Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres
| Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres | |
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Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres (2006)
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| French Minister of Culture | |
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In office 31 March 2004 – 15 May 2007 |
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| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister |
Jean-Pierre Raffarin Dominique de Villepin |
| Preceded by | Jean-Jacques Aillagon |
| Succeeded by | Christine Albanel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 March 1954 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | UMP |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po, ÉNA |
Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres (born 13 March 1954 in Neuilly-sur-Seine), often known as RDDV, is a French politician, France's Minister of Culture from 2004 to 2007. He is a member of the UMP center-right party, and the grandson of Henri Donnedieu de Vabres.
Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres has a degree in economics, and a diploma from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, a traditional starting point for attending the École nationale d'administration (ENA), a school for high-level civil servants, which he entered in 1978.
After graduating in 1980 from ENA, he started his career in the prefectoral administration as a sub-prefect, chief of staff of the Indre-et-Loire prefect, then was secretary-general for the police in the Centre region (1980–1981), secretary-general of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence prefecture (1981–1982), sub-prefect of the Château-Thierry arrondissement (1982–1985).
From 1986 to 2001 he was regional councillor in the Centre region, president of the UDF group and reporter for the budget (1986–1993).
He began his national political career as an aide to François Léotard when the latter was Minister of Culture (1987–1988) in the government of then prime minister Jacques Chirac, then as chief of staff in the Republican Party, then one of the components of the UDF. Starting from 1990, he became a member of the political bureau of the party, then delegate-general from 1995 à 1997.
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