Alain Terrenoire (born 14 June 1941 in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

) is a French lawyer and politician ( UNR party), a former Member of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

of France, a former

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

, and since 2004 the incumbent President of the

Paneuropean Union The International Paneuropean Union, also referred to as the Pan-European Movement and the Pan-Europa Movement, is the oldest European unification movement. It began with the publishing of Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi's manifesto ''P ...

. He is a former French delegate to the

United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; french: link=no, Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Curr ...

. He is the son of

Louis Terrenoire Louis Terrenoire (10 November 1908 – 9 January 1992) was a French politician from Union for the New Republic. He was Member of Parliament for Orne's 1st constituency and served as Minister of Information An information minister (also called mi ...

, a former cabinet minister in the government of Charles de Gaulle.

Recognitions

Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...

* Officier de l'Ordre national du Mérite

Publications

*L'Europe et Maastricht, le pour et le contre *Le Parlement européen cet inconnu

References

1941 births Living people Politicians from Lyon Union of Democrats for the Republic politicians Rally for the Republic politicians Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 4th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 5th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic MEPs for France 1958–1979 Permanent Representatives of France to the United Nations Lawyers from Lyon Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite {{France-politician-RPR-stub