Alain Joyandet
| Alain Joyandet | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of France from Haute-Saône's 1st district |
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Assumed office July 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Patrice Debray |
| President of UMP-NC-DVD Group in the Franche-Comté Regional Council De facto Leader of Opposition | |
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In office 25 March 2010 – 9 July 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Sylvie Vermeillet |
| Succeeded by | Sylvie Vermeillet |
| Regional Councillor from Doubs | |
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In office 25 March 2010 – 9 July 2010 |
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15 January 1954 Dijon, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Union for a Popular Movement |
Alain Joyandet (born 15 January 1954) is a French politician who was appointed Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony in the government of François Fillon from 18 March 2008 to July 2010. Prior to that, he was CEO of the Société Nouvelle des Éditions Comtoises (SNEC), a publisher of weekly newspapers and journals. He is a journalist by training.
He has been mayor of Vesoul since 1995 and senator of Franche-Comté from 1995 to 2002.
In 2010, he won the UMP nomination for President of Franche-Comté, but lost to socialist candidate Marie-Guite Dufay in the general election.
At the end of March 2010 Joyandet made headlines for spending 116,500 euros of taxpayers' money chartering a private jet to fly him to Martinique to an international conference on Haiti and back to Paris.
On 4 July 2010, he resigned his government post, the same day as Christian Blanc, Secretary of State for Development of the capital region. The French press had reported the suspected misuse of public money by the two ministers. Alain Joyandet was accused of renting a private jet to €116,500 to travel to Martinique, where he was to attend an international conference for reconstruction after the earthquake of Haiti. An article in the Canard Enchaîné also suspected of having received an illegal building permit for his house of Grimaud, which he abandoned shortly after.
Governmental functions
Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony : 2008-2010 (Resignation on 4 July 2010).
Electoral mandates
Senate of France
Senator of Haute-Saône : 1995-2002 (Resignation, became a member of the National Assembly of France in 2002).
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