Éric Raoult

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Éric Raoult
Member of the French National Assembly
for 12th circomscription of Seine-Saint-Denis
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 March 1986
Member of the European Assembly
for France
In office
13 June 2002  13 June 2002
Personal details
Born 19 June 1955
Paris
Nationality French
Political party Union for a Popular Movement
Website Official blog of Éric Raoult

Éric Raoult (Paris, 19 June 1955) is a French politician, currently affiliated to the Union for a Popular Movement.

Political career

Raoult started his political career as aid to the mayor of Le Raincy, in 1983. He was first elected deputy in 1986.

In 1995, Raoult was Minister in charge of "integration and activities against exclusion.[1] He has been mayor of Le Raincy since 1995.

Raoult was elected deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis in 2002. He is the vice-president of the National Assembly.

During the 2005 civil unrest, Le Raincy was, although untouched by the riots, the first town to decree a curfew.

In 2007, Raoult voted against inscribing the abolition of capital punishment in the Constitution, advocating reserves for cases of "war, imminent danger or terrorist attacks". [2] [3]

Political career

Governmental functions

Minister for Integration and the fight against exclusion. May–November 1995.

Minister Delegate to the Minister of Planning, City and Integration : November 1995-1997.

Electoral mandates

National Assembly of France

Vice-president of the National Assembly of France : 2002-2007.

Member of the National Assembly of France for Seine-Saint-Denis : 1986-1995 (Became minister in 1995) / Since 2002. Elected in 1986, reelected in 1988, 1993, 2002, 2007.

Regional Council

Regional councillor of Ile-de-France : 1992-2004 (Resignation). Reelected in 2004.

Municipal Council

Mayor of Le Raincy : Since 1995. Reelected in 2001, 2008.

Deputy-mayor of Le Raincy : 1983-1995. Reelected in 1989.

Municipal councillor of Le Raincy : Since 1983. Reelected in 1989, 1995, 2001, 2008.

Personal life

Raoult is divorcing his wife, Corinne.[4]

Notes and references

  1. Ministre chargé de l'intégration et de la lutte contre l'exclusion
  2. Saran Koly (30 January 2007). "Encore dix-huit députés pour la peine de mort" (in French). Libération. Retrieved 26 September 2007. 
  3. Guillaume Perrault (30 January 2007). "La peine de mort revient à l'Assemblée" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 26 September 2007. 
  4. Raoult denies wife-beating

External links

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