Philippe Douste-Blazy , born the 1953 with Heavy, is a cardiologist and a French Political personality . Former minister, Adviser, operations manager near the President of the French Republic (since June 2007).

Biography

Wire of Louis Douste-Blazy, grandson of Antoine Béguère, mythical player then leader of FC Doors at the time of his gilded years , former mayor of the city, professor in medicine, it make his studies in Médecine in Toulouse, where it carries out its boarding school in 1976, and there support his thesis in 1982, for which it obtains a price in 1983. He exerts then like cardiologist in Lourdes and Toulouse, in particular with the Hôpital of Purpan starting from 1986. He then joined the French company of Cardiology. He becomes in 1988 professor of medicine to the Faculty of Science of Toulouse, in epidemiology, saving of health and Prévention.

He enters in Politique in March 1989 while being elected mayor of Doors then European Député of the list “Centers for Europe” in June of the same year. He forms part of the European Popular party then. This year is also that of its election as national director of the Association of research against rises in cholesterol (ARCOL).

At the end of March 1993, it is elected appointed Hautes-Pyrénées, but resigns of its mandate in May, following its nomination as deputy secretary with Health near Simone Veil, minister of state, Minister for the social Affairs, Health and the City. It remains with this ministry until the presidential election of 1995. In March 1994, it is elected with the general advice Hautes-Pyrénées and becomes general secretary of CDS next in December.

Active support of Edouard BALLADUR for the presidential election of 1995, it is named Minister for the Culture. In June, he is re-elected mayor of Doors, and democratic general secretary of Force at the end of November. He becomes member of the political office of the UDF (1996-1999) and vice-president of the UDF.

In May 1997, one unbalanced stabs it in the back, in Lourdes. In June, the rout of the right-hand side to the legislative elections makes him lose its wallet with the Culture, but it finds its seat of deputy of the Hautes-Pyrénées, becoming president of the group UDF - Alliance with the National Assembly.

In March 2001, it leaves the district of Doors to be made elect in the First district of the Haute-Garonne. Giving up its mandates of general adviser and member of the municipal council of Doors, it gains at the same date, the town hall of Toulouse, succeeding Dominique Baudis which had not represented and had supported its candidature. Since, he is also the president of the Communauté of agglomeration of Large Toulouse.

At the end of 2001, it joins the candidature of Jacques Chirac for a second presidential mandate, then joined the new party founded at the time of the presidential campaign and which will become the UMP, causing its exclusion of UDF. Re-elected appointed Haute-Garonne the June 16th 2002, and become general secretary of UMP the same month, it refuses to enter to the government to preserve the town hall of Toulouse.

The March 5th 2003, it is at the origin with Jean Leonetti of a proposal, not discussed at the time, to recognize the positive work of the whole of our citizens who lived in Algeria for the period of French presence , Co-signed by 107 other deputies. Clauses more extended on the same topic will reappear in article 1 to 4 of the French Loi of February 23rd, 2005, raising a strong polemic around the recognition, imposed on the school by this article, of the positive aspects of colonization.

Minister for Health (2004 - 2005)

In March 2004, it is named Minister for Health and Social protection, and resigns at the request of Jean-Pierre Raffarin of its mandate of mayor of Toulouse, where it is replaced by Jean-Luc Moudenc. The November 29th according to, its title widens as a Minister for Solidarity, Health and the Family.

Foreign Minister (2005 - 2007)

The June 2nd 2005, it is named Foreign Minister in the Gouvernement Dominique de Villepin, whereas nothing in its course intended it to become it. Some embarrassing boobs, reported by the French and foreign press, enamelled its course with the Quay of Orsay, where the diplomats appreciate little “his ignorance of the files, its approximations, and its insatiable taste for the cameras and the microphones”.

Resigner following the victory of Nicolas Sarkozy with presidential, it announces the day of the making of the capacities with Bernard Kouchner, to give up presenting itself to legislative in the 1 district of Toulouse. March 3rd, 2007, he had been elected chairman of the board of Unitaid, the organization initiated by Jacques Chirac and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, charged with managing the tax of solidarity on the plane tickets to fine humanitarian and déveolppement.

In June 2007, it is named to advise, operations manager near the President of the Republic.

Standpoint

; Position on Iran Whereas he declared, interviewed on France 2 in February 2006:
  •  Today, it is very simple: no civil nuclear program can explain the Iranian nuclear program. Therefore, it is a military nuclear program clandestin.  ”;

It makes volte-face on July 31st, 2006 declaring in connection with Iran:

  •  In the area, there are of course a country like the Iran, a large country, large people and a great civilization, which is respected and which plays a part of stabilization in the région.  ”

Israeli the Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, answered him: “   I believe that it rectified these remarks. (...) I found that I could hear me with him on. football and on certain political questions. It is very charming. We are completely of agreement on the importance of the biotechnologies  ”, thus marking the little of respect which it had for the current holder of the function of Foreign Minister.

; Position on the wall of the West Bank The October 19th 2006, it declared, with the French television channel of the Jewish community of France TFJ, which it included/understood the reasons which led Israel to build the wall of the West Bank whereas this position is in contradiction with the opinion given the July 9th 2004 by the the International Court of Justice and officially supported by the France: I evolved/moved much on the question of the partition wall. (...) Even if morally and éthiquement for me, this wall posed problem, when I knew that there was 80% of attacks in less where this wall is drawn up, I understood that I did not have any more the right to think that with respect to Israéliens.

The October 20th 2006, Fawzi Barhoum the spokesperson of the movement Hamas, controlling the Palestinian government, was declared outraged by this opinion of the French Foreign Minister, recalling that it is the Palestinian people, and not the French people, which suffer from the partition wall.

Mandates

  • 1989 - 1993: European deputy
  • 1989 - 2000: Mayor (UDF) of Heavy (Hautes-Pyrénées)
  • March 21st 1993 - May 1st 1993: Deputy of the Hautes-Pyrénées - UDF
  • 1994 - 2001: General adviser of the Hautes-Pyrénées, canton of Door-Is (UDF)
  • June 1st 1997 - June 18th 2002: Deputy of the Hautes-Pyrénées - UDF president of the UDF-Alliance group to the National Assembly (1998 - 2002;
  • 2001 - 2004: Mayor of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) (UMP)
  • Since 2001: President of the Community of agglomeration of Large Toulouse
  • June 16th 2002 - April 30th 2004: Deputy of the Haute-Garonne - UMP
  • operations manager near the president of the Republic (since June 2007)

Ministerial functions

References

Random links:Chambœuf (Coast-in Or) | Peter Wagner | Total brain | Dean To list | Radio 4

© 2007-2008 speedlook.com; article text available under the terms of GFDL, from fr.wikipedia.org