Gilles de Robien

Gilles de Robien , born the April 10th 1941 with Cocquerel (Somme), is a Politician French. This admiror of Valery Giscard d'Estaing is since the presidential election of 2007 close relation of the Nouveau Center (political party of center-right of inspiration giscardienne created by the opponents to the strategy of Francois Bayrou during the presidential campaign and the legislative program of 2007). He chairs a think tank Société moving whose ideology takes its roots in the policies of Valery Giscard d'Estaing, this circle is associated with the Nouveau Center and the UMP.

Origins and course

The Count Gilles de Robien (Viscount) is the son of the count Jean of Robien and Éliane Mesre de Pas. The family of Robien is of Breton origin, Marquisat of Robien (Roch Bihan), and of chivalrous nobility of extraction since 1389 (resulting according to another source Black from Tournemine, of Jacques Boschier combined in 1212 with lady Jeanne d' Avaugour of Robien). Its weapons are: of azure with 10 money billets 4,3,2 and 1 (nobility former to 1605, by alliance at the house of Robien, resulting from the ducal House of Brittany. The currency of this family is: “without vanity nor weakness”). It follows its schooling to the school of the Providence of Amiens then to the college Saint-Jean-with-Béthune to Versailles. After a Capacity in right (which is an equivalent with the baccalaureat since it forever successful to take down this diploma), it follows since 1965 the occupation of general Agent of insurance in Amiens.

Elective functions

Appointed of the Somme of 1986 to 2007 (deputy of the 2nd district starting from 1988)
Member of the Commission of Finances
Member of the Commission of investigation into the causes, the consequences and the prevention of the floods to the National Assembly
Vice-president of the National Assembly of 1993 with 1998
Mayor of Amiens (Somme) of 1989 with 2002 assistant then with the mayor of 2002, date on which it enters the government, with 2007, and again mayor since the March 29th 2007.
Regional adviser of Picardy in 1992
President of the the Community of agglomeration Amiens Metropolis since 1994

He is also the author of the law of June 11th, 1996 on the installation and the reduction of the working time, known as “law Robien”.

Political offices

In 1990, Gilles de Robien becomes member of the Executive office and the management Committee of the Republican party. It sits parallel to the National council and at the political office of the UDF, as from 1991. Opposed to the line liberal policy of liberal Democracy directed by Alain Madelin, old the Republican party separated from UDF, it leaves DLL after the rehabilitation of the Presidents of the District councils elected with the voices of Front National and takes part in the foundation of PRIL. Since November 29th, 1998, he is member of the political office and vice-president of UDF. He occupies the president's functions of the UDF group to the National Assembly of 1995 to 1997.

From May 2002 in May 2005, it provides the function of Minister for the Equipment, Transport, Housing, Tourism and the Sea of the governments Raffarin 1, 2 and 3. For this reason it sets up the automatic radars in France. Since, France counts 3.000 dead of less per annum on the roads.

In 2004, it is the chief candidate of union UMP-UDF to the regional elections in Picardy, with in its team Élodie Gossuin, Miss France 2001. As much of other outgoing deputies of the majority in the majority of the areas, it fails vis-a-vis the left.

The June 3rd 2005, Gilles de Robien is named Minister for State education, Higher education and Research of the Gouvernement Dominique de Villepin. Its management of the continuations of the aggression of Etampes (professor stabbed by a high-school pupil in full class) is strongly disputed, so much on the calling into question of “the company as a whole” for facts which concern the individual responsibility, that on the will to introduce of the police officers into the schools. December 29th, 2005, the press reveals that the calls to the help of Karen Montet-Toutain had not been sufficiently taken into account by the administration of the State education.

It is indicated in October 2005 chief of the delegation of the 33e session of the General conference of UNESCO.

Gilles de Robien is suspended of her responsibilities in the executive authorities for the UDF the June 14th 2005, including vice-presidency, because of her functions to the Government which are worth to him often to be criticized with the center even of its party.

Only Center of the government, it is in an uncomfortable position, where it must endeavor to be faithful at the same time to Jacques Chirac, which it knows of long time, and of the party to which it has belonged for 30 years. It in particular was near to Francois Bayrou, of which it directed the presidential campaign in 2002, but mark today her distance in front of its positioning of “free electron” - what is worth to him the lightnings of good number of the personalities of the centrist party (Herve Morin, Maurice Leroy, Marielle de Sarnez…). In spite of its disapproval of the strategy of the president of UDF - strategy however confirmed with 97% by the militants voters with the Congress of Lyon of 2006, it affirms solemnly before the National council of the UDF of June 10th, 2006 that it will support the presidential campaign of Francois Bayrou in 2007, “only legitimate UDF candidate” in his eyes. It founded a circle within UDF, Société moving, to gather its partisans. March 31st, 2007, he declares however his rallying with Nicolas Sarkozy in an interview published in the Sunday newspaper.

Gilles de Robien qualifies the leaders of the Manifestation S coeds of March 2006 against CPE “agitators”, taking again on her account the terminology of François Missoffe or Alice Salt maker-Seité, Minister for the Universities of the Gouvernement of Raymond Barre.

Among the decisions of Gilles de Robien as a Minister for State education, one notes the prohibition of the Global method of Training of the Reading , the revalorization of the training or the easing of the school geographical map. In these functions, Gilles de Robien gave a very detailed attention to the fundamental lesson, and more particularly to the training of the language. It stressed the importance of the reading and wished a reinforcement at the same time as a clarification of grammatical teaching.

Gilles de Robien imposes deep modifications of the decrees governing the statute of the teachers of the secondary. These new decrees will be strongly disputed by the profession, as well on the form as on the bottom. Among the reforms carried out by Gilles de Robien the device of the complementary mentions appears, which instituted the bivalence of the voluntary teachers. In spite of the very strong incentive carried out by the minister, only 27 prizes winner (on all France, all confused disciplines) obtain a complementary mention in 2006, and 17 in 2007. Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal to quote only they, candidates with the presidential election 2007, announce during their countryside that they will repeal the aforementioned decrees if they are elected, then will engage of real discussions with the various speakers on these files.

May 16th, 2007, Gilles de Robien announces that it is not represented with the legislative elections of the 2nd district of the Sum. According to him “to invest itself on its city (Amiens) and its metropolis (Amiens Metropolis)”.

Since the 2007, it is delegated French government to the board of directors of the International organization of work. October 5th of the same year, it is named Ambassadeur “charged to promote social cohesion”.

Quotations

the 35 hours it is like the alcohol, that made of the good during one hour and one pays it during ten hours . March 16th, 2006 on France 2, in the emission With you to judge , whose subject was CPE: how to leave itself there? .

Sources

Site of the Prime Minister

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