Secretary of State for Housing : 1974–1978. Minister of Trade and Handicrafts : 1978–1979. Minister of Health and Social Security : 1979–1981. Minister of Labor, Social Dialogue and Participation : May–November 1995. Minister of Labor and Social Affairs : 1995–1997. Electoral mandates National Assembly of France President of the group of Union for a Popular Movement : 2002–2004 (Resignation). Member of the National Assembly of France for Haute-Loire's 1st constituency : 1967–1974 (Became Secretary of State in 1974) / 1981–1995 (Became minister in 1995) / 1997–2004 (Resignation, became member of the European Commission in 2004). Elected in 1967, re-elected in 1968, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002. General Council President of the Haute-Loire General Council : 1976–2001. Re-elected in 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998. General councillor of Haute-Loire : 1966–2008. Re-elected in 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2001. Municipal Council Mayor of Yssingeaux : 1989–2001. Re-elected in 1995. Deputy-mayor of Yssingeaux : 1971–1989. Re-elected in 1977, 1983. Municipal councillor of Yssingeaux : 1965–2001. Re-elected in 1971, 1977, 1983, 1989, 1995. References External links Official website |- |- |- |- |- 1937 births 2014 deaths Centre Democracy and Progress politicians Centre of Social Democrats politicians 20th-century French criminals French European Commissioners French Ministers of Commerce and Industry French Ministers of Health French politicians convicted of crimes Politicians convicted of embezzlement People from Haute-Loire Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Recipients of French presidential pardons Transport and the European Union Union for a Popular Movement politicians Union for French Democracy politicians Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Sciences Po alumni Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic