Hollande demanded apologies and the resignation of the Prime Minister;[15] the next day, Dominique de Villepin apologized. [6], Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin, République Solidaire and presidential run, Bibliography: works written by Villepin himself. The protests were accompanied by some violence and 800 people were arrested, 500 of them in Paris. The operation failed, and because he had neither informed Colombia, Brazil, nor President Chirac of the mission, it resulted in a political scandal. During the 2004 coup d'état in Haiti, Villepin obtained the backing of the United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell, in his bid to oust Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power. Le 26 mars 2007, le président Jacques Chirac procède, en compagnie du Premier ministre Dominique de Villepin à un remaniement ministériel, en raison des départs de Nicolas Sarkozy, ministre de l'Intérieur et candidat à l'élection présidentielle du mois de mai suivant, et de Xavier Bertrand, ministre de la Santé et porte-parole du candidat Sarkozy. PHOTOS. Il compte trente-deux membres, contre quarante-trois dans le précédent cabinet, et est composé essentiellement de personnalités du gouvernement Raffarin III (vingt-trois membres)[1]. In his career working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, De Villepin rose through the ranks of the French right as one of Chirac's protégés. There was speculation that Villepin might be a candidate in the 2007 Presidential election; Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy was selected unopposed as the UMP's presidential candidate on 14 January 2007. Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (French: [dɔminik də vilpɛ̃] (listen); born 14 November 1953) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007 under President Jacques Chirac. When the decision to expel him was overturned by the courts, because of the journalistic reporting of LyonMag was deemed biased, Villepin pushed a change of the law through Parliament, and Bouziane was sent home. [13], On 20 June 2006, during the questions to government in the National Assembly, Dominique de Villepin accused the head of the Socialist Party François Hollande of cowardice. Villepin studied at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and went on to the École nationale d'administration (ENA), France's highly selective post-graduate school which trains its top civil servants. 1986), Arthur, and Victoire (b. Although the law on the CPE is formally still valid, the government promised to hinder its application and initiated a new legal initiative which will abolish the key points of the CPE. Villepin has had an uneasy relationship with the members of his own political side. – Présidence de la République", "Villepin Rejects Sarkozy Slander Charges", "Appeals court clears de Villepin of smear charges, lexpress.fr: "Les vies secrètes de Dominique de Villepin", slate.fr: "Comment le Qatar a acheté la France (et s'est payé sa classe politique)", lefigaro.fr: "Dominique de Villepin : "Lever la voix face au massacre perpétré à Gaza"", liberation.fr: "Le Qatar, terrain d’entente entre Villepin et l’ex-président", nouvelobs.com: "Qatar : "S'ils pouvaient, ils achèteraient la Tour Eiffel", Bulgaria risks shifting into Moscow's orbit, EU is told, "Sarkozy's arch-enemy Villepin outlines his political manifesto", "Nicolas Sarkozy rival Dominique de Villepin outlines manifesto", "EN DIRECT. [33], In 2017 France's presidential elections, de Villepin endorsed Emmanuel Macron before the first round and not fellow right winger François Fillon. [35], Villepin enjoys traveling through the U.S., and has spoken of Route 66 as giving a feeling of the "wide open spaces of America" that signify "dreams and opportunities". [24] Over its first two years, the bureau had revenues of 4,65 million euros and earned profit of 2,6 million. Les principales lois du gouvernement Villepin En 2005, le gouvernement Dominique de Villepin déclare l'état d'urgence à la suite des émeutes de banlieue en réaction à la mort de deux adolescents. The parliament approved on 8 February.
1989). [27] De Villepin counsels the Qatar Investment Authority. Philippe Douste-Blazy : Ministre des affaires étrangères This wave of protest eventually forced the government to give in.
During mid-2003 Villepin organized the Opération 14 juillet that attempted to rescue his former student, Ingrid Betancourt, who was being held by FARC rebels in Colombia. His ancestors added the particle "de" to the family name. In an address to the nation, Chirac had declared that the new cabinet's top priority would be to curb unemployment, which was consistently hovering above 10%, calling for a "national mobilization" to that effect.