Daniel Vaillant

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Daniel Vaillant
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Daniel Vaillant in 2006
French Minister of the Interior
In office
2000–2002
President Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister Lionel Jospin
Preceded by Jean-Pierre Chevènement
Succeeded by Nicolas Sarkozy
Mayor of the 18th arrondissement of Paris
In office
1995–2014
Personal details
Born (1949-07-19) 19 July 1949 (age 74)
Lormes, France
Nationality French
Political party Socialist Party

Daniel Vaillant (born 19 July 1949) is a French Socialist politician.

Biography

Close to Lionel Jospin, Vaillant held several ministerial portfolios in his cabinets: Minister of the Relations with Parliament from 1997 to 2000 and Interior Minister from 2000 to 2002. He also supported Jospin as candidate for the Socialist Party in the 2007 presidential election;[1] a candidacy which eventually did not materialize.

As of 2009, he is mayor for the 18th district of Paris (first election 1995) and a member of the Assemblée Nationale.

In October 2009, he proposed to decriminalize the personal use of cannabis through control of production and import, as is the case with alcohol.[2]

His Published Work

References

  1. Paul Quinio, Jospin se retire de sa retraite politique, Libération, 29 June 2006.
  2. (French) Daniel Vaillant (PS) propose une légalisation contrôlée du cannabis, Le Monde, 9 October 2009

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Preceded by Minister of the Interior
2000–2002
Succeeded by
Nicolas Sarkozy

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