Vincent Peillon

Vincent Peillon

Vincent Peillon in 2005
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Constituency South-East France
French Minister of National Education
In office
2012–2014
President François Hollande
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded by Luc Chatel
Succeeded by Benoît Hamon
Personal details
Born (1960-07-07) 7 July 1960
Suresnes, France
Nationality French
Political party Socialist Party
Alma mater Panthéon-Sorbonne University

Vincent Benoît Camille Peillon (French pronunciation: ​[vɛ̃.sɑ̃ pɛ.jɔ̃] ; born 7 July 1960 in Suresnes) was Minister for Education in the French Government. He is a longstanding French politician and since 2004 has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West France (allied with the Socialist Party and the Party of European Socialists).

Career

After a degree in Philosophy at Panthéon-Sorbonne University (class of 1980), Peillon became a high school teacher (junior teaching qualification in 1984 and senior teaching qualification in 1986). He remained a teacher until 1992. He worked one year at Henri Emmanuelli staff at the Assemblée nationale and resumed his teaching between 1993 and 1997. Peillon completed graduate studies at Pantheon-Sorbonne University, graduating with a PhD in Philosophy in 1992. He was Senior Research Fellow at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique between 2002 and 2004, working on ante-marxist socialism.

Minister of Education

After the election of François Hollande, Vincent Peillon was appointed Minister of Education on May 16, 2012. The day after his nomination, he announced the end of the four-day week in primary education (introduced in 2008) for September 2013, and then the return to a five-day week. He also promised to recruit 40 000 new teachers in 2013.[1] His was the ministry responsible in 2013 for the introduction of the theorie du genre (gender theory) into primary and secondary schools.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Peillon annonce le retour à la semaine de 5 jours en primaire à la rentrée 2013 - francetv info". Francetvinfo.fr. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
  2. ↑ gouv.fr: Letter to parents who withdrew their children in protest at instruction in 'gender theory', 29 Jan 2014

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Political offices
Preceded by
Luc Chatel		 Minister of National Education
2012-2014 		Succeeded by
Benoît Hamon
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