Xavier Bertrand

Biography

Origins, studies and family

Born on March 21st, 1965 with Châlons-sur-Marne (the Marne), Xavier Bertrand is the son of Jean-Pierre Bertrand, tallies banking with the SGAM, and of Madeleine Bedin, employed of bank.

Xavier Bertrand carries out his academic works with the unit of formation and search for Rheims, where it obtains a control of public law, then a Diploma of specialized higher learning (OF) of local government.

Insurance agent of profession, Xavier Bertrand married on July 11th, 1998 with Emmanuelle Gontier, adviser in human resources. He is the father of 3 children of which twins.

Political career

Militant as of the 16 years age to the RPR, Xavier Bertrand engages very early in policy.

In 1992, it leads the countryside for not to the Traité of Maastricht in its department of Aisne. He is assistant of the mayor of Saint-Quentin in the Aisne in Picardy. He is one of the creators of the beach of Saint-Quentin, event similar but former to Paris-Beach.

After having been, of 1997 with 2002, assistant parliamentary of Jacques Poacher, Senator of the Aisne, it is elected appointed the June 16th 2002, for XIIe legislature (2002 - 2007), in the Second district of Aisne.

In 2003, Alain Juppe, president of the UMP, charges it carrying out the debate and with explaining the reform of the retirements during a " Turn of France". It is selected like Rapporteur bill with the National Assembly. It is for this period member of the Club of the compass which gathers the deputies who assert faithful to the Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and with the President of the Republic Jacques Chirac.

For this period, it gains credit and is pointed out in the political circles of right-hand side. March 31st, 2004, during the formation of the government Raffarin III, it is named Secretary of State to the Health insurance. Under the responsibility of its partial trusteeship, Philippe Douste-Blazy, it carries out the reform of the Health insurance. It strongly engages in the countryside for the referendum of May 29th, 2005 in favor of the Constitutional treaty.

After the victory of the " non" , Jean-Pierre Raffarin resigns. After a few days of hesitation between Dominique de Villepin and Nicolas Sarkozy, Jacques Chirac chooses the first like new Prime Minister. Probably supported by Philippe Douste-Blazy, Xavier Bertrand replaces this one like Ministre for Health. He escapes the fate thus from the other juppeists from the government like Eric Woerth or Xavier Darcos whose ousting by Dominique de Villepin is interpreted like a reaction to the support of Alain Juppe for the solution Nicolas Sarkozy for Matignon.

Its passage by the ministry is marked by the epidemic of chikungunya to the Meeting, by the Interdiction to smoke in the public places decided in 2006, and the creation of a medical body of reserve to face a possible crisis in France or abroad.

Xavier Bertrand announces on November 29th, 2006 his support for Nicolas Sarkozy for the presidential election, and is named on January 15th, 2007 carries word of countryside of Nicolas Sarkozy. The Villepin Prime Minister the nap then to remain at its ministerial position. Finally, it leaves the government on March 26th, 2007, to conduct the campaign fully.

May 18th, 2007, it is named Minister for Labor, Social relations and Solidarity in the government Francois Fillon.

June 10th, 2007, he is re-elected appointed Second district of Aisne as of the first turn by collecting 53,28% of the votes.

He is one of the media quadragénaires French line, with Jean-François Cope or François Baroin, resulting from what the press called the " generation; terrain" , i.e. the whole of the town councilors who often brought back on the right cities a long time and deeply of left before entering for some to the National Assembly since 2002.

Political office

to advise district of Saint-Quentin 1995 - 2001);
departmental secretary of RPR (1998)
departmental secretary of UMP 2003);
president of the parliamentary group of study on the liberal professions; responsible for the societal debates in UMP
spokesperson with Nicolas Sarkozy, candidate with the presidential election of 2007.

Electoral mandates

; Deputy

June 19th 2002 - April 30th 2004: deputy of the 2 {{E}} district of Aisne. Named with the government, it must resign and leaves its place to its substitute Pascale Gruny.
June 20th 2007 - July 20th 2007: re-elected appointed 2nd district of Aisne on June 10th 2007. Named with the government, it leaves again its place to Pascale Gruny.

; General adviser

March 23rd 1998 - July 29th 2002: Member of the General advice of Aisne

; City council man/Mayor

March 20th 1989 - June 18th 1995: Member of the Municipal council of Saint-Quentin (Aisne)
June 19th 1995 - March 18th 2001: Assistant of the Mayor of Saint-Quentin
Since March 19th 2001: Assistant of the Mayor of Saint-Quentin in load of animation

; Inter-commune mandates

Since 2001: Vice-president of the the Community of agglomeration of Saint-Quentin

Ministerial functions

Of March 2004 to June 2005: Secretary of State to the Health insurance of the government Raffarin 3
Of June 2005 at March 26th, 2007: Minister for the Health and Solidarity of the Government Dominique de Villepin, it is confronted with the epidemic of Chikungunya to the Meeting and on arrival of the Avian flu in Europe. He knew to advance the file of the prohibition of the tobacco in the public places.
May 18th, 2007 at June 18th, 2007: , Social relation and solidarity Minister for Labor of the Government Francois Fillon (1)
Since June 19th, 2007: , Social relation and solidarity Minister for Labor of the Government Francois Fillon (2), it is in charge of an important whole of social reforms including/understanding: minimum service, single job contract, reform of the retirements and the special diets.

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