Villepin, Dominique de (Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin) (dômēnēk` märē` fräNswä` rənā` gäl
zō` də vēlpăn`), 1953–, French diplomat and government official, b. Rabat, Morocco. Of aristocratic descent, he graduated (1980) from the prestigious École nationale d'administration and served in the foreign ministry and diplomatic service from 1980 to 1995, when he became a senior aide to President Chirac Chirac, Jacques René , 1932–, French political leader, president of France (1995–), b. Paris. He attended the National School of Administration, joined the civil service, and began his political career in 1961 working for Premier Georges Pompidou.
..... Click the link for more information. . Villepin became foreign minister in 2002 and gained prominence as the principal spokesperson for French opposition to the Bush administration's campaign to win international support for an invasion of Iraq. Appointed interior minister in 2004, he became premier the next year when Raffarin Raffarin, Jean-Pierre , 1948–, French politician. From a political family, he began his career in business and served as a spokesman for a labor minister in the late 1970s before returning to the private sector.
..... Click the link for more information. resigned after French voters failed to approve the proposed European Union constitution. An attempt to push through a loosening of the labor regulations affecting younger workers provoked widespread demonstrations in early 2006, and in a very public setback Villepin was forced to replace the newly passed law with other legislation. Villepin was also hurt by charges that in 2004 he targeted Nicolas Sarkozy Sarkozy, Nicolas (Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa) , 1955–, French politician, b. Paris. A lawyer and a conservative, Sarkozy was (1983–2002) mayor of Neuilly, a Paris suburb, and was elected to the National Assembly from the
..... Click the link for more information. , a party rival, for investigation by the secret service.
zō` də vēlpăn`), 1953–, French diplomat and government official, b. Rabat, Morocco. Of aristocratic descent, he graduated (1980) from the prestigious École nationale d'administration and served in the foreign ministry and diplomatic service from 1980 to 1995, when he became a senior aide to President Chirac Chirac, Jacques René , 1932–, French political leader, president of France (1995–), b. Paris. He attended the National School of Administration, joined the civil service, and began his political career in 1961 working for Premier Georges Pompidou...... Click the link for more information. . Villepin became foreign minister in 2002 and gained prominence as the principal spokesperson for French opposition to the Bush administration's campaign to win international support for an invasion of Iraq. Appointed interior minister in 2004, he became premier the next year when Raffarin Raffarin, Jean-Pierre , 1948–, French politician. From a political family, he began his career in business and served as a spokesman for a labor minister in the late 1970s before returning to the private sector.
..... Click the link for more information. resigned after French voters failed to approve the proposed European Union constitution. An attempt to push through a loosening of the labor regulations affecting younger workers provoked widespread demonstrations in early 2006, and in a very public setback Villepin was forced to replace the newly passed law with other legislation. Villepin was also hurt by charges that in 2004 he targeted Nicolas Sarkozy Sarkozy, Nicolas (Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa) , 1955–, French politician, b. Paris. A lawyer and a conservative, Sarkozy was (1983–2002) mayor of Neuilly, a Paris suburb, and was elected to the National Assembly from the
..... Click the link for more information. , a party rival, for investigation by the secret service.
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