Philippe Douste-Blazy

Philippe Douste- Blazy ( born January 1, 1953 in Lourdes ) is a cardiologist and French politician. In the cabinet Raffarin he first occupied the post of Minister of Health and Social Security, and later moved with Dominique de Villepin to the Foreign Ministry. Between June 2005 and May 2007, he was Foreign Minister of France.

Biography

Philippe Douste-Blazy was born in 1953 as son of Louis Douste- Blazy, a professor of medicine and member of the Academic Council, in Lourdes. In 1982, he completed his medical studies in Toulouse and then worked as a cardiologist at Lourdes and Toulouse. During his professional career, he became a member of the Association of Cardiologists of France.

In 1988 he was appointed professor of medicine in Toulouse; Focused epidemiology, health economics and Preventive measures ( prevention).

A year later, in 1989, he began his career as a politician; he became mayor of Lourdes and in the same year member of the European Parliament. In his capacity as a physician In 1989 he was also named to head the Association for the Study of cholesterol problems.

In the period between 1993 and 1995 election to the Member and the appointment as Deputy Minister of Health fell. 1994 was chosen him as a member of the Regional Council of the department of Hautes -Pyrénées.

In 1995, he was following the election of Jacques Chirac as President Minister of Culture as well as the press spokesman for the French government. In 1997 he took over the presidency of the UDF group in the National Assembly.

After a change of the electoral district in 2001 he was elected a deputy of the Haute -Garonne (one year later re-elected); In the same year he became mayor of Toulouse. 2002 he was appointed Secretary of the newly formed party, the UMP.

In November 2004 he was Minister of Solidarity, Health and Family. June 2, 2005 until May 18, 2007 was Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy in the government of Dominique de Villepin.

Quotes

" The French satirical magazine Le Canard enchaîné reported in its issue of 14 September, the French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste- Blazy during his visit of the new Holocaust museum Yad Vashem in Jerusalem - while he carefully examined maps of destroyed Jewish communities in Europe - demand have, whether British Jews were not also murdered. " ( engl. " The French satirical magazine Le Canard Enchaine reported in its September 14th issue did falling on the visit of French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste- Blazy to the new Holocaust museum in Jerusalem 's Yad Vashem on September 8, he asked - while perusing maps of European sites where Jewish communities had been destroyed - Whether British Jews were not so murdered ") Avirama Golan: . Haaretz investigates French FM 's faux pas at Yad Vashem, Haaretz, September 19, 2005
" The foreign minister speaks neither English nor Spanish, nor otherwise any language other than French. He knows not the language of diplomacy, the obligation to weigh the smallest comma before conjuring up the affairs of the world. " (French: " Le ministre des affaires ne parle pas l' anglais étrangčres, ni l' espagnol, ni aucune autre. langue que le français Il ne pratique pas non plus le langage diplomatique qui oblige à la peser moindre virgule avant les affaires d' évoquer du monde " ) ( Raphaelle Bacqué: Philippe Douste- Blazy ." Mister Bluff " au Quai d' Orsay, Le Monde, 28 April 2006)
" He confuses Taiwan with Thailand, allegedly smashed ever a hotel room and asks why no Jews were murdered during World War II in England. (: A joke called Douste- Blazy, sueddeutsche.de, May 1, 2006 14:11 clock Hanns -Jochen Kaffsack ): For its employees is clear Philippe Douste-Blazy is, Mister Bluff. '"

Works

Pour nos sauver retraites. Plon, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-259-18958- X
Le et si l' état partargé profit possible .... Plon, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-259-18957-1
La ville à bout de souffle. Pollution urbaine et santé publique. Plon, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-259-19305-6

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