Francois Fillon
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| 116th Prime Minister of France | |
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In office 17 May 2007 – 16 May 2012 |
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| President | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Preceded by | Dominique de Villepin |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing | |
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In office 22 February 2012 – 16 May 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet |
| Succeeded by | Nicole Bricq |
| Member of the National Assembly for Paris' 2nd constituency |
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Assumed office 17 June 2012 |
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| Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research | |
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In office 31 March 2004 – 31 May 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
| Preceded by |
Luc Ferry (National Education and Research) François Loos (Higher Education) |
| Succeeded by | Gilles de Robien |
| Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity | |
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In office 7 May 2002 – 30 March 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
| Preceded by | Élisabeth Guigou |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Louis Borloo |
| President of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire | |
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In office 20 March 1998 – 16 May 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Olivier Guichard |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Luc Harousseau |
| Minister responsible for Posts, Telecommunications and Space | |
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In office 7 November 1995 – 2 June 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | Alain Juppé |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Christian Pierret |
| Minister of Information Technologies and Posts | |
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In office 18 May 1995 – 7 November 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Alain Juppé |
| Preceded by | José Rossi |
| Succeeded by | Franck Borotra |
| Minister of Higher Education and Research | |
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In office 30 March 1993 – 11 May 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Édouard Balladur |
| Preceded by | Hubert Curien (Research) |
| Succeeded by | François Bayrou |
| President of the General Council of Sarthe | |
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In office 20 April 1992 – 20 March 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Michel d'Aillières |
| Succeeded by | Roland du Luart |
| Personal details | |
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François Charles Amand Fillon 4 March 1954 Le Mans, France |
| Political party |
Rally for the Republic (Before 2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) Republicans (2015–present) |
| Spouse(s) | (m. 1980) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater |
University of Maine Paris Descartes University |
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François Charles Amand Fillon (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃.swa ʃaʁl amɑ̃ fi.jɔ̃]; born 4 March 1954) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He is the current nominee of the Republicans (previously known as the Union for a Popular Movement), the country's largest centre-right political party, for the 2017 presidential election.
Fillon became Jean-Pierre Raffarin's Minister of Labour in 2002 and undertook controversial reforms of the 35-hour working week law and of the French retirement system. In 2004, as Minister of National Education he proposed the much debated Fillon law on Education.
In 2005, Fillon was elected Senator for the Sarthe Département. His role as a political advisor in Nicolas Sarkozy's successful race for President led to his becoming Prime Minister. Fillon resigned upon Sarkozy's defeat by François Hollande in the 2012 presidential elections.
Running on a platform described as conservative, Fillon entered the 2016 Republican presidential primary. He seemed a likely third as late as a week before the first round of voting, held on 20 November. He finally placed first in the first round, defeating Alain Juppé in the primary run-off a week later. Following his victory in the primary, Fillon has been seen as the frontrunner for the 2017 presidential election against Marine Le Pen (FN), Emmanuel Macron (EM) and Benoît Hamon (PS).
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