Biographie of Alain Juppé

Born August 15, 1945 in Mont-de-Marsan (Landes)
 Student at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Humanities). Awarded agrégation teaching qualification in Classical Studies
 Graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques and of the Ecole Nationale d’Administration
 Colonel, Air Force Reserves

Career

 1972 to 1976: Inspector of Public Finances
 1976: Policy Advisor to Mr. Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister
 1976 to1978: Adviser to the Minister for Cooperation
 1978 to 1979: Policy Officer for the Mayor of Paris
 1978 to 1980: Deputy Director of Finance and Economic Affairs for the City of Paris
 1980 to 1983: Director of Finance and Economic Affairs for the City of Paris
 1983 to 1995: Deputy Mayor of Paris
 1986 to 1988: Minister Delegate attached to the Minister for the Economy, Finance and Privatization, with responsibility for the Budget - Government spokesman
 1993 to 1995: Minister of Foreign Affairs
 1995 to 1997: Prime Minister
 2007: Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development and Planning
 2010 (November 15): Ministre d’Etat, Minister for Defense and Veterans
 2011: Minister of Foreign and European Affairs

 1977 to 1978: National representative at the offices of the Rassemblement Pour la République (RPR) political party
 1979 to 1981: Member of the RPR National Council
 1981 to 1988: Member of the RPR Political Committee and Executive Committee
 1988 to 1994: Secretary General of the RPR
 1994 to 1997: President of the RPR
 2002 to 2004: President of the UMP (Union for a Popular Movement)

 1986: Deputy of Paris
 1988 to 1993: Deputy of Paris
 1997 to 2004: Deputy of Gironde

 1995 to 2004: Mayor of Bordeaux
 1995 to 2004: President of the urban district council of Bordeaux
 2006 (October 13): Re-elected Mayor of Bordeaux
 2008 (March 14): Re-elected Mayor of Bordeaux