Biography of Francois Fillon

Born on March 4 years in Le-Man, Sart, France. French state and politician. The Prime Minister of France in the GG. Francois Fillon was born on March 4 in the city of Le-Man Department of Sart. Father - Michelle Fiion, notary. The eldest child is in the family. The younger brother of Fiion - Dominic Dominique Fillon - a famous pianist. The school was one of the best students, but did not differ in a good discipline, while always distinguished by social assets.

He was expelled from two private schools, and from the Catholic Lyceum Notre Dame de Sainte Croix in Le -Man was expelled a few days after the start of training - for organizing a school campaign against an English teacher, demanding to dismiss her for incompetence. From his youth, he became an ardent supporter of Hollyist ideas, hung a portrait of Charles de Gaulle at home.

From his youth he has a craving for cars and car racing. Father even punished him because Francois repeatedly steal his father’s “Citroen” from the garage to drive his friends. Not far from his house is the Avtodr Le-Man, where endurance races "24 hours of Le Man" take place. From school, Fiona spent a lot of time on this racing highway. First, he carried out minor assignments of the organizers of the races.

At 20, he went to study at a racing school and after a few years he won his first victory. In years, he controlled the Formula racing car - at that time this championship was considered a “forge of talents” for Formula 1. He entered the board of the organization of "24 hours of Le Mans" and in the middle of the X was able to improve the financial indicators of these competitions.

We add that in M ​​and M years, Fiion participated in the Le Mans Classic race on racing retro cars. He spoke at Ferrari, but did not take a prize, but in the year the crew of the Renault Alpine team, in which Fiion performed, managed to take the fourth place in the overall standings.

From university years, Fiion sought financial independence from his parents: he began to earn his studies, housing and bought himself a car. At the University of Mena Fiion, in the year, he received a bachelor's diploma in philosophy and graduated from the degree of public law and a diploma of applied learning on public law and political science. He also received a DEA diploma for political science in the French National Political Sciences Fondation National des Sciences Politiques.

He began his political career in the French parliament, becoming an assistant to the deputy from Sart, Holista and Friend of the Joel Le Tale Joel Le Theole family in the year. He worked at his election headquarters. Tale was impressed by the initiative of his assistant and even called him his successor. Fiion held the post of deputy head of the apparatus of Le Tale after his appointment by the Minister of Transport in the year and the Minister of Defense in the year.

Fiion held these posts until the unexpected death of Le Tale in December. After that, in the year, Fiion was appointed head of the Legislative and Parliamentary work service in the apparatus of the Minister of Industry Michel Giro Michel Giraud and in the same year became a candidate from the Right Party Association in support of the Republic of RPR in the National Assembly from the 4th Electoral District of Sart, becoming the youngest deputy of the Assembly.

Then he re -elected in, and years. At the same time, Fionon held a number of posts in his native region. From for a year, he was a municipal council of the Sable-Sur-Sart Sable-Sur-Sarth and from for the year was the mayor of the Sable-Sur-Sart commune and in the year he was the youngest mayor in France. Combine positions in the National Assembly and in the commune of Sable-Sur-Sart Fiion could since both places of his work were connected by the TGV high-speed railway line.

In addition, Fiion for the year served as vice president of the General Council of the Sart Department, and in years he headed the General Council, managed to give an impetus to the development of the department of the department through the construction of several business parks. In the National Assembly since the year, Fiion was a member of the defense commission and was its chairman for a year was an active supporter of the full transfer of the French army to the contract basis, the call to the French army was finally canceled in the year.

Fiion has always been a consistent euroskeptic: in the year he voted against the adoption of the Maastricht Agreement, which led to the creation of the European Union and the introduction of a single currency on its territory. The new political mentor of Fiion was one of the leaders of the Neo-Gollists Philip Segen Philippe Seguin, one of the most persistent opponents of Jacques Shirak Jacques Chirac, as well as an ardent supporter of European integration and the introduction of a single European currency.

After suicide in the year of the Prime Minister of the Socialist Pierre Beregovois Pierre Beregovoy and his appointment by the successor to Eduar Bascuir Edouard Balladur, Fiion first entered the government as the Minister of Higher Education and Research. He held this post up to a year, when he became the Minister of Information Technology and Mail at the next Prime Minister Alena Juppe Alain Juppe.Juppe reorganized the office, and Fiion became the younger Minister of the Post-Deligion of the Post, Telecommunications and Cosmos.

In this post, he prepared and privatized the state company France Telecom. In the year, socialist Lionel Jospen Lionel Jospin and Fiion and Segen focused on the post of prime minister of France, concentrated on party affairs. Fiion led Segen’s successful campaign to conquer the leadership in the RPR and then was the national secretary of the RPR for trade unions and the official representative of the RPR Executive Commission.

In addition, in the year, Fiion became the president of the regional council of the country of Loire. However, in the year in protest against the increase in the influence of Jacques Shirak, Segen left the party’s post and, later, from politics. Fiion decided to participate in the RPR leader. This attempt ended in failure, Michelle Allio-Marie won, but Fiion scored about 25 percent of the vote.

From the year, Fiion worked as a political adviser RPR. In the year, he became the chairman of the community of the Sable-Sur-Sart community and a member of the municipal council of the commune Solezm in Sart. From the year, Fiion was the first vice president of the Council of the region of the Loire Country. Having decided to establish relationships with Jacques Shirak, in the year, Fiion became one of the founders of the Pre-President Union for the Union Pour Un Mouvement Populaire, UMP, where, in addition to RPR, the French liberal democratic party, Christian democrats and social liberals.

From a year, he was the Minister of Social Affairs, Labor and Solidarity. The Government of Jean-Pierre Raffaren initiated the introduction of the hourly working week and other changes in labor legislation, as well as the reform of the country's pension system. These reforms were led by Fiion. Labor legislation was changed, restrictions on overtime work became less stringent.

The reform of the state pension system ended in the year despite the fact that its course caused a demonstration of protest and strikes. Districtly and at the same time carefully carrying out these unpopular reformation measures, Fion was able not to spoil his own reputation: he skillfully negotiated and won the respect of the trade union bosses. In the third office of Raffaren C for the year, Fiion was the Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research.

In this post, he forbade the wearing of religious symbols in schools, including Muslim scarves. His project for the revival of the "old school", which consisted in returning to the secondary school of dictations, reducing hours to study the humanities and a change in the system of obtaining a certificate of secondary education caused mass protests among students and teachers.

In addition, he carried out undergraduate reforms. In the year, Fiion was elected Senator from the Sart department, re -elected to this post in the year. In May, Raffaren resigned, and Dominic de Wilpen Dominique de Villepin came in his place. Fiion in lost the ministerial portfolio in the new government and, regarding Shirak’s attitude to himself as dismissive, sided with the UMP leader Sarkozy, who was previously his opponent inside the party.

Fillon got the opportunity to get acquainted with the work of the new Labor Cabinet and made a favorable impression about it. Subsequently, Fiion was repeatedly called Anglophile, he excellently speaks English. Fiion was classified as a socially oriented, left wing of the gallists. From a year, he was a political adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy and led him to the presidential campaign.

It is believed that a significant part of the sarcose election program was the fruit of the work of Fiion. Sarkozy was considered a charismatic and incontinent leader, the press noted that during the campaign, Fionon did everything possible to balance it with his restraint. Fiion was called one of the architects of the victory of the Sarkozy in the presidential election in May.

Fiion shared the president’s conviction that France desperately needed reforms, despite the danger of mass street protests. The first cabinet of the ministers of Fiion totaled fifteen people, that is, half the previous one: in this way, the sarcose course was carried out to reduce the state apparatus. Half of the ministerial portfolios in the new government went to women.

The first cabinet of Fiion worked for only a month, after which it was replaced by a new one, in which the number of ministers has not changed, but 15 state secretaries appeared. In June, Fiion was elected deputy of the National Assembly from Sart, but withdrew his deputy powers due to work in the government. Fiion continued to introduce reforms of the pension and labor system.

Fiion managed to persuade the strikers to return to work. Fiion also issued a decree on tax reduction despite the fact that in September, he announced that due to a budget deficit of 41.5 billion euros, France is on the verge of bankruptcy and will not be able to pay salaries soon. As Prime Minister Fiion advocated a rapprochement with Russia.In May, he stated that the expansion of NATO should not lead to "a situation where Russia feels isolated, under threat and, for this reason, forced to strengthen its defense power." After the war in South Ossetia in August, Fiion condemned Russia with the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, but noted that the events of the war will not affect bilateral cooperation between France and Russia.

Francois Fillon and Vladimir Putin Nicolas Sarcosi significantly changed the procedure for the interaction of the president and prime minister, depriving of his last traditional functions and influence. And Fiion was even called the "phantom" prime minister. Sarkozy himself designated him as an “employee”, causing the displeasure of Fiion. At the same time, the influence on the state affairs of the General Secretary of the Champs Elysees President Claude Hean Fris was sharply increased.

Sarcosi with Fiona formed an effective tandem, in which they mutually balanced their inherent advantages and disadvantages. However, the personal relations between them were still extremely tense. Due to the extremely low ratings of the popularity of Sarkozy and, on the contrary, the wide public support of Fiion, Sarcosi, during the reorganization of the government on November 14, was forced to preserve Fiion as Prime Minister.

Subsequently, his influence has changed significantly, he became a “true” prime minister. At the same time, the Claude Gean, at the insistence of Sarkozy, was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs in the Government of Fiion. Despite personal disagreements, Fiion emphasized his full loyalty against Sarcosi and declared the absence of presidential ambitions in the year. In the general election of the year, he was elected a deputy from Paris.

In addition, on May 9, Francois Fillon, along with the former Secretary General of the Union for the Popular Movement, Jean-Franesu Kope, decided to take part in the Inter-Party elections of the Republicans and their allies on November 20 and 27, determining a single candidate from the right-wing and centers for the presidency in the year. Most of the election race occupied the third place in polls, yielding to the favorite of Alena Juppe and Nicolas Sarkozy, but by November 15 he was equal to the ex-president.

In November, he became a candidate of legal entities for the post of president of France and an unexpected favorite of the election race. In the second round of the primaries, he received 67 percent of the vote, significantly ahead of his rival Alena Juppe, whom experts considered the most likely winner of the presidential election in France. Francois Fillon stands for radical changes in France - a change in Atlantry to Hollism.

He is also an ardent Catholic and conservative, which affects his social policy.