Jean Glavany
| Jean Glavany | |
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| French Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 1998–2002 |
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| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Louis Le Pensec |
| Succeeded by | François Patriat |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 May 1949 Sceaux, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
Jean Glavany (born in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, 14 May 1949) is a French politician, member of the Socialist Party (PS) and former Minister.
From 1981 to 1988, he was head of cabinet of President François Mitterrand (PS). He was then Minister of Agriculture (1998–2002) in the Plural Left government of Lionel Jospin. Among other actions, he prohibited the Gaucho pesticide, alleged of being related to observations concerning the sudden decrease in bee population.
Jean Glavany was elected deputy of Hautes-Pyrénées in 2002, and re-elected in 2007. He sits in the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group in the National Assembly. Glavany is also president of the Community of Agglomeration of Tarbes.
Governmental functions
Secretary of State for Technical Education : 1992–1993
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries : 1998–2002
Electoral mandates
Member of the National Assembly of France for Hautes-Pyrénées : 1993–1998 (Became minister in 1998) / And since 2002
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