Michèle Alliot-Marie
| Michèle Alliot-Marie | |
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| Minister of Foreign and European Affairs | |
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In office 14 November 2010 – 27 February 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Bernard Kouchner |
| Succeeded by | Alain Juppé |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 23 June 2009 – 13 November 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Rachida Dati |
| Succeeded by | Michel Mercier |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 18 May 2007 – 23 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | François Baroin |
| Succeeded by | Brice Hortefeux |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 7 May 2002 – 18 May 2007 |
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| Prime Minister |
Jean-Pierre Raffarin Dominique de Villepin |
| Preceded by | Alain Richard |
| Succeeded by | Hervé Morin |
| Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports | |
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In office 29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Édouard Balladur |
| Preceded by | Frédérique Bredin |
| Succeeded by | Guy Drut |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 September 1946 Villeneuve-le-Roi, France |
| Political party | The Republicans (LR) (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Rally for the Republic (RPR) (before 2002) Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) (2002–2015) |
| Domestic partner | Patrick Ollier |
| Alma mater | Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Michèle Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl aljomaˈʁi]; born 10 September 1946 and nicknamed MAM) is a French politician of the The Republicans (LR) party. A member of right-wing governments formed in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, she was the first woman in France to hold the portfolios of Defense (2002–2007), the Interior (2007–2009) and Foreign Affairs (2010–2011). She has also been in charge of Youth and Sports (1993–1995) and Justice (2009–2010), and was granted the honorary rank of Minister of State in her last two offices.
She resigned in 2011 after nine years in government due to her position during the Tunisian Revolution; one year later, in the 2012 French legislative elections, she lost her seat as Deputy (MP) for the 6th Constituency of Pyrénées-Atlantiques. She became a member of the European Parliament in 2014. She remains Deputy Mayor of Saint-Jean-de-Luz as well as Vice President of the National Council of The Republicans.
Alliot-Marie was the last President of the Rally for the Republic (1999–2002), an incarnation of the Gaullist party, and was the first woman to chair a major French political party. She has remained a leading Gaullist after the RPR merged into the UMP and was seen as a rival to Nicolas Sarkozy before and after his election as President in 2007, although direct confrontation was always avoided.
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