Xavier Bertrand
| Xavier Bertrand | |
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Xavier Bertrand in 2007
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| President of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France | |
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Assumed office 4 January 2016 |
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| Mayor of Saint-Quentin | |
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In office 4 October 2010 – 14 January 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Pierre André |
| Succeeded by | Frédérique Macarez |
| Minister of Labour, Employment and Health | |
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In office 14 November 2010 – 10 May 2012 |
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| President | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Secretary-General of the UMP | |
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In office 5 December 2008 – 17 November 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Patrick Devedjian |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Copé |
| Personal details | |
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21 March 1965 Châlons-sur-Marne, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | The Republicans |
| Spouse(s) | Emmanuelle Gontier |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Christian (Protestant) |
Xavier Bertrand (French pronunciation: [ɡzavje bɛʁˈtʁɑ̃]; born 21 March 1965) is a French politician. He was Minister of Health from 2005 to 2007 in Dominique de Villepin's government under President Jacques Chirac, then served as Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Solidarity from 2007 to 2009 and as Minister of Labour, Employment and Health from 2010 to 2012. He played a leading role in Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign in 2007.
Xavier Bertrand was born on 21 March 1965 in Châlons-sur-Marne, in the Marne département, of the Champagne-Ardenne région of France. He studied in Reims, where he obtained a master's degree in public law, then a Diplôme d'Études Supérieures Spécialisées (DESS) in local administration. He began his professional life as an insurance agent.
At the age of sixteen, he volunteered for the Rally for the Republic (RPR) and quickly went into politics.
In 1992, he led the campaign for the 'no' to the Maastricht Treaty in his department, the Aisne in the region of Picardy. He was at the time assistant to the mayor of Saint-Quentin, Aisne. He was one of the pioneers of the 'Saint-Quentin beach', an event similar to Paris-Plage. From 1997 to 2002, he was parliamentary assistant to Jacques Braconnier, Senator for the Aisne, and he was elected to the National Assembly on 16 June 2002 for the 18th legislature (2002–2007), representing the second constituency of the Aisne Department.
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