Jean-Pierre Audy par Claude Truong-Ngoc mai 2013

Jean-Pierre Audy (born 12 June 1952 in

Tulle Tulle (; ) is a commune in central France. It is the third-largest town in the former region of Limousin and is the capital of the department of Corrèze, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Tulle is also the episcopal see of the Roman Catho ...

Corrèze Corrèze (; oc, Corresa) is a department in France, named after the river Corrèze which runs through it. Although its prefecture is Tulle, its most populated city is Brive-la-Gaillarde. Corrèze is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, ...

) is a French politician and a

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for

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. He is a member of the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Social ...

(UMP), which is part of the

European People's Party The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian-democratic, conservative, and liberal-conservative member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other political parties. Founded by primarily Ch ...

. He is a member of the

Committee on International Trade The Committee on International Trade (INTA) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its current chair, elected on 10 July 2019, is Bernd Lange.Committee on Industry, Research and Energy The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its areas of responsibility relate to industry, especially technology-intensive manufacturing, information technology, and telecommunications. It also ...

, on the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the

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. In February 2010, he has been elected head of the French delegation of the EPP group in the

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Education

He holds a degree in chartered accountancy, a post-graduate diploma in taxation, finance, and business law, which he earned in

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...

. He studied at the Clermont-Ferrand Business School and obtained a master's degree in economics. He received a post-graduate diploma from the Institute of Business Management in Clermont-Ferrand and is a graduate of the International Student Center of the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

Career

He founded a firm of auditors in 1995 and a chartered accountancy practice in 1979. Since 2002 he has been a member of the UMP departmental committee. He has been a member of the

Meymac Meymac (; oc, Maismac) is a commune in the department of Corrèze, in central France. History During the Hundred Years' War it was pillaged by Rodrigo de Villandrando. Geography The commune lies just south of the Millevaches Plateau and north ...

municipal council since 1977, and from 1977 until 1995 he was the deputy mayor. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Correze General Council. From 1977 to 2000 he was the technical advisor to the International Auditing Practices Committee of the

International Federation of Accountants The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) is the global advocacy organization for the accountancy profession; mainly for the financial accounting and auditing professions. Founded in 1977, IFAC has more than 175 members and associates in ...

, and from June 2004 to June 2006 he was France's representative to the Small and Medium Practices Permanent Task Force. From 1985 to 1996 he was member of Limoges Order of Accountants' regional council (vice-president from 1988 to 1990 then president from 1991 to 1993), and from 1994 to 2001 he was vice-chairman of the French Order of Accountants. He was chairman of the Tulle and Ussel Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1998 until June 2005, chairman of the Limousin Poitou-Charentes Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 2001 to 2003, and Vice-President of the Assembly of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry from 2001 to 2004.

Honors

He is a Knight of the

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and a Knight of the ''Ordre des

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''.

External links

European Parliament biography

Jean-Pierre Audy's official web site
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