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Alain Rousset | |
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President of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Assumed office 20 March 1998 | |
Preceded by | Jacques Valade |
Member of the French National Assembly for Gironde | |
In office 17 June 2007 – 20 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Pierre Ducout |
Personal details | |
Born | Chazelles-sur-Lyon, France | 16 February 1951
Political party | Socialist Party |
Alma mater | Sciences Po |
Alain Rousset (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʁusɛ]; born 16 February 1951) is a French politician. Rousset is the Socialist president of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, and a Deputy in the National Assembly of France, representing the 7th constituency of the Gironde. [1]
Rousset was elected to the Regional Council of Aquitaine in the 1998 elections and then reelected in 2004. [2]
In 2010, Rousset proposed a "Plan for Digital Aquitaine". [3]
Rousset entered the National Assembly in the 2007 elections, representing Gironde's 7th constituency. [4] In parliament, he served on the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces.
In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Rousset endorsed François Hollande as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election. [5]
On 11 February 2014, Rousset was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in honor of President François Hollande at the White House. [6]
In the Socialist Party's presidential primaries, Rousset endorsed Manuel Valls as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election. [7] He later supported Emmanuel Macron in the elections. [8]
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Alain Rousset | |
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President of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Assumed office 20 March 1998 | |
Preceded by | Jacques Valade |
Member of the French National Assembly for Gironde | |
In office 17 June 2007 – 20 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Pierre Ducout |
Personal details | |
Born | Chazelles-sur-Lyon, France | 16 February 1951
Political party | Socialist Party |
Alma mater | Sciences Po |
Alain Rousset (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʁusɛ]; born 16 February 1951) is a French politician. Rousset is the Socialist president of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, and a Deputy in the National Assembly of France, representing the 7th constituency of the Gironde. [1]
Rousset was elected to the Regional Council of Aquitaine in the 1998 elections and then reelected in 2004. [2]
In 2010, Rousset proposed a "Plan for Digital Aquitaine". [3]
Rousset entered the National Assembly in the 2007 elections, representing Gironde's 7th constituency. [4] In parliament, he served on the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces.
In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Rousset endorsed François Hollande as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election. [5]
On 11 February 2014, Rousset was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in honor of President François Hollande at the White House. [6]
In the Socialist Party's presidential primaries, Rousset endorsed Manuel Valls as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election. [7] He later supported Emmanuel Macron in the elections. [8]