Jérôme Cahuzac

Jérôme André Cahuzac (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁom ɑ̃dʁe kaʔyzak]; born 19 June 1952) is a French surgeon and former politician who served as Minister of the Budget at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance under President François Hollande from 2012 to 2013. A former member of the Socialist Party (PS), he previously was the member of the National Assembly for the 3rd constituency of Lot-et-Garonne from 1997 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2012. He resigned from his ministership and was expelled from his party amidst the Cahuzac affair, in which he was accused and subsequently convicted of tax fraud.

Jérôme Cahuzac
Minister of the Budget
In office
16 May 2012  19 March 2013
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded byValérie Pécresse
Succeeded byBernard Cazeneuve
Member of the National Assembly
for Lot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency
In office
20 June 2007  21 July 2012
Preceded byAlain Merly
Succeeded byJean-Claude Gouget
In office
12 June 1997  18 June 2002
Preceded byDaniel Soulage
Succeeded byAlain Merly
Mayor of Villeneuve-sur-Lot
In office
23 March 2001  28 June 2012
Preceded byMichel Gonelle
Succeeded byPatrick Cassany
Personal details
Born
Jérôme André Cahuzac

19 June 1952
Talence, France
Political partySocialist Party (1977–2013)
OccupationSurgeon
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