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Pierre Méhaignerie
Pierre Méhaignerie in 2011
Mayor of Vitré
In office 25 March 1977 – 25 May 2020
Preceded by	René Crinon
Succeeded by	Isabelle Le Callennec
Minister of Justice
In office 30 March 1993 – 11 May 1995
President	François Mitterrand
Prime Minister	Édouard Balladur
Preceded by	Michel Vauzelle
Succeeded by	Jacques Toubon
Deputy of Ille-et-Vilaine's 5th constituency
In office 1995–2012
Preceded by	Danielle Dufeu
Succeeded by	Isabelle Le Callennec
Personal details
Born	(1939-05-04) 4 May 1939 (age 85) Balazé, France
Political party	UDI
Spouse	Julie Harding ​ ( m. 1965)​
Children	2

Pierre Méhaignerie (born 4 May 1939) is a French politician. He is a former deputy of the Ille-et-Vilaine's 5th constituency and the former mayor of Vitré (re-elected in March 2008).

He was elected in 1973 to the French parliament in the Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency and became mayor of Vitré in 1977. ^[1] He was Minister of Agriculture from 1977 to 1981 and Minister of Justice ^[2] from 1993 to 1995. A former member of the UDF political party, he was general secretary of the right-wing UMP from 2004 to 2007. ^{[ citation needed]}

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