Justice of the June 2nd 2005 with the May 17th 2007. Re-elected appointed on June 19th, 2007, it becomes again lawyer the next on June 21st, by integrating the cabinet Orrick Rambaud Martel.

He was also regular judge, between November 1992 and May 1993, then temporary judge, between May 1987 and May 1988, with the High court.

He is married and father of four children. His wife Laure de Choiseul-Praslin is magistrate and directs since May 2005 the French Agence of adoption (AFA). She belongs to the family of the dukes of Choiseul-Praslin, which gave many ministers to France.

Quotations

In 1981, being opposed, by the preliminary question, with the abolition of the Capital punishment supported by Robert Badinter: We would have wished that a subject of this kind be subjected to the popular verdict. Reality, it is the murder, the victims, the criminal who, far from being touched by the grace and to amend itself, repetition. Our duty, (...) is to answer the legitimate requirement of the company which intends to be defended. (...) In the name of which logic (...) wouldn't we have the right to defend the company against the individual who even attacks it (...) while going, if it is needed, until him to remove the life? The company thus has the right to give death to be defended. (...) We will not abolish the capital punishment without being sure that we have the means of discouraging the crime, to prevent the repetitions.

In connection with the retroactive installation of the Placement under electronic monitoring for the prisoners, it declared what follows: There is a risk of unconstitutionality. The recent events will push me to take it and all the members of Parliament will be able to run it with me. It will be enough for them not to seize the Constitutional council and those which will seize it will undoubtedly face up to the political responsibility and human to prevent the new law from applying to the stock of prisoners

Governmental functions

30/03/1993 - 11/05/1995: deputy secretary near the Prime Minister, in charge of the relations with the National Assembly
6/2/2005 - 5/17/2007: Minister of Justice, Minister for Justice

Mandates

Mayor or city council man:

13/03/1977 - 05/03/1983: mayor of Saint-Marcel-of-Cat-like (the Loire)
14/03/1983 - 12/03/1989: mayor Saint-Marcel-of-Cat-like (the Loire)
17/03/1989 - 18/06/1995: mayor Saint-Marcel-of-Cat-like (the Loire)
25/06/1995 - 18/03/2001: mayor Saint-Marcel-of-Cat-like (the Loire)
since the 18/03/2001: member of the municipal council Saint-Marcel-of-Cat-like (the Loire)

General adviser:

22/03/1982 - 02/10/1988: vice-president of the general advice of the the Loire
03/10/1988 - 27/03/1994: vice-president of the general advice of the Loire
28/03/1994 - 18/03/2001: member of the general advice of the Loire
28/03/1994 - 22/03/1998: chair general advice of the Loire
23/03/1998 - 18/03/2001: chair general advice of the Loire
since the 18/03/2001: chair general advice of the Loire

Député:

03/04/1978 - 22/05/1981: deputy of the Loire (6th district)
02/07/1981 - 01/04/1986: deputy
02/04/1986 - 14/05/1988: deputy
06/06/1988 - 01/04/1993: deputy
02/04/1993 - 01/05/1993: deputy (resignation due to ministerial nomination)
19/06/1995 - 21/04/1997: deputy
01/06/1997 - 16/06/2002: deputy
16/06/2002 - 02/06/2005: deputy, president of the Commission of the laws to the National Assembly (resignation due to ministerial nomination)
17/06/2007 - deputy

Works

minority Political parties in the United States (2000), Editions of the Roundtable, ISBN 2710323850
Persigny, the man who invented Napoleon III , Éditions Perrin, 2006, ISBN 2-262-02493-6
the Life Republic or the Confusion of the spirits, Michalon, 2007 -

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