Philippe Séguin
| Philippe Séguin | |
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| President of the Cour des Comptes | |
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In office 21 July 2004 – 7 January 2010 |
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| Preceded by | François Logerot |
| Succeeded by | Didier Migaud |
| President of the National Assembly | |
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In office 2 April 1993 – 12 June 1997 |
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| President |
François Mitterrand Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Henri Emmanuelli |
| Succeeded by | Laurent Fabius |
| President of Rally for the Republic | |
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In office 1997–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Alain Juppé |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Sarkozy (Acting) |
| French Minister for Social Affairs and Employment | |
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In office 20 March 1986 – 12 May 1988 |
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| Prime Minister | Jacques Chirac |
| Preceded by | Georgina Dufoix |
| Succeeded by | Michel Delebarre |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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In office 19 March 1978 – 1 April 1986 |
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| Constituency | Vosges' 1st constituency |
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In office 12 June 1988 – 18 June 2002 |
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| Constituency | Vosges' 1st constituency |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 April 1943 Tunis, Tunisia |
| Died | 7 January 2010 (aged 66) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party |
Union for the New Republic (1958-1968) Union of Democrats for the Republic (1968-1976) Rally for the Republic (1976-1999) |
Philippe Séguin (21 April 1943 – 7 January 2010) was a French political figure who was President of the National Assembly from 1993 to 1997 and President of the Cour des Comptes (Court of Financial Auditors) of France from 2004 to 2010.
He entered the Court of Financial Auditors in 1970, but he began a political career in the Neo-Gaullist party RPR. In 1978, he was elected to the National Assembly as a deputy for the Vosges département. He was Mayor of Epinal between 1983 and 1997.
Representing the social tradition of the Gaullism, he was Minister of Social Affairs in Jacques Chirac's cabinet, from 1986 to 1988. After Chirac's defeat at the 1988 presidential election, he allied with Charles Pasqua and criticized the abandonment of Gaullist doctrine by the RPR executive. He accused Alain Juppé and Édouard Balladur of wanting an alignment on liberal and pro-European policies.
In 1992, he played a leading role in the No campaign against the Maastricht Treaty. On the eve of the vote he opposed President François Mitterrand in a televised debate.
As president of the National Assembly from 1993 to 1997, he supported the winning candidacy of Jacques Chirac at the 1995 presidential election. He inspired the theme of Chirac's campaign which was named "the social fracture".
Their relations deteriorated when he took the lead of the RPR, after the right-wing defeat at the 1997 legislative election. He failed to change the name of the party to "The Rally". He criticized the ascendancy of President Chirac within the party, refusing to be the leader of a "Chirac's fan-club". He resigned in 1999 just before the European elections, leaving his deputy Nicolas Sarkozy in charge.
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