Jean-Louis Debré

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Jean-Louis Debré (born September 30, 1944 in Toulouse) is a conservative French politician. The son of former prime minister Michel Debré, he was member of the Gaullist party Rally for the Republic (RPR) then of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Debré is known for his loyalty to Jacques Chirac.

Since June 16, 2002, he has been the deputy in the first constituency of Eure.

Debré was the Minister of the Interior under Alain Juppé's governments (1995-1997), and has been criticised for having allowed the armed Corsican clandestine press conference, and was responsible for the controversial evacuation of Saint-Bernard church in Paris, which was occupied by illegal immigrants (so called sans-papiers) on hunger strikes.

Leader of the RPR group of the National Assembly, from 1997 to 2002, he is president of the National Assembly since 2002.