Jean-Louis Bianco (born 12 January 1943) is a French politician and civil servant who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Integration from 1991 to 1992 and Minister of Equipment, Transport and Housing from 1992 to 1993 under President François Mitterrand. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he was later elected to the National Assembly in 1997, where he represented the 1st constituency of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence for three terms. Bianco also held a number of local elective mandates at the municipal, departmental and regional level from 1992 to 2012.

Jean-Louis Bianco
Bianco at the 2010 Brive-la-Gaillarde Book Fair
President of the General Council
of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
In office
27 March 1998 – 1 October 2012
Preceded byPierre Rinaldi
Succeeded byGilbert Sauvan
Member of the National Assembly
for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 1st constituency
In office
12 June 1997 – 19 June 2012
Preceded byFrancis Galizi
Succeeded byGilbert Sauvan
Mayor of Digne-les-Bains
In office
21 June 1995 – 18 March 2001
Preceded byPierre Rinaldi
Succeeded bySerge Gloaguen
Minister of Equipment, Transport and Housing
In office
4 April 1992 – 29 March 1993
Prime MinisterPierre Bérégovoy
Preceded byPaul Quilès
Succeeded byBernard Bosson
(Equipment and Transport)
Hervé de Charette (Housing)
Minister of Social Affairs and Integration
In office
17 May 1991 – 2 April 1992
Prime MinisterÉdith Cresson
Preceded byClaude Évin
Succeeded byRené Teulade
Chief of Staff to the President of France
In office
29 June 1982 – 15 May 1991
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Preceded byPierre Bérégovoy
Succeeded byHubert Védrine
Personal details
Born (1943-01-12) 12 January 1943 (age 81)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Political partySocialist Party
EducationLycée Janson-de-Sailly
Alma materSciences Po
Mines ParisTech
École nationale d'administration

Early career

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Bianco is of Italian descent through his father who fled Italian Fascism.[1] An alumnus of the École nationale d'administration, he joined the Conseil d'État in 1971 with the rank of auditor. In 1978 he was his appointed master of requests. In 1994, he was made a councillor. Bianco also served as president of the National Forests Office (ONF) from 1985 to 1991.[2]

Political career

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Appointed chargé de mission at the Élysée in 1981, Bianco became President François Mitterrand's chief of staff in 1982, a role he retained until 1991, when he was named Minister of Social Affairs and Integration under Prime Minister Édith Cresson. In 1992, he was named Minister of Equipment, Transport and Housing under Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy. He left the position following the 1993 legislative election, as the right led by Jacques Chirac regained a parliamentary majority in the National Assembly.

As a member of the Socialist Party, he represented the 1st constituency of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department from 1997 to 2012.[3] In Parliament, he sat with the Socialist, radical, citizen and miscellaneous left group.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Biographie de Jean-Louis Bianco". Politique.net. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  2. ^ (in French) Rapport "La Forêt : une chance pour la France", ladocumentationfrancaise.fr.
  3. ^ Office of the Secretary General (2012). "Jean-Louis Bianco". Assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  4. ^ "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés : M. Jean-Louis Bianco" (in French). National Assembly of France. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2010.

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