Jean-Paul Delevoye

Jean-Paul Delevoye
President of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council
In office
2010–2015
Mediator of the French Republic
In office
2004–2011
Preceded by Bernard Stasi
Succeeded by Dominique Baudis
French Minister of Civil Service
In office
2002–2004
President Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Preceded by Michel Sapin
Succeeded by Renaud Dutreil
Personal details
Born (1947-01-22) 22 January 1947
Bapaume, France
Nationality French
Political party UMP

Jean-Paul Delevoye (born 22 January 1947) is a French politician.

Political career

After having worked in the food industry, he began his political career as a village councilman in 1974. Since 1982, he is the mayor of Bapaume, a small town in northern France (except between 2002 and 2004).

Between 1992 and 2002, he was president of the French mayors association and a Senator of the Pas-de-Calais département, before being promoted to Minister of the Civil Service. After two years in the French government, he is appointed as the Mediator of the French Republic (Médiateur de la République), his term of office ending in 2010.

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