Claude Bartolone

Claude Bartolone ( born July 29, 1951 in Tunis, at that time the French protectorate in Tunisia ) is a French politician of the Parti Socialiste (PS) and since June 26, 2012 President of the French National Assembly.

Claude Bartolone is the son of an Italian and his wife, a Maltesin. He came at the age of nine years to France and is a mathematician. He is a member of the Socialist Party since 1974. Since 1981 ( with an interruption during his tenure as minister from 1998 to 2002 ) he is a member of the French National Assembly, first for the sixth since 2012 for the ninth constituency of the department of Seine- Saint- Denis. From April 1992 to March 1993 he was Vice President of the National Assembly.

From 1995 to 1998, Bartolone mayor of Le Pré -Saint- Gervais, 1998-2002 Assistant Minister of Planning in the government of Lionel Jospin. Since 2008 he has been President of the General Council of Seine -Saint- Denis.

Within the Parti Socialiste Claude Bartolone is a leading figure of the flow rassembler A Gauche, which is close to Laurent Fabius, with which it qualifies as closely connected. In 2007 he was a member of the campaign team of Ségolène Royal, 2008, he supported the candidacy of Martine Aubry première secrétaire ( party leader ) of the Parti Socialiste. In the same year he became secretary for international relations on the board of HP, which led to a distancing to Fabius.

Prior to the French parliamentary elections in 2012, Ségolène Royal was the most likely candidate for the presidency of the National Assembly in the event of an election victory of the left. After Royal but was not elected to the National Assembly, Bartolone was 18 June 2012 his bid for the presidency known. On June 21, 2012, he was nominated by the Left in Parliament as President of the National Assembly. Advertised had besides him Jean Glavany, Elisabeth Guigou and Daniel Vaillant. On 26 June 2012, he was elected to the inaugural session of the National Assembly with 298 votes for President; his rival candidate and predecessor Bernard Accoyer received 185 votes.