- Jacques Barrot
Infobox_Officeholder | name =Jacques Barrot
order =Vice President of the European Commission for Justice, Freedom & Security
term_start =9 May ,2008
term_end =
predecessor =Franco Frattini
successor =Incumbent
order2 =Vice President of the European Commission for Transport
term_start2 =22 November ,2004
term_end2 =9 May ,2008
predecessor2 =Loyola de Palacio
successor2 =Antonio Tajani
order3 =European Commissioner for Regional Policy
term_start3 =13 September ,1999
term_end3 =11 November ,2004
predecessor3 =Michel Barnier
successor3 =Danuta Hübner
birth_date =birth date and age|1937|02|03|df=y
birth_place =
profession =politician
party =Union for a Popular Movement (EPP)|Jacques Barrot (born
3 February 1937 inYssingeaux ,Haute-Loire ) is a French politician, currently serving asEuropean Commission er for Justice (since 2008), after 4 years as Commissioner for Transport. He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-memberBarroso Commission . He previously held various ministerial positions in France, and is a member of theright-wing political party UMP. He was officially approved in his post by theEuropean Parliament on18 June 2008 with a vote of 489 to 52 with 19 abstentions. [ [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/focus_page/008-31558-168-06-25-901-20080612FCS31557-16-06-2008-2008/default_en.htm Round-up of Tajani and Barrot hearings ] ]Barrot has been a European Commissioner since April 2004, serving as Commissioner for Regional Policy in the
Prodi Commission before being selected as a Vice-President and Commissioner for Transport in theBarroso Commission . In 2000 he was convicted in a French court of "abuse of confidence". The case involved the diverting of £2 million of government money to his party. He received an eight month suspended prison sentence but was pardoned by Jacques Chirac. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4032113.stm]Trivia
When a
TGV beat the world speed record for a train on rails, traveling at 574.8 km/h (357 mph) in Champagne, France during test runs, Jacques Barrot was on board [http://www.lefigaro.fr/reportage/20070404.FIG000000060__bord_du_tgv_a_kmh.html] .References
External links
* [http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/barrot/index_en.htm Official website]
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