Gérard Longuet
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Gérard Longuet | |
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Longuet in 2011 | |
Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs | |
In office 27 February 2011 – 15 May 2012 | |
Prime Minister | François Fillon |
Preceded by | Alain Juppé |
Succeeded by | Jean-Yves Le Drian |
Minister of Industry, Posts and Telecommunications and External Trade | |
In office 30 March 1993 – 14 October 1994 | |
Prime Minister | Édouard Balladur |
Preceded by | Dominique Strauss-Kahn |
Succeeded by | José Rossi |
President of the Union for a Popular Movement group in the Senate | |
In office 7 July 2009 – 7 March 2011 | |
Preceded by | Henri de Raincourt |
Succeeded by | Jean-Claude Gaudin |
Senator for Meuse | |
In office 17 June 2012 – 2 October 2023 | |
In office 1 October 2001 – 27 March 2011 | |
Member of the European Parliament for France | |
In office 24 July 1984 – 19 March 1986 | |
President of the Regional Council of Lorraine | |
In office 4 April 1992 – 2 April 2004 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Marie Rausch |
Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Masseret |
Personal details | |
Born | Gérard Edmond Jacques Longuet (1946-02-24) 24 February 1946 (age 78) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
Political party | Republican Party (before 1997) Liberal Democracy (1997–1998) Independent Republican and Liberal Pole (1998) Union for French Democracy (1998–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–present) |
Education | Lycée Henri-IV |
Alma mater | Panthéon-Assas University Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
Gérard Edmond Jacques Longuet (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ lɔ̃ɡɛ]; born 24 February 1946)[1] is a French politician who served as Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from 2011 to 2012.[2][3] A member of The Republicans (LR), he represented the Meuse department in the Senate from 2001 to 2011 and again from 2012 to 2023.
Political career
Early beginnings
When he was young, Longuet was part of a far-right movement called Occident.[4] In 1968, he wrote the founding charter of the Groupe Union Défense (GUD), a far-right students' union.[5]
Career in national politics
Longuet served as a member of the National Assembly for the 1st constituency for Meuse from 1978 to 1981 and again from 1988 to 1993.
In the government of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, Longuet first was Secretary of State for Posts and Telecommunications (March–August 1986) before becoming Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (1986–1988).
From 1990 to 1995, Longuet served as president of the Republican Party (PR). During that time, he was also Minister of Industry, Posts and Telecommunications, and Foreign Trade in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Balladur from 1993 until he resigned in 1994.[6] Ahead of the 1995 presidential campaign, he supported Balladur as center-right candidate; instead, Jacques Chirac won the party's nomination and later the election.
On the regional level, Longuet was a regional councillor of Lorraine from 1992 until his resignation in 2010. He served as president of the Regional Council of Lorraine from 1992 to 2004.
From 2009 to 2011, Longuet served as the leader of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) in the Senate.[7]
Minister of Defence, 2011–2012
Shortly after taking office as Defence Minister under Prime Minister François Fillon, Longuet oversaw the French Air Force's involvement in the 2011 military intervention in Libya.[8] After the mission ended, he met his Libyan counterpart Osama al-Juwaili in 2012 to sign a letter of intent to improve maritime security and control Libya’s borders.[9]
Also early in his tenure, it was revealed that Longuet had spent a weekend in 2006 in a Tunisian palace at the expense of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was overthrown shortly after by a popular revolt.[10]
In January 2012, President Sarkozy dispatched Longuet and the head of the French army to Afghanistan to conduct a review of security after an Afghan soldier killed four French service members.[11] Shortly after, Longuet announced that France would withdraw its combat forces from Afghanistan – at the time, 2,400 soldiers in Kapisa Province – by 2013.[12]
Also in early 2012, Longuet led efforts on an agreement between France and Britain to jointly work to develop unmanned drones as part of their military cooperation.[13]
Following the 2012 Malian coup d'état, Longuet rejected the desert Tuaregs' declaration of independence for what they called the state of Azawad.[14]
Later career
As part of a reorganisation of the UMP leadership under their leader Jean-François Copé in January 2013, Longuet became – alongside Christian Estrosi, Henri de Raincourt, Jean-Claude Gaudin, Brice Hortefeux and Roger Karoutchi – one of the party's six vice presidents and served until December 2014.[15]
Ahead of The Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Longuet endorsed François Fillon as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.[16]
From 2017 to 2020, Longuet served as president of the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST).[17]
Controversy
Legal issues
In 2005, Longuet was the only one among 47 persons prosecuted who was found not guilty in a trial over claims that construction companies had paid money to political parties in return for contracts.[18]
Human rights
In 2008, Longuet compared homosexuality to pedophilia, and he said gay pride parades may lead LGBT teenagers to suicide.[19][20] He has said he does not remember saying it, even though there is footage of it.[21]
Other activities
- John Cockerill, Independent Member of the Board of Directors[22]
- Carrefour de l'Horloge, Member
Personal life
Longuet's brother-in-law is billionaire Vincent Bolloré.[23]
Overview
Electoral mandates
European Parliament
Member of European Parliament: 1984–1986 (became minister in 1986).
General council
Vice President of the General Council of Meuse: 1982–1986.
General councillor of Meuse: 1979–1992 / 1998–2001 (Resignation). Reelected in 1985, 1998.
Municipal council
Municipal councillor of Bar-le-Duc: 1983–1989.
References
- ^ "Gérard Longuet - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale".
- ^ David Gauthier-Villars (28 February 2011), Tunis Flap Prompts Departure Of French Minister Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Government reshuffling Archived 3 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "France in London: Latest News". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ Jon Henley (20 July 2002), France's neo-Nazi breeding ground The Guardian.
- ^ "Balladur quickly appoints replacement for Longuet". The Independent. 17 October 1994. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ "Embattled Sarkozy facing new blow at hands of French voters". The Independent. 13 March 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ Alistair MacDonald (24 May 2011), Allies Push to Step Up Campaign in Libya Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Ali Shuaib (25 February 2012), Libya and France boost military cooperation Reuters.
- ^ Gérard Longuet a lui aussi bénéficié des largesses de Ben Ali Le Nouvel Observateur.
- ^ William Horobin and Maria Abi-Habib (21 January 2012), France Threatens Afghan Pullout After Attack Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Elisabeth Bumiller (2 February 2012), U.S. Will Keep Fighting as Afghans Take the Lead, Panetta Says New York Times.
- ^ John Irish and Emmanuel Jarry (17 February 2012), France, Britain agree drone cooperation Reuters.
- ^ Bate Felix (6 April 2012), Mali rebels declare independence in north Reuters.
- ^ Alexandre Lemarié, « Hortefeux, Ciotti, Morano… L’organigramme complet de la direction de l’UMP » Archived 16 January 2013 at Wikiwix, lemonde.fr, 15 January 2013
- ^ Ludovic Vigogne (20 April 2016), Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires L'Opinion.
- ^ Vincent Bordenave (13 May 2019), Glyphosate: l’opacité des études scientifiques a nourri le doute Le Figaro.
- ^ "IOC member Drut sentenced in corruption trial". Associated Press. 26 October 2005. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ Paul Parant, 'Avant d'être ministre de la Défense, Gérard Longuet assimilait homosexualité et pédophilie', in Têtu, 28 February 2011 "Avant d'être ministre de la Défense, Gérard Longuet assimilait homosexualité et pédophilie - Têtu". Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ 'Gérard Longuet, sénateur de la Meuse, dérape', in Têtu, 10 November 2008 "Gérard Longuet, sénateur de la Meuse, dérape - Têtu". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ 'Quand Gérard Longuet (UMP) compare l'homosexualité à la pédophilie', in Le Monde, 12 November 2008 [1]
- ^ Board of Directors John Cockerill.
- ^ Jon Henley (18 August 2005), An empire in his sights The Guardian.
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