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Alain Juppé was born in Mont-de-Marsan ( Landes).
Alain Juppé was a minister under Jacques ChiracJacques Rene Chirac Became President 17 May 1995 Predecessor Francois Mitterrand Date of Birth 29 November 1932 Place of Birth Paris Political party Union for a Popular Movement Jacques Rene Chirac (born 29 November 1932) is a French politician. He was el's government in the 19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 Hes, and was made Édouard Balladurdouard Balladur (born May 2, 1929) is a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France from 1993 to 1995, and had previously been Jacques Chirac's Finance Minister from 1986 to 1988. He ran unsuccessfully for president against fellow Gaullist Ch's Foreign Minister in 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic.. He succeded him as Prime Minister in 1995, also becoming president of the Rassemblement pour la République (RPR) political party. The RPR lost elections in 1997, and he was succeeded by Lionel Jospin.
Member of the National Assembly (as representative of Paris from 1986 to 1997, then representative of Gironde), he was elected Mayor of Bordeaux in 1995, succeding former Primer Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas.
In 2004, Alain Juppé was tried for the felony of abuse of public funds, when he was head of the RPR and the RPR illegally used personnel provided by the City of Paris for running its operations. He was convicted and sentenced to a 18-month suspended jail sentence, the deprivation of civic rights for 5 years, and the deprivation of the right to run for political office for 10 years. He has appealed against the decision. (See Corruption scandals in the Paris region)
See also: List of Foreign Ministers of France, List of Prime Ministers of France