Charles Pasqua

Charles Pasqua , born the Fatty on April 18th, 1927 with in the the Alpes-Maritimes, is a politician French.

Civil statue

Corsican grandson of shepherd, wire of Andre Pasqua, police officer, and of Francoise Rinaldi, housewife. Married in 1947 with Jeanne Jolly , a Québécois met with Fatty with which it had a son, Pierre-Philippe Pasqua.

Diplomas and employment

Two certificates of license of right. Representing at Ricard, then inspector, regional director and commercial (1952-1971). Then, alcoholic drink importer starting from 1967.

Biography

Charles Pasqua is resistant to 15 years (pseudonym: meadow ).

He is engaged by Paul Ricard in January 1952. He becomes inspector of the sales in 1955, regional director in 1960, sales manager for France in 1962, and director of export in 1963. He is then number 2 of the group.

In 1958, it is one of the creators of the SAC (civic Service of action), private police force gaullist strongly related to the Milieu and author of many knacks .

In 1964, it launches out in the public policy, creating the list “free enterprise” with the Chamber of commerce of Marseilles.

In 1967, Charles Pasqua leaves Ricard, and founds with defectors of this company the company Euralim (Europe Food) installed with Levallois-Perret to import the drink Americano Gancia.

In 1968, vice-president of SAC, it is elected appointed at the time of the tidal wave gaullist to Clichy - Levallois, under the label UDR.

He is organizer as a chief of the presidential of 1981 for Jacques Chirac, of which he was before the personal adviser with Marie-France Garraud. For this reason, he is his godfather in policy.

A long time member of the parties gaullists being succeeded the capacity since the Second world war and, for this reason, Minister of Interior Department in the second government directed by Jacques Chirac then in the government directed by Edouard Balladur, it will take the party of this last at the time of the presidential election of 1995.

He is the author of the law bearing his name, making more difficult the access to French nationality. He is Minister of Interior Department during the demonstrations against the law Devaquet, which will cause the death of a demonstrator, Malik Oussekine, the December 5th 1986.

In 1991, it creates its own movement: Tomorrow France. In 1992, it recommends the vote “NOT” with the referendum on the Traité of Maastricht in company of Philippe Séguin and Philippe de Villiers. In 1995, Minister of Interior Department, it supports Edouard Balladur against Jacques Chirac which is elected president of the Republic. Charles Pasqua is promoted officer of the Légion of honor during the promotion of the July 14th 1995.

The same year it introduces the obligation of visa for the Comorian and carries out forced displacements of Comorians.

1993, reform of the code of French nationality known as “reforms Pasqua”.

It made joint list with Philippe de Villiers at the time of the European elections of 1999, arrives 2nd behind the list PS carried out by François Holland, managing to obtain a score higher than that of the list RPR carried out by Nicolas Sarkozy. (more than 12% of the voices). They found together the Rassemblement for France (RPF, not to be confused with the Rassemblement of French people, first party gaullist created by the friends of the general de Gaulle ).

The disagreement with Philippe de Villiers settles shortly after their success of 1999, until the final estrangement.

Charles Pasqua was a long time president of the General advice of the Hauts-de-Seine of 1988 with 2004, function for which it had a presentiment of Nicolas Sarkozy to succeed to him, although this last “blew” the town hall of to him Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1983.

Member of the European Parliament of 1999 at 2004 and chair Union group for Europe of the Nations, it is re-elected senator of the Hauts-de-Seine in September 2004. It had already occupied this function of the September 25th 1977 with the April 19th 1986, then starting from the May 11th 1988 with the April 29th 1993; he is re-elected the September 24th 1995 until the December 16th 1999. He is blamed in the business not very clear, but punishable, of the casino of Annemasse (Haute-Savoie).

Mandate of Deputy

Appointed UDR of the Hauts-de-Seine 1968 - 1973

Mandate of senator

Senator RPR and RPF of the Hauts-de-Seine 1977 - 1986, 1988 - 1993, 1995 - 1999
president of the group RPR with the Senate 1981 - 1986 then 1988 - 1993;
related Senator UMP of the Hauts-de-Seine since 2004.

Mandate Buildings

general adviser of the Hauts-de-Seine, canton of Neuilly-sur-Seine 1970 - 1976 and 1988 - 2004, not candidate for his own succession with the cantonal elections of March 2004;
President RPR then RPF general advice of the Hauts-de-Seine of 1973 with 1976, then of 1988 with 2004.
City council man Neuilly-sur-Seine 1983 - 2001;

European deputy

Appointed European of 1999 with 2004 and President of the Union group for Europe of the Nations in the European Parliament.

Ministerial career

Minister of Interior Department of the Government Jacques Chirac (2) Of the 20 March 1986 With the 12 May 1988
and Town and country planning Minister of state, Minister of Interior Department of the Government Edouard Balladur Of the 30 March 1993 With the May 18th 1995

Political office

Creates the Rassemblement section of the French people (RPF) of the the Alpes-Maritimes in 1947
Cofondateur of the SAC (civic Service of action) in 1959
Organisateur, with others, counter-demonstration gaullienne of May 30th 1968
assistant general secretary of UDR, cofounder of the RPR 1976, in charge of animation, then to advise with the organization (until in 1979;
member of the political office of the RPR; to advise of the president, in load of the reform of the statutes 1997; political adviser of the president of the RPR, function given up to mark its divergence with the position of the RPR on the constitutional revision related to the treaty of Amsterdam 1997 - 1998;
Cofounder and president of the Gathering for France RPF

Old mandates

Minister of state
Minister of Interior Department of 1986 to 1988 and 1993 to 1995
Appointed Hauts-de-Seine of 1968 to 1973 European
Appointed of 1999 to 2004
Regional adviser of Ile-de-France
President of the general advice of the Hauts-de-Seine (of 1973 to 1976 then of 1988 to 2004)
City council man Neuilly-sur-Seine (1983-2001);

Public integrity

Charles Pasqua was or is currently the object of several legal informations for various facts which have occurred during his political career or ministerial (it would be reproached to him for having profited from his functions place Beauvau and in the Hauts-de-Seine to fake markets). These various businesses made it possible to update a wide area network of influence and action, called " Networks Pasqua " , energy of the national palates to the underworld, the very smart department of the Hauts-de-Seine in the rooms of African PMU. Mr. Pasqua profits from a senatorial immunity.

Business of the sales of weapons in Angola (Angolagate)
Business of Sofremi (see Sofremi) (judgment October 2007)
Business of the head office of GEC-Alsthom
Business of the secret funding of the RPF (judgment October-November 2007)
Business of the casino of Annemasse (judgment October-November 2007)
Business of the removal of the head office of Alsthom
Business of the Foundation Hamon ( put in examination on May 23rd, 2006 )
Business Oil against food (French Shutter)

Business of Sofremi

In the business of the Sofremi, the examining magistrate Philippe Courroye was deprived with the profit of the Court of justice of the Republic (CJR), only jurisdiction entitled to inquire and consider offenses made by a minister in the performance of his duties.

the former minister of State was put in examination by the magistrates of CJR in this business in October 2004.

French shutter of the Business Oil against food

In the Business Oil against food and according to a summary report of April 5th, 2006 of the repression brigade of the economic delinquency (BRDE), Charles Pasqua would have profited “from approximately 10,7 million barrels” within the framework of three contracts signed in 1999, corresponding to phases 6,7 and 8 of the program “Pétrole against food”, which counted thirteen of them.

Charles Pasqua vigorously denied any implication in this business (Le Monde of June 4th, 2005), but the examining magistrate Philippe Courroye put it in examination on April 5th, 2006 for " Trading of favors aggravé". Mr. Pasqua, who profits from a senatorial immunity, plans to dispute the regularity of this legal procedure.

Of other close relations of Mr. Pasqua, as Bernard Guillet is also implied in this open legal information of the chiefs of " Corruption activates public agents étrangers" , " Abuse of corporate asset " and " trading of favors aggravé"

Business of the casino of Annemasse

In the Business of the casino of Annemasse, Charles Pasqua was condemned on November 26th, 2006 by the magistrates' court of Paris to eighteen months of suspended sentence.

See too

Quotations

" With friends like that, I do not need ennemis"

" The electoral promises engage only those which them recoivent"

" We have made the most beautiful swindle of the century: we made accept the French who we were of droite."

" It is not by gathering one-eyed and paralytic only one makes a champion of cross."

" The states of heart, they is good for the collaborators, not for the ministres"

" The democracy stops where the interest of Etat." starts;

" Our capacity to make silly things remains important nevertheless. We have however an advantage: it is that us it savons."

" The town hall of Paris offered infrastructures" to us;

" The terroristes." should be terrorized;

" If De Gaulle had been Tito, I would have been communiste."

" Gaullisme existed before Gaulle"

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