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2019 The Republicans (France) Leadership Election
A leadership election was held in 2019 for the The Republicans (France), Republicans. It was triggered by the resignation of Laurent Wauquiez and was won by Christian Jacob (politician), Christian Jacob. Candidates * Julien Aubert, member of the National Assembly for Vaucluse's 5th constituency * Christian Jacob (politician), Christian Jacob, group president of The Republicans group (National Assembly), The Republicans in the National Assembly (France), National Assembly and the member for Seine-et-Marne's 4th constituency * Guillaume Larrivé, member of the National Assembly for Yonne's 1st constituency Results References 2019 elections in France October 2019 events in France Political party leadership elections in France The Republicans (France) 2019 political party leadership elections, The Republicans (France) leadership election {{France-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Jacob - 29-08-11 (cropped)
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term ''mashiach'' (מָשִׁיחַ) (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It does not have a meaning of 'of Christ' or 'related or pertaining to Christ'. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaucluse's 5th Constituency
The 5th constituency of the Vaucluse ( French: ''Cinquième circonscription de Vaucluse'') is a French legislative constituency in the Vaucluse ''département''. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round. Description The 5th constituency of the Vaucluse Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label= Provençal or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 2019 Events In France
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôctō'' meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. In Ancient Rome, one of three Mundus patet would take place on October 5, Meditrinalia October 11, Augustalia on October 12, October Horse on October 15, and Armilustrium on October 19. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. Among the Anglo-Saxons, it was known as Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin. October is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, and autumn in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Elections In France
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonne's 1st Constituency
The 1st constituency of the Yonne is a French legislative constituency in the Yonne ''département''. Description Yonne's 1st Constituency covers the south west of the department and includes its prefecture Auxerre Auxerre ( , ) is the capital of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in Burgundy. Auxerre's population today is about 35,000; the urban area (''aire d'attraction'') comprises roughly 113,000 inhabitants. Residents of Auxerre are r .... Since 1988, the constituency has never returned left-of-centre candidates to the Assembly. Between 1981 and 2012, the deputy was Jean-Pierre Soisson. Soisson was mayor of Auxerre between 1971 and 1998. He became a minister between 1988 and 1993, as part of president Mitterrand ''ouverture'' efforts, to include centre-right politicians in his left-wing governments. In 2012, Soisson retired and the election was a close call between Guy Férez, the socialist mayor of Auxerre, and Guillaume Larrivé, an advisor to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seine-et-Marne's 4th Constituency
The 4th constituency of Seine-et-Marne is a French legislative constituency in the Seine-et-Marne ''département''. Description The 4th constituency of Seine-et-Marne is the largest constituency in the department and covers its rural east. The seat has been solidly conservative since 1988. Christian Jacob won the seat in 1997 served as a minister under Jean-Pierre Raffarin and as President of the UMP group in the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ... since 2010. Historic representation Election results 2022 , - , colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9", , - 2017 , - , colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9", , - 2012 , - , colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9", , - 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (France)
The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known as (), meaning "delegate" or "envoy" in English; etymologically, it is a cognate of the English word ''deputy'', which is the standard term for legislators in many parliamentary systems). There are 577 , each elected by a single-member constituency (at least one per department) through a two-round system; thus, 289 seats are required for a majority. The president of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, presides over the body. The officeholder is usually a member of the largest party represented, assisted by vice presidents from across the represented political spectrum. The National Assembly's term is five years; however, the President of France may dissolve the Assembly, thereby calling for new elections, unless it has been dissolv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Republicans Group (National Assembly)
The Republicans group (french: Groupe les Républicains), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement group (french: Groupe de l'Union pour un mouvement populaire), is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of The Republicans (LR), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement. History The group was formed in the National Assembly of the 12th legislature of the French Fifth Republic on 25 June 2002 with 356 deputies following the legislative elections under the name of the Union for the Presidential Majority group (''groupe de l'Union pour la majorité présidentielle''), and was renamed to the Union for a Popular Movement group (''groupe de l'Union pour un mouvement populaire'') in line with that of its associated party on 5 March 2003. The group was subsequently reformed on 26 June 2007 with 314 members and 6 related following the legislative elections, and again on 26 June 2012 with 185 members and 11 related after legislative elections. On 2 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Wauquiez
Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez (; born 12 April 1975) is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes since 2016. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 following the resignation of Nicolas Sarkozy. Wauquiez was Secretary of State for European Affairs under the Foreign Minister Alain Juppé; and previously Secretary of State for Employment under the Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment from March 2008 in François Fillon's government. He also was Government Spokesman from June 2007 to March 2008 as Minister of State under the Prime Minister. He was elected as 2nd Vice President of the ORU Fogar at the organisation's General Assembly held in Quito, Ecuador on 16 October 2016. On 10 December 2017, Wauquiez was elected to the presidency of The Republicans with 74% of the vote. Pundits have described him as moving the party to the right. On 2 June 2019, a week after overseeing the worst res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Jacob (politician)
Christian Jacob (born 4 December 1959) is a French politician who has been the president of the Republicans party since 2019. Over the course of his career, he held several cabinet positions, including as the Minister of French Civil Service in Jacques Chirac's second term as President of France. He has served as Member of Parliament for Seine-et-Marne's 4th constituency between 1995 and 2002, and then since 2007. He is not seeking re-election in the 2022 French legislative election. Early career A farmer, Jacob served in positions of responsibility in farm trade unions, local, départemental, regional then national. He was the President of the CNJA (''Centre National des Jeunes Agriculteurs'') from 1992 to 1994. Political career Member of the European Parliament, 1994–1997 Jacobe became a Member of the European Parliament in the 1994 elections. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. In addition to his committee assignments, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Republicans (France)
The Republicans (french: Les Républicains, ; LR) is a liberal-conservative political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullist tradition. It holds Pro-Europeanism, pro-European views. The party was formed on 30 May 2015 from the renaming and refoundation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), which had been established in 2002 under the leadership of then President of France Jacques Chirac. LR, as previously the UMP, used to be one of the two Major party, major political parties in the France, French Fifth Republic along with the centre-left Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party. It is the largest party in the Senate (France), Senate since 2014. Its candidate in the 2017 French presidential election, 2017 presidential election, former Prime Minister François Fillon, placed third in the first round, with 20% of the vote. Following the 2017 French legislative election, 2017 legislative election, LR became the second-largest party in the National Assembly (France), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Leonetti
Jean Leonetti (born 9 July 1948) is a French politician and former president of The Republicans (France), The Republicans. He represented Alpes-Maritimes's 7th constituency at the National Assembly from 1997 to 2011 and again from 2012 to 2017, as a member of the Radical Party (France), Radical Party, although he represented the UMP party as its Vice-President at the National Assembly. References 1948 births Living people Aix-Marseille University alumni Physicians from Marseille French people of Italian descent The Republicans (France) politicians Union for French Democracy politicians Radical Party (France) politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians Modern and Humanist France Government ministers of France 20th-century French physicians Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Politicians fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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