Jean-Pierre Jouyet

Jean -Pierre Jouyet ( born February 13, 1954 in Montreuil -sous -Bois ) is a French politician and served as Secretary of State for European Affairs, the so-called French "Europe Minister " until 12 December 2008. Subsequently he took over the office of President of the French financial markets Authority ( Autorité des Marchés financiers ).

Jouyet graduated from the Institut d' études politiques first de Paris Institute of Political Studies in Paris in the field of public law, later he earned his doctorate at the elite School of Administration École nationale d'administration (ENA ). He then spent almost two decades working for the French government. Among other things, he worked for the French Economy and Finance ( 1980) and in the simplification of the French tax system (1983) and until 1991 to other positions within the government.

Between 1991 and 1995 he was involved in matters concerning the European Union, most recently as Head of Office under Jacques Delors, then President of the European Commission.

After 2000 he worked as Deputy Head of Office under Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and four years as Directeur du Trésor (Treasurer) of 1997, he was President of the Club de Paris.

As part of the nomination by the American Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank Jouyet was talking as one of its possible deputy to form a European counterweight. On 18 May 2007 Jean -Pierre Jouyet was appointed in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon to the Secretary of State for European Affairs under Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. His predecessor in the government of Dominique de Villepin was Catherine Colonna. His counterpart on the German side is the State Minister for Europe at the Foreign Office, Günter Gloser.

Successor as Secretary of State for European Affairs was on 12 December 2008 Bruno Le Maire.