Jean Glavany (born 14 May 1949 in
Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine
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A wealthy city
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) is a
French politician
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, member of the
Socialist Party
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(PS) and former Minister.
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From 1981 to 1988, he was head of cabinet of President François Mitterrand
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(PS). He was then Minister of Agriculture
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(1998–2002) in the Plural Left
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government of Lionel Jospin
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Jospin was First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 1995 to 1997 and the party's candidate for President of France in ...
. Among other actions, he prohibited the Gaucho pesticide, alleged of being related to observations concerning the sudden decrease in bee population.
Jean Glavany was elected deputy
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of Hautes-Pyrénées
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in 2002, and re-elected in 2007. He sits in the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche
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History
The first socialist parliamentary group emerged i ...
parliamentary group in the National Assembly
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. Glavany is also president of the Community of Agglomeration of Tarbes
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.
Political career
Governmental functions
Secretary of State for Technical Education : 1992–1993
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries : 1998–2002
Electoral mandates
Member of the National Assembly of France
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for Hautes-Pyrénées
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: 1993–1998 (Became minister in 1998) / And since 2002
Mayor of Maubourguet
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: 1989–2001
Municipal councillor of Aureilhan, Hautes-Pyrénées : 2001–2008
Municipal councillor of Tarbes
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: Since 2008
President of the Agglomeration community
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of the Grand Tarbes : 2001–2008
Vice-president of the General council of Hautes-Pyrénées
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: 1992–2002
Regional councillor of Midi-Pyrénées
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: 1992–1993
Sources
1949 births
Living people
People from Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine
Socialist Party (France) politicians
French Ministers of Agriculture
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
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