Gérard Larcher

Gérard Larcher (born 14 September 1949 ) is a French politician who is currently the President of the Senate of France. A member of the center-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, he was a Senator for the Yvelines département from 1986 to 2004 and has been again since 2007.

Larcher was born in Flers. He was a junior minister in the Ministry of Social Affairs and was the Mayor of Rambouillet from 1983 to 2004.

Following the September 2008 Senate election, Larcher was endorsed for the position of President of the Senate by the majority UMP Parliamentary Group after a contest against former Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. He was elected as President of the Senate on 1 October 2008, receiving 173 votes against 134 votes for Socialist candidate Jean-Pierre Bel. [ [http://www.senat.fr/seances/s200810/s20081001/s20081001001.html#Niv1_SOM8 "Séance du 1er octobre 2008 (compte rendu intégral des débats)"] , Senate website fr icon.]

Public offices

* 1983–2004 : Mayor of Rambouillet
* 1985–1989 : Regional Councilman of Île-de-France
* 1986–2004 : Senator of Yvelines
* 1995–… : President of the Union of Yvelines Mayors
* 1997–2004 : President of the Île-de-France Hospitals Federation
* 1997–2001 : Vice President of the Senate
* 2001–2004 : Chairman of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs and Planification
* 2004–2005 : Deputy Minister for Labour Relations under the Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Cohesion
* 2005–2007 : Deputy Minister for Employment, Labour and Youth Professional Inclusion under the Minister of Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing
* 2007–… : Senator of Yvelines
* 2007–… : Mayor of Rambouillet
* 2008 : President of the Senate

References

External links

* [http://larcher2008.blogspirit.com/ Gérard Larcher’s blog]
* [http://senat.fr/presidence/ Presidency of the Senate]
* [http://senat.fr/senfic/larcher_gerard86034e.html Gérard Larcher’s official Senate page]