Jacques Barrot | |
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.jpg) Barrot in 2004 | |
| European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security | |
| In office 9 May 2008 – 9 February 2010 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Franco Frattini |
| Succeeded by | Viviane Reding(Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship) Cecilia Malmström(Home Affairs) |
| European Commissioner for Transport | |
| In office 22 November 2004 – 9 May 2008 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Loyola de Palacio(Energy and Transport) |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Tajani |
| European Commissioner for Regional Policy | |
| In office 1 April 2004 – 22 November 2004 | |
| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Michel Barnier |
| Succeeded by | Danuta Hübner |
| Member of theConstitutional Council | |
| In office 12 March 2010 – 3 December 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Bernard Accoyer |
| President | Jean-Louis Debré |
| Preceded by | Pierre Joxe |
| Succeeded by | Lionel Jospin |
| Minister of Labour | |
| In office 18 May 1995 – 2 June 1997 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Alain Juppé |
| Preceded by | Michel Giraud |
| Succeeded by | Martine Aubry |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 4 July 1979 – 13 May 1981 | |
| President | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
| Prime Minister | Raymond Barre |
| Preceded by | Simone Veil |
| Succeeded by | Edmond Hervé |
| Member of theNational Assembly forHaute-Loire's 1st constituency | |
| In office 1 January 1997 – 4 July 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Serge Monnier |
| Succeeded by | Laurent Wauquiez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1937-02-03)3 February 1937 Yssingeaux, France |
| Died | 3 December 2014(2014-12-03) (aged 77) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Political party | UDF(before 2002) UMP(2002–2014) |
| Children | 3, includingJean-Noël Barrot |
| Alma mater | Aix-Marseille University Sciences Po |
Jacques Barrot (French pronunciation:[ʒakbaʁo]; 3 February 1937 – 3 December 2014) was a French politician, who served asEuropean Commissioner forJustice from 2008 to 2010, after having spent four years serving as Commissioner for Transport from 2004 to 2008 and Commissioner for Regional Policy for eight months in 2004. He was also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-memberBarroso Commission. He previously held various ministerial positions in France, and was a member of the right-wing political partyUMP. He was officially approved in his post by theEuropean Parliament on 18 June 2008 with a vote of 489 to 52 with 19 abstentions.[1]
Barrot was a European Commissioner between April 2004 and, serving as Commissioner for Regional Policy in theProdi Commission before being selected as a Vice-President and Commissioner for Transport in theBarroso Commission.
He was convicted in a French court of embezzlement in 2000. The case involved the diverting of £2 million of government money to his party. He received an eight-month suspended prison sentence. His conviction was automatically erased by a 1995 presidential amnesty.[2]
Barrot was approved by theEuropean Parliament in 2004 for Commissioner of Transport and made aVice-President in the newBarroso Commission. However shortly after he began work, his previous conviction was revealed byNigel Farage,MEP forIndependence and Democracy.French PresidentJacques Chirac had granted him presidential amnesty, a fact the Commissioner did not disclose during his hearing to the Parliament. Despite calls from some MEPs for him to be suspended he remained in office after a large majority accepted legal opinion that Barrot was not legally required to disclose the amnesty.[3]
A major project during his term was theGalileo positioning system. Work on the system began a year before Barrot came to office and has developed since with the launch of the first satellite. However infighting within private sector partners may have been a potential setback to the project with Barrot favouring greater funds from theEU budget.[4] Other work includes recent guarantees of air passenger rights and theSingle European Sky.
Barrot died on 3 December 2014 inNeuilly-sur-Seine at the age of 77.[5]
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| Preceded by | French European Commissioner 2004–2010 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | European Commissioner for Regional Policy 2004 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded byas European Commissioner forEnergy and Transport | European Commissioner for Transport 2004–2008 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security 2008–2010 | Succeeded byas European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship |
| Succeeded byasEuropean Commissioner for Home Affairs | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of theConstitutional Council 2010–2014 | Succeeded by |
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