Roger Karoutchi
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Roger Karoutchi | |
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Member of the French Senate for Hauts-de-Seine | |
Assumed office 1 October 2011 | |
Secretary of State for the Relations with the Parliament | |
In office 2007–2009 | |
President | Nicolas Sarkozy |
Prime Minister | François Fillon |
Preceded by | Henri Cuq |
Succeeded by | Henri de Raincourt |
Personal details | |
Born | Casablanca, Morocco | 26 August 1951
Nationality | French Moroccan |
Political party | The Republicans |
Alma mater | Sciences Po Aix |
Roger Karoutchi (born 26 August 1951) is the French Ambassador to the OECD.[1] He is a former Secretary of State to the French Prime Minister, with responsibility for Relations with Parliament.[1] He is the first Vice President of the French Senate since 2020.
Early life[]
Karoutchi was born in Casablanca into a Moroccan Jewish family. His ancestors settled in Morocco in the 18th century from Livorno in Italy.
He received a master's degree from the Sciences Po Aix.[2]
Career[]
Karoutchi became a history teacher, first in Goussainville, and then in Paris, teaching from 1975 to 1985. He continued his political activity, which he had started at the age of 16, during that period, being a national delegate of the Rassemblement pour la République (RPR) from 1981 to 1986.
At that time, Karoutchi joined the office of Philippe Séguin, the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, eventually becoming Séguin's chief of staff when he became president of the Assemblée nationale.
Karoutchi was a Member of the European Parliament from 1997[3] to 1999 and Senator from Hauts-de-Seine from 1999 to 2007.[2]
He was very active in the 2007 presidential campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy, with whom he has a close personal relationship.[4]
From 2009 to 2011, Karoutchi served as the French Ambassador to the OECD.[5][6]
In the Republicans' 2016 presidential primaries, Karoutchi endorsed Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the office of President of France.[7]
Political career[]
Governmental function
Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament : 2007–2009.
Electoral mandates
European Parliament
Member of European Parliament : 1997-1999 (Became senator of Hauts-de-Seine in 1999).
Senate of France
Senator of Hauts-de-Seine : 1999-2007 (Became secretary of State in 2007). Reelected in 2004.
Regional Council
Vice-president of the Regional Council of Ile-de-France : 1994–1998.
Regional councillor of Ile-de-France : Since 1992. Reelected in 1998, 2004.
Municipal Council
Deputy-mayor of Villeneuve-la-Garenne : Since 2008.
Municipal councillor of Villeneuve-la-Garenne : Since 2008.
Municipal councillor of Nanterre : 1989–1995.
Municipal councillor of Boulogne-Billancourt : 1995–2001.
Personal life[]
In January 2009, Karoutchi publicly announced that he is gay.[8] As such, he was the first French Minister to come out while in office.[9]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b 'Karoutchi ambassadeur auprès de l'OCDE,' 29 June 2009, Europe 1, [1]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Roger karoutchi. [Place of publication not identified]: Cede Publishing. 2012. ISBN 978-613-7-85530-0. OCLC 935757411.
- ^ "PARTI SOCIALISTE - PARTI RADICAL DE GAUCHE-MOUVEMENT DES CITOYENS (Socialists)". europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Nicolas Sarkozy the most influential political figure in France, poll finds". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ OECD, Ambassadors
- ^ Accueil - Actualités
- ^ Ludovic Vigogne (20 April 2016), Bataillons: Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires L'Opinion.
- ^ 'French government minister confirms he is gay', Pink News, 23 January 2009 [2]
- ^ Paul Parant, 'Primaires UMP : Karoutchi perd la région Ile-de-France', Têtu, 22 March 2009 [3]
Biography[]
- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Casablanca
- 20th-century Moroccan Jews
- Moroccan emigrants to France
- Jewish French politicians
- Union of Democrats for the Republic politicians
- Rally for the Republic politicians
- Union for a Popular Movement politicians
- The Republicans (France) politicians
- Government ministers of France
- Gaullism, a way forward for France
- French Senators of the Fifth Republic
- MEPs for France 1994–1999
- MEPs for France 1999–2004
- LGBT Jews
- Gay politicians
- LGBT politicians from France
- LGBT people from Morocco
- OECD officials
- Sciences Po Aix alumni
- LGBT MEPs for France
- Senators of Hauts-de-Seine