Michel Barnier
Encyclopedia
Michel Barnier is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement
(UMP) and Vice President of the European People's Party
(EPP). He is the current European Commissioner
for Internal Market and Services. He was named Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries on 18 June 2007 and resigned on 7 June 2009 after being elected to the European Parliament
.
Michel Barnier was born in La Tronche
in the Isère
département of the Rhône-Alpes
région, in France. He graduated from ESCP Europe in 1972. Member of the staff of some Gaullist ministers in the 1970s, he was elected to the French National Assembly
at 27 as a deputy for the Savoie
département in 1978, under the banner of the Neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic
(RPR) and served in this function until 1993.
Together with Jean-Claude Killy
he organised the 1992 Winter Olympics
in Albertville
as co-president of the COJO (Comité d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques).
Barnier joined the cabinet for the first time after the large victory of the Right in the 1993 legislative election
as Minister of the Environment. Two years later, after the election of Jacques Chirac
as President of france, he became Secretary of State for European Affairs. He held this function until the defeat of the Presidential Majority in the 1997 legislative election
. Barnier served as a European Commission
er for regional policy in the Prodi Commission
from 1999 until 31 March 2004 having been made the Foreign Minister
of France in the government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin
. He served in this function until 5 June 2005 when upon the establishment of the new government under Dominique de Villepin
he was replaced by Philippe Douste-Blazy
. He considered he was unjustly sanctioned for the victory of the "No" in the French referendum over the European Constitution.
In March 2006, he was elected Vice President of the European People's Party
(EPP) for a three-year term. Under Nicolas Sarkozy
's presidency, upon the reshuffle of the French cabinet, caused by the resignation of Alain Juppé
after the 2007 French legislative election
, he re-joined the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture. Considered as one of the main right-wing specialists on European issues, he led the UMP list in Ile-de-France
for the 2009 European Parliament election
. In February 2010 he was confirmed as European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services.
He is Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour).
European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services : Since 2010
European Commissioner for Regional Policy
: 1999–2004.
French Government
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries : 2007–2009.
Minister of Foreign Affairs : 2004–2005.
Minister of European Affairs : 1995–1997.
Minister of the Environment : 1993–1995.
Electoral mandates
European Parliament
Member of European Parliament
: 2009–2010 (Resignation).
National Assembly of France
Member of the National Assembly of France for Savoie
: 1978–1993 (Became minister in 1993). Elected in 1978, reelected in 1981, 1986, 1988, 1993.
Senate of France
Senator of Savoie
: Elected in 1995, but he remains minister / 1997–1999 (Resignation, became European commissioner
in 1999).
General Council
President of the General Council of Savoie
: 1982–1999 (Resignation, became European commissioner
in 1999). Reelected in 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998.
General councillor of Savoie
: 1973–1999 (Resignation, became European commissioner
in 1999). Reelected in 1979, 1985, 1992, 1998.
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Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
(UMP) and Vice President of the European People's Party
European People's Party
The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
(EPP). He is the current European Commissioner
European Commissioner
A European Commissioner is a member of the 27-member European Commission. Each Member within the college holds a specific portfolio and are led by the President of the European Commission...
for Internal Market and Services. He was named Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries on 18 June 2007 and resigned on 7 June 2009 after being elected to the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
.
Michel Barnier was born in La Tronche
La Tronche
La Tronche is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Isère department...
in the Isère
Isère
Isère is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region in the east of France named after the river Isère.- History :Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Dauphiné...
département of the Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes is one of the 27 regions of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris...
région, in France. He graduated from ESCP Europe in 1972. Member of the staff of some Gaullist ministers in the 1970s, he was elected to the French National Assembly
French National Assembly
The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
at 27 as a deputy for the Savoie
Savoie
Savoie is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps.Together with the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is one of the two departments of the historic region of Savoy that was annexed by France on June 14, 1860, following the signature of the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860...
département in 1978, under the banner of the Neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic
Rally for the Republic
The Rally for the Republic , was a French right-wing political party. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic , it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism...
(RPR) and served in this function until 1993.
Together with Jean-Claude Killy
Jean-Claude Killy
Jean-Claude Killy was an alpine ski racer, who dominated the sport in the late 1960s. He was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there...
he organised the 1992 Winter Olympics
1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics...
in Albertville
Albertville
Albertville is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics.-Geography:...
as co-president of the COJO (Comité d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques).
Barnier joined the cabinet for the first time after the large victory of the Right in the 1993 legislative election
French legislative election, 1993
French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the 10th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.Since 1988, President François Mitterrand and his Socialist cabinets had relied on a relative parliamentary majority. Without the support of the Communists, Prime minister...
as Minister of the Environment. Two years later, after the election of Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
as President of france, he became Secretary of State for European Affairs. He held this function until the defeat of the Presidential Majority in the 1997 legislative election
French legislative election, 1997
French legislative election took place on 25 May and 1 June 1997 to elect the 11th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. It was the consequence of President Jacques Chirac's decision to call the legislative election one year before the deadline....
. Barnier served as a European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
er for regional policy in the Prodi Commission
Prodi Commission
The Prodi Commission was the European Commission in office between 1999 and 2004. The administration was led by former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi.-History:...
from 1999 until 31 March 2004 having been made the Foreign Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs ), is France's foreign affairs ministry, with the headquarters located on the Quai d'Orsay in Paris close to the National Assembly of France. The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the government of France is the cabinet minister responsible for...
of France in the government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin is a French conservative politician and senator for Vienne.Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as the Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005, resigning after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. However, after Raffarin...
. He served in this function until 5 June 2005 when upon the establishment of the new government under Dominique de Villepin
Dominique de Villepin
Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007....
he was replaced by Philippe Douste-Blazy
Philippe Douste-Blazy
Philippe Douste-Blazy is a French centre-right politician. He served as Minister for Health , Minister of Culture and Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin .Douste-Blazy is also a cardiologist and Christian Democrat politician from Lourdes...
. He considered he was unjustly sanctioned for the victory of the "No" in the French referendum over the European Constitution.
In March 2006, he was elected Vice President of the European People's Party
European People's Party
The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
(EPP) for a three-year term. Under Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
's presidency, upon the reshuffle of the French cabinet, caused by the resignation of Alain Juppé
Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé is a French politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He also served as Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac and the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs from 2010 to 2011...
after the 2007 French legislative election
French legislative election, 2007
The French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. 7,639 candidates stood for 577 seats, including France's overseas possessions...
, he re-joined the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture. Considered as one of the main right-wing specialists on European issues, he led the UMP list in Ile-de-France
Île-de-France (région)
Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....
for the 2009 European Parliament election
European Parliament election, 2009
Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...
. In February 2010 he was confirmed as European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services.
He is Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour).
Political career
European CommissionEuropean Commissioner for Internal Market and Services : Since 2010
European Commissioner for Regional Policy
European Commissioner for Regional Policy
The Commissioner for Regional Policy is a portfolio within the European Commission. The current Commissioner is Johannes Hahn.The portfolio is responsible for managing the regional policy of the European Union, such as the European Regional Development Fund, which takes up a third of the EU's...
: 1999–2004.
French Government
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries : 2007–2009.
Minister of Foreign Affairs : 2004–2005.
Minister of European Affairs : 1995–1997.
Minister of the Environment : 1993–1995.
Electoral mandates
European Parliament
Member of European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
: 2009–2010 (Resignation).
National Assembly of France
Member of the National Assembly of France for Savoie
Savoie
Savoie is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps.Together with the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is one of the two departments of the historic region of Savoy that was annexed by France on June 14, 1860, following the signature of the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860...
: 1978–1993 (Became minister in 1993). Elected in 1978, reelected in 1981, 1986, 1988, 1993.
Senate of France
Senator of Savoie
Savoie
Savoie is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps.Together with the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is one of the two departments of the historic region of Savoy that was annexed by France on June 14, 1860, following the signature of the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860...
: Elected in 1995, but he remains minister / 1997–1999 (Resignation, became European commissioner
European Commissioner
A European Commissioner is a member of the 27-member European Commission. Each Member within the college holds a specific portfolio and are led by the President of the European Commission...
in 1999).
General Council
President of the General Council of Savoie
Savoie
Savoie is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps.Together with the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is one of the two departments of the historic region of Savoy that was annexed by France on June 14, 1860, following the signature of the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860...
: 1982–1999 (Resignation, became European commissioner
European Commissioner
A European Commissioner is a member of the 27-member European Commission. Each Member within the college holds a specific portfolio and are led by the President of the European Commission...
in 1999). Reelected in 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998.
General councillor of Savoie
Savoie
Savoie is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps.Together with the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is one of the two departments of the historic region of Savoy that was annexed by France on June 14, 1860, following the signature of the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860...
: 1973–1999 (Resignation, became European commissioner
European Commissioner
A European Commissioner is a member of the 27-member European Commission. Each Member within the college holds a specific portfolio and are led by the President of the European Commission...
in 1999). Reelected in 1979, 1985, 1992, 1998.
Weblinks
- Michel Barnier Official Media Gallery
- Personal Website at the European Commission
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