Olivier Jardé (born 28 March 1953 in

Courbevoie Courbevoie () is a Communes of France, commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is a suburb of Paris, from the Kilometre zero, center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated from the ci ...

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) is a French politician who was a member of the

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. He represented the

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department as Vice-President, and is a member of

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. Olivier Jardé is married and has three daughters.

Career

Jardé studied at Université de Picardie Jules Verne in

Amiens, France Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...

. He is a University Professor and Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon at the University Hospital of Amiens. He is also an associate professor of health law and was appointed expert for the Court of Appeal and the Court of Cassation. Jardé first entered politics in 1989 as mayor of

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, a small town near Amiens with 170 inhabitants. His first mandate at the Departmental Council of the Somme dates from 1994. In 1997, the Deputy Mayor of Amiens

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asked Jardé to be his deputy in the legislative elections. He then replaced Gilles de Robien in the National Assembly during his ministerial career when he was Minister of Transport, Tourism and the Sea, then Minister of National Education. In 2007, Gilles de Robien did not run for election and so Jardé proposed his own candidacy and was elected. He was beaten in the elections of June 2012 but has remained departmental councillor.

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