Thierry Cornillet (born 23 July 1951 in

Montélimar Montélimar (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Montelaimar'' ; la, Acumum) is a town in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in north Provence, Southeastern France. It is the second-largest city in the department after Valence. In 2018 ...

Drôme Drôme (; Occitan: ''Droma''; Arpitan: ''Drôma'') is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019.

) is a

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and

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for the south-east of

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. He is a member of the

Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy (french: Union pour la démocratie française, UDF) was a centre to centre-right political party in France. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to c ...

, which is part of the

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, and sits on the

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Committee on Development The Committee on Development (Commission du développement, DEVE) is a committee of the European Parliament responsible for promoting, implementing and monitoring the development and cooperation policy of the European Union, notably talks with deve ...

. He was president of the center-right ''

Parti radical valoisien The Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (french: Parti républicain, radical et radical-socialiste) is a Liberalism and radicalism in France, liberal and formerly Social liberalism, social-liberal List of political parties in France, ...

'' from 1997 to 1999. He is a substitute for the

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 ...

, a substitute for the Subcommittee on Human Rights, vice-chair of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and a member of the delegation to the

Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly The Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PAUM), previously known as the ''Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly'' (''EMPA''), established in Naples on 3 December 2003 by decision of the Ministerial Conference of the Eu ...

Career

* Master's degree in

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(1975) * Graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (1975) * Postgraduate diploma in environment law (1976) * Doctorate in political science (1984) * Chairman of the Radical Party (1999–2000) * Vice-President of the UDF (2000–2002) * National Secretary of the UDF (since 2002) * Vice-Chairman of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council (1999–2004) * Member of Rhône-Alpes Regional Council (since 2004) * Member of the

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(1993–1997) * Member of the

(since 1999) * Vice-President of the ACP-EU Joint Assembly (since 2001) * President of the International Association of French-Speaking Regions (2002–2010) * Knight of the

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* Knight of the National Order of Merit

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European Parliament biography

Declaration of financial interests
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file) 1951 births Living people People from Montélimar MEPs for South-East France 2004–2009 MEPs for France 1999–2004 Union for French Democracy MEPs Radical Party (France) MEPs Knights of the Order of Agricultural Merit MEPs for South-East France 2014–2019 Union of Democrats and Independents politicians {{France-MEP-stub