Jean-Yves Le Drian

Jean -Yves Le Drian (* June 30, 1947 in Lorient, Morbihan ) is a French politician of the Parti Socialiste ( PS), since 2004 President of the Regional Council of Brittany and since May 2012 Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jean -Marc Ayrault.

Life

Study, Mayor and MP

After attending school and performing his military service in the 512th Railway Regiment in Saint- Lô, originally from a working class family Le Drian began in 1966 to study history at the University of Rennes 2 During his studies, he was chairman of the Student Association of the Union nationale des étudiants de France ( UNEF ) and directed their protests in May 1968. After graduating with a diploma, he was assistant Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Rennes 2

His political involvement began Le Drian, who was a member of the PS 1974 and in 1975 secretary of the PS in Lorient, in local politics when he 1977 Vice - mayor of his native town of Lorient in March and then from July 1981 to March 1998 was mayor.

At the same time was first elected as a candidate of the PS to the deputies of the National Assembly in April 1978, and represented in this until his resignation in June 1991 the constituency Morbihan V.

Secretary of State, Regional Minister and Minister

Reason for his resignation was his appointment as Secretary of State for Maritime Affairs May 16, 1991 in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Edith Cresson, where he remained until the end of Cresson's term of office on April 2, 1992.

On 12 June 1997 he was again a deputy of the National Assembly and represented in this up to his replacement by Françoise Olivier - Coupeau on June 19, 2007 will be the constituency of Morbihan V.

At the same time, he became in 1998 a member of the Regional Council of Brittany region and is since March 28, 2004 as the successor of Josselin de Rohan, President of the Regional Council of Brittany in March. In the first round, he received 38.5 percent, while incumbent de Rohan of the Union pour un mouvement populaire (UMP ) 25.6 percent and the Union pour la démocratie française candidate (UDF ) received 11.1 percent. In the second round, run by Le Drian electoral alliance was made ​​of PS, PC, Green and PRG 58.7 percent and 57 of the 83 seats in the Regional Council, while UMP and UDF were 41.4 percent and 26 seats. The Office of the Regional President, he officially took on 2 April 2004.

In his re-election in March 2010, he received 50.27 percent of the vote. In addition, he was from March 1998 to April 2004 Member of the town of Lorient.

Le Drian was appointed after the election of François Hollande as President and the appointment of Jean -Marc Ayrault as prime minister of this on 16 May 2012 on the defense minister in his cabinet. In his work, he is supported in particular by Kader Arif, who is responsible as Assistant Minister of Defense for Veterans Affairs.

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