Yves Bot (August 22, 1947 – June 9, 2019) was a French
magistrate who served until his death as
Advocate General at the
European Court of Justice
The European Court of Justice (ECJ, french: Cour de Justice européenne), formally just the Court of Justice, is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law. As a part of the Court of Justice of the European Un ...
.
Biography
In 1995, Yves Bot was nominated by
Jacques Toubon
Jacques Toubon (born 29 June 1941) is a right-wing French politician who held several major national and Parisian offices. He has been serving as Defender of Rights (Ombudsman) between 2014 and 2020.
Political career
Governmental functions
M ...
, then Minister of Justice, as prosecutor of
Nanterre. He directed the courthouse of
Le Mans
Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...
and worked as a counsellor to
Pierre Méhaignerie
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
...
at the Ministry of Justice.
Between October 2002 and October 2004, he was ''procureur'' (head of the prosecution) of the
Paris Court of large claims (''Tribunal de grande instance''). Between October 2004 and October 2006, he was ''
procureur général'' (head of the prosecution and supervisor of the prosecutors of lower courts) of the
Paris Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeal of Paris (french: Cour d'appel de Paris) is the largest appeals court in France in terms of the number of cases brought before it. Its jurisdiction covers the departments of Paris, Essonne, Yonne, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-D ...
, and as such one of the most important members of the French prosecution service. From 2006 until his death, he was
Advocate General at the
European Court of Justice
The European Court of Justice (ECJ, french: Cour de Justice européenne), formally just the Court of Justice, is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law. As a part of the Court of Justice of the European Un ...
.
See also
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List of members of the European Court of Justice
References
External links
Biography Website European Court of Justice
20th-century French lawyers
Advocates General of the European Court of Justice
1947 births
2019 deaths
People from Château-Thierry
Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni
Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite
French officials of the European Union
21st-century French lawyers
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