- André Santini
André Santini (born October 20 1940) is a
French politician , mayor ofIssy-les-Moulineaux in theParis suburbs .A former member of the UDF, he did not support
François Bayrou , the candidate of his party for the first round of 2007 French presidential election, choosing instead to supportNicolas Sarkozy (UMP). After the election, he joined the new right-of-center party "Nouveau Centre " (with others former UDF members who support Nicolas Sarkozy) in the National Assembly, where he had been re-elected during the June 2007 elections.He was nominated as Secretary of State for the Civil Service by
François Fillon in June 2007. Fillon thus broke with the misnamed "Balladur jurisprudence " according to which an indicted minister was to resign from his ministerial functions. Santini had been indicted, along withCharles Pasqua , for corruption concerning the creation of the art foundation "Hamon" [ [http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/994735.html?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=994735 La mise en examen de M. Santini n'a pas empêché sa nomination au gouvernement] , "Le Monde ", 22 June 2007 fr icon] .Santini's indictment in the "Fondation Hamon" affair was confirmed in September 2007 [ [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3224,36-959941@51-959943,0.html La mise en examen d'André Santini confirmée] , "
Le Monde ", 26 September 2007 fr icon ] and in February 2008.References
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