Philippe Douste-Blazy
French politician (born 1953) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Philippe Douste-Blazy (French pronunciation: [filip dust blazi]; born 1 January 1953) is a French United Nations official and former centre-right politician. Over the course of his career, he served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Adviser on Innovative Financing for Development in the UN and chairman of UNITAID.
Philippe Douste-Blazy | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 2 June 2005 – 15 May 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Dominique de Villepin |
Preceded by | Michel Barnier |
Succeeded by | Bernard Kouchner |
Minister of Health | |
In office 31 March 2004 – 2 June 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
Preceded by | Jean-François Mattéi |
Succeeded by | Xavier Bertrand |
Minister of Culture | |
In office 18 May 1995 – 2 June 1997 | |
Prime Minister | Alain Juppé |
Preceded by | Jacques Toubon |
Succeeded by | Catherine Trautmann |
Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Garonne's 1st constituency | |
In office 2 April 2001 – 30 July 2004 | |
Preceded by | Dominique Baudis |
Succeeded by | Bernadette Païx |
Mayor of Toulouse | |
In office 23 March 2001 – 29 April 2004 | |
Preceded by | Dominique Baudis |
Succeeded by | Jean-Luc Moudenc |
Personal details | |
Born | (1953-01-01) 1 January 1953 (age 71) Lourdes, France |
Political party | Centre of Social Democrats (Before 1995) Democratic Force (1995–1997) Union for French Democracy (1997–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–present) |
Alma mater | Paul Sabatier University |
He previously served as French Minister for Health (1993–1995 and 2004–2005), Minister of Culture (1995–1997) and as Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin (2005–2007). He was mayor of Lourdes 1989–2000 and mayor of Toulouse 2001–2004.
Originally a member of the Centre of Social Democrats (CDS), the Christian Democrat component of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) party, he later joined the Union for a Popular Movement.
A cardiologist by profession, he became professor at Toulouse Sciences University in 1988.