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Curriculum Vitae
1965: Born, Paris
1987: Degree in defence and information science, the Institut Supérieur de Gestion, Paris
1988-92: Journalist with Europe 1
1989: Elected municipal councillor in Nogent-sur-Seine
1993-95: Member of parliament
1995-: Elected mayor of Troyes
1995: Appointed state secretary in the office of the prime minister and government spokesman
1995-97: Political aide to president Jacques Chirac
1997-: Member of parliament
2002: Appointed deputy speaker of the National Assembly
2004: Appointed UMP secretary, then political counsellor
2005: Minister for the overseas territories
2007: Interior minister
2010: Budget minister
2011-: Minister for the economy, finance and industry
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