- Pierre Mazeaud
Pierre Mazeaud (born
August 24 ,1929 inLyon ) is a Frenchjurist ,politician andalpinist .In February 2004, [ [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=HRUX0400593S Decision] of the President of the Republic,
Jacques Chirac , of February 27, 2004, appointing Pierre Mazeaud as president of the Constitutional council] he was appointed president of theConstitutional Council of France by President of the RepublicJacques Chirac , replacingYves Guéna , until he was succeeded byJean-Louis Debré in February 2007. He had been a member of the council since February 1998. [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=HRUX9802713S Decision of the President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac, of February 21, 1998, appointing Pierre Mazeaud to the Constitution Council, replacingMaurice Faure .][ [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=HRUX0710072S Decision] of the President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac, of February 23, 2007, appointing Jean-Louis Debré as president of the Constitutional council.]
Pierre Mazeaud has a
doctorate inlaw from theUniversity of Paris (on marriage and the condition of the married woman in ancientRome ).From 1961 to 1964, he was a member of the
judiciary . In 1976, he became a counsellor in the "Conseil d'État ", a position from which he retired on August 25, 1995. [ [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=JUSA9500192D Decree] of the president of the Republic of August 5, 1995, admitting Pierre Mazeaud into retirement from the Council of State] During the 1970s, he held subordinate governmental positions regardingsport s.Pierre Mazeaud's main hobby is alpinism, which he practiced at high level. He is the first Frenchman to have climbed
Mount Everest (in 1978). OnJuly 11 ,1961 , Mazeaud and other fellow climbers almost died in theMont Blanc massif due to an unexpected storm. ["Le Monde ", July 22, 2005, " [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3230,36-674617,0.html Mazeaud et la loi de la survie] ", by Charlie Buffet]References
External links
* [http://www.sangonet.com/Fich5ActuaInterAfric/BioMazeaudP.html Biography] (in French)
* [http://www.faits-et-projets.com/Interv_panama.html Interview]
* [http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/membres/mazeaud.htm Official page]
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