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Hervé Morin | |
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.jpg) Hervé Morin in 2010 | |
| President ofNormandy | |
| Assumed office 4 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Laurent Beauvais (Lower Normandy) Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol (Upper Normandy) |
| Member of theNational Assembly forEure's 3rd constituency | |
| In office 14 December 2010 – 20 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Marc Vampa |
| Succeeded by | Marie Tamarelle-Verhaeghe |
| In office 30 November 1998 – 19 July 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Ladislas Poniatowski |
| Succeeded by | Marc Vampa |
| Leader ofThe Centrists | |
| Assumed office 29 May 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 18 May 2007 – 14 November 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Michèle Alliot-Marie |
| Succeeded by | Alain Juppé |
| Mayor ofÉpaignes | |
| In office 19 June 1995 – 4 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Duboc |
| Succeeded by | Marie-Paule Leblanc |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1961-08-17)17 August 1961 (age 64) |
| Political party | The Centrists (2007–present) |
| Other political affiliations | UDF (before 2007) |
| Alma mater | University of Caen Panthéon-Assas University Sciences Po |
Hervé Morin (French pronunciation:[ɛʁvemɔʁɛ̃]; born 17 August 1961) is a French politician of theCentrists who has been serving as the firstPresident of theRegional Council of Normandy since January 2016. UnderPresidentNicolas Sarkozy, he was theMinister of Defence.
Morin was first elected as a representative to theFrench National Assembly on 16 June 2002, in the3rd constituency ofEure,Normandy. He served as chairman of theUnion for French Democracy (UDF) group in the National Assembly. After the UDF's candidate for the2007 presidential election,François Bayrou, did not make it to the 2nd round, he hinted that he attempted to create an alliance with theSocialist Party and decided to found a new political party: theDemocratic Movement (or MoDem). Consequently, Morin, who is of the center-right and an ally of the presidential election's winner,Nicolas Sarkozy, made it an organisation within the presidential majority in the National Assembly. It is now calledNew Centre and he is the leader.
After the creation of theUMP, Morin took the presidency of the UDF group at the National Assembly, from 2002 to 2007. When Morin joined the government as minister of Defence in July 2007,Marc VampaNew Centre replaced him as representative.
Following theBattle of N'Djamena in 2008, Morin flew toChad in a show of support forPresidentIdriss Deby, who had just survived an assault on the capital by rebels seeking to topple him.[1] Over the course of 2009, he oversaw efforts to halve the number of troops deployed inIvory Coast to 900.[2]
In 2009, Morin rejected requests byU.S. PresidentBarack Obama for reinforcements toAfghanistan, arguing the France had already deployed enough troops.[3] He instead called onNATO partners to set specific timelines for achieving progress in Afghanistan in areas including security and governance.[4]
After France had long refused to officially recognise a link between its testing of nuclear bombs in the Pacific Ocean and health complaints reported by both military and civilian staff involved in the tests, Morin announced in 2009 that the government would compensate victims of past nuclear tests and has earmarked an initial 10 million euros to do so.[5]
When Pierre Siramy, a former deputy director ofintelligence serviceDGSE Pierre Siramy published his memoirs in 2010, Morin filed a complaint against him, accusing him of violating secrecy rules and divulging the identities of operatives.[6]
On 27 November 2011, Morin officially announced his intention to run for the2012 French presidential election.[7] At the time of the announcement, he had the support of about 20 deputies, senators and European parliamentarians, and polls saw him winning only between 1-2 percent of the vote.[8] During his campaign he claimed to have been present at the allied invasion of Normandy (1944), although he was not born until 1961.[9] On 16 February 2012, he withdrew his candidacy and gave support toNicolas Sarkozy.[10]
In 2013,Jean-Louis Borloo of theUnion of Democrats and Independents (UDI) included Morin in hisshadow cabinet; in this capacity, he served as opposition counterpart toMinister of Economic Affairs and FinancePierre Moscovici.[11]
In theRepublicans'2016 primaries, Morin endorsedBruno Le Maire as the center-right parties joint candidate for the2017 French presidential election;[12] after Le Maire was eliminated in the first round, Morin supportedFrançois Fillon.[13] Shortly after, he left the UDI.[14]
Ahead of the2022 presidential elections, Morin publicly declared his support forValérie Pécresse as the Republicans’ candidate.[15]
Governmental functions
Minister of Defence : 2007–2010
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
Member of theNational Assembly of France forEure (3rd constituency) : 1998–2007 (Became minister in 2007) / 2010–2016. Elected in 1998, reelected in 2002, 2007, 2012. Resignation in 2016.
General Council
General councillor ofEure : 1992–2004 / 2011-2014 (Resignation). Reelected in 1998 and 2011.
Regional Council
Regional councillor and President ofNormandy, elected in Eure constituency : Since 2016.
Regional councillor ofHaute-Normandie, elected in Eure constituency : 2004–2010.
Municipal Council
Mayor ofEpaignes : 1995–2016. Reelected in 2001, 2008, 2014. Resignation in 2016.
Municipal councillor ofEpaignes : Since 1989. Reelected in 1995, 2001, 2008, 2014.
Community of communes Council
President of theCommunauté de communes of Canton de Cormeilles : Since 2001. Reelected in 2008, 2014.
Member of theCommunauté de communes of Canton de Cormeilles : Since 2001. Reelected in 2008, 2014.
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