Brice Hortefeux

Brice Hortefeux (born 11 May 1958 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French politician and Minister-Delegate for Local Government at the Ministry of the Interior. He was formerly Member of the European Parliament for central France.

He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Budgets and a member of the delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union.

Brice Hortefeux is the "first lieutenant" of French politician Nicolas Sarkozy.

[edit] Career

Degree in private law (1982)
Master's degree in public law (1984)
Graduate of Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)
Local authority administrator (1986-1994)
Prefect, given responsibility for a government public service mission (1995)
Special adviser in the office of the President of the Senate (1998-1999)
Head of office of the Minster for the Budget and Communications and government spokesman (1993-1995)
Departmental secretary, Le Puy de Dôme RPR Federation (1991-2001)
Member of the RPR political committee (1998-2002)
Member of the UMP political bureau (since 2002)
Member of Auvergne Regional Council (since 1992)
Chairman of the finance committee and rapporteur on the budget, Auvergne Regional Council (since 1998)
Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)