Gilles Savary (born 6 December 1954 in

Oradour-sur-Vayres Oradour-sur-Vayres (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. History Oradour-sur-Glane massacre The Oradour-sur-Glane massacre occurred based on erroneous intelligence indicat ...

Haute-Vienne Haute-Vienne (; oc, Nauta Vinhana, ; English: Upper Vienne) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve departments that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitai ...

) is a

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and former

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for the

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. He is a member of the

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, which is part of the

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, and was vice-chair of the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

Committee on Transport and Tourism The Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its current chair is the French MEP Karima Delli of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance. Research service The Committee is directly supported by ...

. He was also a substitute for the

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, a member of the delegation for relations with

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, and a member of the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013.

Career

* Master's degree in economics (1975) * Specialised higher degree (DESS) in regional planning and regional development (1976) * Postgraduate diploma (DEA) in regional and urban analysis (1977) * Technical adviser in the office of the Chairman of the Aquitaine Regional Council (1982–1985), then in the office of the Chairman of the Tarn-et-Garonne Regional Council (1985–1987), then in the office of the State Secretary for Local Government Administration at the Ministry of the Interior (1988) * Head of the office of the Chairman of the Gironde Regional Council (1988–1992) * Visiting lecturer in economics, Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies (1992–1999) * Member of the Socialist Party national council (since 1997) * National responsibility in the Socialist Party for public services (2001–2003) * Vice-Chairman of the National Federation of Socialist and Republican Elected Representatives (1997–2001) * Leader of the Socialist Group on Bordeaux

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(1995–2004) * Vice-Chairman of the Gironde Departmental Council (since 2004) * Vice-Chairman of the Aquitaine Regional Council (1998–1999) * Member of the

(from 1999 to 2009) * Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Transport, Tourism and Regional Policy (1999–2009) and Chairman of the Intergroup on the Sky and Space (2000–2004) *

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of the National Order of Merit (1999) * Deputy for

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(2012-2017) *Chair of

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(2020 to present)

External links

Official website
(in French)
European Parliament biography

Declaration of financial interests
(in French;

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