Jean-François Copé
Jean-François Copé (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa kɔpe]; born 5 May 1964) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Meaux since 1995 with an interruption from 2002 to 2005. He was Government Spokesman between 2002 and 2007, when assumed other tenures in the government—including Minister of the Budget—at the same time. He also served as the member of the National Assembly for the 6th constituency of Seine-et-Marne and president of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) group in the National Assembly. In November 2010 he became the party's secretary-general. In August 2012 he announced that he would run for the presidency of the UMP, facing the former Prime Minister François Fillon.
Jean-François Copé | |
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Copé in 2015 | |
| President of the Union for a Popular Movement | |
| In office 19 November 2012 – 15 June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Succeeded by | Interim collegial leadership Alain Juppé Jean-Pierre Raffarin François Fillon |
| Secretary-General of the Union for a Popular Movement | |
| In office 17 November 2010 – 19 November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Xavier Bertrand |
| Succeeded by | Michèle Tabarot |
| Mayor of Meaux | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Ange Anziani |
| In office 19 June 1995 – 20 June 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Lion |
| Succeeded by | Ange Anziani |
| Minister of the Budget | |
| In office 31 May 2005 – 18 May 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Dominique de Villepin |
| Preceded by | Dominique Bussereau |
| Succeeded by | Éric Woerth |
| Member of the National Assembly for Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency | |
| In office 26 June 2002 – 20 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Nicole Bricq |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Parigi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 May 1964 Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine, now Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Political party | The Republicans (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Rally for the Republic (before 2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) |
| Spouses | Valérie Ducuing
(m. 1991; div. 2007)Nadia D'Alincourt (m. 2011) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
| Website | Official website |
On 19 November 2012 he was elected to the presidency of the UMP with 50.03% of votes from its members, defeating Fillon, who asserted his own victory. He resigned from the post on 27 May 2014 following an invoices scandal and poor results for the UMP at the 2014 European elections.