Roger Karoutchi

Roger Karoutchi is a Politician French, born with Casablanca the August 26th 1951.

It is, since the May 18th 2007, Secretary of State in charge of the Relations with the Parliament near the Prime Minister for the government Francois Fillon 1 (renewed in the government Francois Fillon 2 on June 19th, 2007).

Origins and formation

Roger Karoutchi, wire of Halter Karoutchi and Solange Fedida, is resulting from a family Jewish Morrocan woman originating in Essaouira (Mogador), made at the Morocco coming from Leghorn (Italy) at the 18th century. Part of the Karoutchi family emigrated in Israel, where Mike Karoutchi is a singer of Moroccan song very known, which is called the king of Henné ( Melekh HaH' ina in Hebrew).

Holder of a control of right and former student of the Institute of political studies of Paris and Institute of political studies of Aix-en-Provence, he is qualified schoolteacher of history, then, as from 1997, general inspector of State education.

Career

Qualified schoolteacher of history in Goussainville and Paris (1975-1985), Roger Karoutchi launches out in policy, as of the 16 years age, while adhering to the party gaullist. National delegate of the RPR, in charge of the youth of 1981 to 1985, it second, in 1981, Nicolas Sarkozy, then president of the support group of the young people to the candidature of Jacques Chirac for the presidential election, before becoming operations manager near the general secretary of the RPR (1985-1986).

From 1986, it enters to the sides of Philippe Séguin, like operations manager near the Minister for the social Affairs and Employment (1986-1988), in particular in charge of the speeches, before becoming its principal private secretary of 1993 to 1997 when this last is president of the National Assembly, then political adviser of the same man, become president of the RPR, of 1997 to 1999.

During all these years, he exerts in same time various functions with the RPR, as national delegate with the formation (1989), member of the national council, national secretary of the general administration and animation (1998-1999), national secretary with the elections, then with the European policy and the general administration (1999).

Member of the cabinet of president Séguin to the National Assembly of 1993 to 1997, appointed European of 1997 to 1999, senator of the Hauts-de-Seine of 1999 to 2007, today Secretary of State in charge of the relations with the Parliament, it is an excellent expert of the parliamentary wheels.

Member of the UMP of Nanterre (it was city council man of this town of 1989 to 1995), he is functional national secretary in charge of the UMP federations and president-founder of the National federation of the Regional elected officials (FNER), which joins together, since July 1998, regional elected officials of right-hand side and the center.

President of the group RPR (1998-2002), then UMP group at the district council of Ile-de-France (since 2002), it wishes to be candidate with the regional election of 2010 in Ile-de-France. After reflection, it gave up standing as a candidate to the town hall of Nanterre (currently held by the French Communist party) in 2008.

Very active in the presidential campaign of 2007 at the sides of Nicolas Sarkozy, of which he is a close relation, he contributed, with others, with the success of this last, which was worth its entry with the Government to him.

Political offices

National delegate of the RPR, in charge of youth (1981 - 1985)
Operations manager near the general secretary of the RPR (1985 - 1986)
National delegate with the formation (1989)
Member of the national council of the RPR
National secretary of the general administration and animation to the RPR (1998 - 1999)
National secretary with the elections of the RPR, then with the European policy and the general administration (1999)
National secretary of UMP, responsible for animation and the formation and the federations (since December 2004)
Acting general of UMP charged with the Ile-de-France

Elective career

City council man Boulogne-Billancourt, 1995 - 2001
City council man of Nanterre 1989 - 1995
Regional adviser since 1992, vice-president of the district council of Ile-de-France 1994 - 1998
Regional adviser of Ile-de-France, chair group RPR 1998 - 2002
Regional adviser of Ile-de-France, currently president of the UMP group then, as from 2007, " Présidentielle" majority; at the district council, since 2002 European
Appointed 1997 - 2000 Temporary
of Charles Pasqua, then senator of the Hauts-de-Seine of the December 17th 1999 with the June 24th 2007
Member of the Commission of Finances, the Budgetary control and the economic Accounts of the Nation of the Senate
Vice-president of the Observatory of decentralization (Senate)
Member of the Central committee of investigation into the cost and the output of the public services and member of the High Court of justice
Candidate announced with the regional elections of 2010 in Ile-de-France

Ministerial career

Since May 2007, in the Government of Francois Fillon, Secretary of State near the Prime Minister, in charge of the relations with the Parliament.

Books

He is the author of a biography of Jean Zay, which was Minister for the Instruction of the Popular front.

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