Michel Mercier
| Michel Mercier | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 14 November 2010 – 15 May 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Michèle Alliot-Marie |
| Succeeded by | Christiane Taubira |
| Minister of Rural Areas and Spatial Planning | |
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In office 23 June 2009 – 13 November 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Bruno Le Maire |
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| Born |
7 March 1947 Bourg-de-Thizy, France |
| Political party |
Union for French Democracy (Before 2007) Democratic Movement (2007–2009) Union for a Popular Movement (2009–present) |
| Alma mater | Institute of Political Science, Lyon |
Michel Mercier (born 7 March 1947) is a French politician and who served as Minister of Justice from 2010 until 2012.
After studying law and graduation from the Lyon IEP, he taught finance and local government law at the Faculty of Law of Lyon III.
Elected Senator from the Rhône on 24 September 1995, he was the right's official candidate in the municipal elections in 2001 in Lyon, incumbent Mayor Raymond Barre having refused to run for re-election. Arriving behind the right-wing dissident list supported by Charles Millon in his sector, the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, he decided to withdraw in favor of Jean-Michel Dubernard, who established an alliance with Charles Millon. The Socialist Gérard Collomb was elected Mayor of Lyon.
He was re-elected Senator on 26 September 2004. General councillor for the canton of Thizy, he is also President of the General Council of Rhône since February 1990. Treasurer of the UDF, he remained loyal to the opposition of François Bayrou vis-à-vis the government of Dominique de Villepin.
President of the Centrist Union Senate group since 2002, he remained faithful to François Bayrou by joining the MoDem. On 30 January 2008, Michel Mercier, by favouring an alliance with the UMP in Lyon, whose list was led by Dominique Perben for the 2008 municipal elections signaled his disagreement with the strategy of François Bayrou by resigning the presidency of the MoDem in Rhône. He remained MoDem treasurer and member of the executive board of the MoDem until his appointment to the government.
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