| Jean-François Copé | |
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| Member of the French National Assembly for Seine-et-Marne (6th constituency) |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 26 June 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Nicole Bricq |
| Minister of the Budget | |
| In office 31 May 2005 – 18 May 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Dominique Bussereau |
| Succeeded by | Eric Woerth |
| Mayor of Meaux | |
| In office 1995–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Lion |
| Succeeded by | Ange Anziani |
| Mayor of Meaux | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Ange Anziani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 May 1964 Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine-et-Marne |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Union for a Popular Movement |
| Profession | Economist, Lawyer |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Website | www.generationfrance.fr |
Jean-François Copé (born 5 May 1964), is a French politician. He is currently Mayor of Meaux, Deputy (Député) for the 6th constituency of Seine-et-Marne, and acts as President of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) Group in the French National Assembly. He was appointed Spokesperson for the French Government between 2002 and 2007, and assumed other tenures in the government—including Minister of the Budget—in the same time frame. In November 2010, he became General Secretary of the Union for a Popular Movement.
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Jean-François Copé, born in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), is the son of Professor Roland Copé, a surgeon of Romanian Jewish origin, and Monique Ghanassia of Algerian Jewish origin. His father, Roland Copé, is the son of Marcu Hirs Copelovici, a physician born in Bessarabia, and Gisele Lazerovici. His mother, Monique Ghanassia, is the daughter of Ismael André Ghanassia, a lawyer in Algiers, son of Moïse Ghanassia and Djouhar Soussi from Miliana in Algeria, and Lise Boukhabza, granddaughter of a Tunisian rabbi.[1]
Raised in a French Jewish family, he describes himself as "a non-practicing Jew" ("Juif non pratiquant").[2] He studied at the École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel, and then at Lycée Victor Duruy, where he obtained his Baccalauréat. In 1985, he entered Science-Po for 2 years, before attending the Ecole nationale d'administration, from which he graduated in 1989. He followed training seminars on New Public Management in the United States, and he is a proponent of Benchmarking on budget matters. Divorced, he has 4 children, François-Xavier, Pierre-Alexis and Raphaëlla from his wedding, and Faustine, from his current union.
Following his graduation in 1989, he joined the Caisse des dépôts et consignations until 1991. He then worked as head of cabinet for the CEO at Dexia, while teaching Local Economy and Finance at Science-Po. He left those attributions in 1993, to get involved within RPR.
In 1997, he came back to teaching as an Associate Professor of Economy and Finance at Paris 8 University, up until 2002. He also returned to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations between 1997 and 1999, before joining the supervisory board of Dexia from 2000 to 2002.
After serving in various political roles in the RPR and the Balladur government, he became spokesperson for the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin in 2002. On 24 November 2004, he became Minister of the Budget and spokesperson for the government in the Raffarin III government; he was renewed in this function in the following Villepin government. Following the 2007 parliamentary election, he became leader of the UMP parliamentary group in the 13th Legislature.
In 1995, he became Mayor of Meaux at 35, and was reelected in 2001 and 2008. Because of his nomination in the government in 2002, he had to step down in favor of Ange Anziani. Nonetheless, he took back the office in 2005 after Anziani's resignation. He was also regional councillor of Ile-de-France from 1998 to 2007 and was list leader of the UMP-UDF in Ile-de-France in the 2004 regional elections.
He became deputy of the 5th constituency of Seine-et-Marne in 1995, following the nomination of the incumbent to the Juppé government. However, he was defeated in 1997 by a Socialist candidate in a difficult RPR-PS-FN three-way second round race. In 2002, he was elected in the 6th constituency. He was re-elected there by the first round in 2007, becoming President of the UMP Group in the French National Assembly at the same time.
In November 2010, he became General Secretary of the Union for a Popular Movement.
In 2011, the Académie de la Carpette anglaise, an organization that opposes the spread of the English language in Francophone countries, gave Jean-François Copé the Prix de la Carpette Anglaise ("English Doormat Prize") for promoting English in school and TV.
Governmental functions
Secretary of State for Relationships with Parliament and Government's spokesman : 2002–2004.
Minister deleguated to Interior and Government's spokesman : March–November 2004.
Minister of Budget, Budget Reform and Government's spokesman : 2004–2005.
Minister of Budget, State Reform and Government's spokesman: 2005–2007.
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
President of the Union for a Popular Movement Group in the National Assembly : Since 2007–2010 (Resignation).
Member of the National Assembly of France for Seine-et-Marne : 1995–1997 / Reelected in 2002, but he became secretary of State / Since 2007. Elected in 1995, reelected in 2002, 2007.
Regional Council
Regional councillor of Ile-de-France : 1998–2007 (Resignation). Reelected in 2004.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Meaux : 1995–2002 (Resignation) / Since 2005. Reelected in 2001, 2005, 2008.
Deputy-mayor of Meaux : 2002–2005.
Municipal councillor of Meaux : Since 1995. Reelected in 2001, 2008.
Agglomeration community Council
Président of the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux : Since 2003. Reelected in 2008.
Member of the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux : Since 2003. Reelected in 2008.
Political functions
General Secretary of the Union for a Popular Movement : Since 2010.
Deputy General secretary of the Rally for the Republic : 2001–2002.