Hervé Gaymard
| Hervé Gaymard | |
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| Member of the French National Assembly for Savoie | |
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Assumed office June 2007 |
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| French Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 2002–2004 |
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| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
| Preceded by | François Patriat |
| Succeeded by | Dominique Bussereau |
| French Minister of the Economy | |
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In office 2004–2005 |
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| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
| Preceded by | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Succeeded by | Thierry Breton |
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31 May 1960 Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | UMP |
| Spouse(s) | Clara Lejeune (m. 1986) |
| Children | 8 |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po, ÉNA |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Hervé Gaymard (born 31 May 1960 in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie) is a French politician and a member of UMP conservative party. He served as the country's Minister of Finances from 30 November 2004 until his resignation on 25 February 2005.
Gaymard attended the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and then at the École nationale d'administration, graduating from the latter in 1986. After that he worked as a civil servant in a number of finance-related positions.
He was elected as a local councillor in the Savoie commune of Moûtiers in 1994. He later served on the departmental council of Savoie, and in 1999, became its president. He was appointed to the finance ministry in November 2004, and was forced to resign barely 12 weeks later, on Friday, 25 February 2005.
He is married to the CEO of General Electric in France (and VP of GE International) daughter of geneticist Jérôme Lejeune. A Catholic, he is the father of eight children: Philothée, Bérénice, Thaïs, Amédée, Eulalie, Faustine, Jérôme-Aristide, Angélico.
Gaymard's resignation as Minister of Finances came after the satirical and investigative newspaper Le Canard enchaîné disclosed on 16 February 2005 that the government was funding an exclusive apartment for Gaymard and his family (his wife and his 8 children). The duplex apartment, located in the exclusive "Golden Triangle" neighbourhood off Paris' Champs-Élysées, reportedly had an area of 600 m² (6460 sq ft) and cost the state a monthly rental of €14,000. Aside from the luxuriously high rent, the state was also funding $3,300 a month for maintenance and three parking spaces, $42,000 to renovate the apartment and the parking area, and $16,000 in real estate fees.
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