Brice Hortefeux

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Brice Hortefeux (born 11 May 1958 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine but was raised in Auvergne) is a French politician and Minister of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Cooperative Development. He was previously Minister-Delegate for Local Government at the Ministry of the Interior and was a Member of the European Parliament for central France.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Overview

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.

On 18 May 2007, he was appointed as the first Minister of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Cooperative Development in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon.

Brice Hortefeux wrongly claims on his official CV to have graduated from Sciences-Po ^[1].

[edit] Career

• Degree in private law (1982)
• Master's degree in public law (1984)
• Studied in Institut d'Études 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 Minister for the Budget and Communications and government spokesman (1993-1995)
• Departmental secretary, 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)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• European Parliament biography
• Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDF file)

v • d • e First Fillon Cabinet François Fillon | Alain Juppé | Bernard Kouchner | Hervé Morin | Michèle Alliot-Marie | Brice Hortefeux | Rachida Dati | Jean-Louis Borloo | Éric Wœrth | Xavier Bertrand | Christine Boutin | Christine Lagarde | Xavier Darcos | Valérie Pécresse | Christine Albanel | Roselyne Bachelot

v • d • e Second Fillon Cabinet François Fillon | Jean-Louis Borloo | Bernard Kouchner | Hervé Morin | Michèle Alliot-Marie | Brice Hortefeux | Rachida Dati | Christine Lagarde | Éric Wœrth | Xavier Bertrand | Christine Boutin | Michel Barnier | Xavier Darcos | Valérie Pécresse | Christine Albanel | Roselyne Bachelot