- Bernard Accoyer
Bernard Accoyer (born
August 12 ,1945 inLyon ) is a French politician who is currently the President of the National Assembly of France, as well as the Mayor ofAnnecy-le-Vieux . [http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/tribun/fiches_id/230.asp CV at National Assembly website] fr icon.] [http://www.bernardaccoyer.fr/index.php?Biographie CV at personal website] fr icon.]Accoyer, a doctor by profession, has served as Mayor of Annecy-le-Vieux since March 1989; he also served as a member of the General Council of
Haute-Savoie from March 1992 to March 1998. He is a deputy for the first constituency ofHaute-Savoie and was first elected to the National Assembly in the March 1993 parliamentary election; he has been re-elected in each election since. He was President of theUnion for a Popular Movement (UMP) group in theNational Assembly of France from 2004 to 2007.In 2007, he was selected as the candidate of the UMP group, which has the absolute majority, for the presidency of the National Assembly. He became the President of the National Assembly on June 26, 2007.
Despite his role as President of the National Assembly, Accoyer voted in favor of a bill providing for major constitutional changes on
July 21 2008 ; because the bill passed by only a one vote margin, his vote in favor, along with that of Socialist deputy Jack Lang, was crucial. [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHmDUT3E4BVX3ELukz9Psh2AM_9w "Sarkozy's flagship French reform passes by two votes"] , AFP, July 21, 2008.]References
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