Serge Lepeltier
Serge Lepeltier (born 12 October 1953) is a French politician.
Serge Lepeltier | |
|---|---|
 Serge Lepeltier in 2008 | |
| Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development | |
| In office 31 March 2004 – 1 June 2005 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
| Preceded by | Roselyne Bachelot |
| Succeeded by | Nelly Olin |
| Mayor of Bourges | |
| In office 1995–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Claude Sandrier |
| Succeeded by | Pascal Blanc |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 October 1953 Le Veurdre, France |
| Political party | UMP The Republicans |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris |
He studied at HEC Paris.
He was mayor of Bourges in 1995 and again in 2001. He was elected senator of the Cher département on 27 September 1998.
He won the municipal elections in Bourges in 1995 over the communist candidate.
He briefly acted as President of the Rally for the Republic in 2002 after Michèle Alliot-Marie was nominated as Minister of Defence, and just before the Party was officially dissolved within the Union for a Popular Movement.
On 31 March 2004, Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government announced a reshuffle because of the massive losses in the French regional elections. Serge Lepeltier became Minister of the Environment,[1] while Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin was dismissed.
In 2005 Serge Lepeltier joined the Radical Party.
References
- "Raffarin nombra a Sarkozy al frente del Ministerio de Economía en el nuevo Gobierno francés". El Mundo (in Spanish). 31 March 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2010.