Georges Fenech
| Georges Fenech | |
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Georges Fenech in 2011
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| Member of the French National Assembly for Rhône | |
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Assumed office 17 June 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Raymond Durand |
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| Born |
26 October 1954 Sousse, Tunisia |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | UMP |
| Alma mater |
University of Lyon École nationale de la magistrature |
Georges Fenech (born 26 October 1954) is a French judge and politician.
Born to a Maltese father and Italian mother in Sousse in Tunisia, in 1963 Fenech's family was repatriated in France, where they settled in Givors. After studying for a law degree, he started a career as a judge. One of his most high-profile cases was the investigation on the assassination of the judge François Renaud (nicknamed "le shérif" by Lyon's underworld) in Lyon on 3 July 1975. Georges Fenech was the 6th judge to take over this case, and the one who dropped the case for lack of evidence in 1992. He was also in charge of the first case involving Scientology in France.
He started a political career with his 2002 election as a member of the French Parliament Assemblée Nationale (representing the Rhône as a member of Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
In December 2005, Georges Fenech was a member of the Parliamentary Commission of Enquiry about the Outreau trial (a judicial disaster with innocent men and women being held for years in jail on unfounded suspicions), which had been called by President Jacques Chirac in order to help prevent a recurrence of this situation through alterations in France's legal system.
On 28 June 2006, in response to a unanimous resolution of the Law Commission (commission des lois), the French National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to set up a Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France, about the influence of cultic movements and the consequences of their practices on the physical and mental health of minors. Georges Fenech was appointed President of this Commission. The Commission presented its report to the Assembly on 19 December 2006. The report contained 50 recommendations which aimed to protect endangered children.
The same year, he was appointed by Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin a mission to study the ankle monitor to strengthen the fight against criminal recidivism. An ankle monitor is a device that individuals under house arrest or parole are often required to wear.
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