Didier Guillaume | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Agriculture and Food | |
| In office 16 October 2018 – 6 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe |
| Preceded by | Stéphane Travert |
| Succeeded by | Julien Denormandie |
| President of the Socialist group in the Senate | |
| In office 15 April 2014 – 22 January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | François Rebsamen |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Kanner |
| Senator for Drôme | |
| In office 1 October 2008 – 16 November 2018 | |
| President of the General Council of Drôme | |
| In office 1 April 2004 – 2 April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Mouton |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Labaune |
| Mayor of Bourg-de-Péage | |
| In office 19 June 1995 – 1 April 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Henri Durand |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Félix Pupel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 May 1959 Bourg-de-Péage, France |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Party (until 2018) |
Didier Guillaume (French pronunciation: [didje ɡijom]; born 11 May 1959) is a French politician who served as Minister of Agriculture and Food in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 2018 to 2020.[1] A member of the Socialist Party until 2018, he was President of the General Council of Drôme from 2004 to 2015, Senator for Drôme from 2008 to 2018 and president of the Socialist group in the Senate from 2014 to 2018.
Political career
Early beginnings
In 2004, after his election as President of the General Council of Drôme, Guillaume resigned his post as Mayor of Bourg-de-Péage, which he had held since the 1995 municipal election. The town is the chef-lieu of the canton of Bourg-de-Péage, represented by Guillaume in the Drôme General Council from 1998 until 2015.
Senator for Drôme, 2008–2018
In 2008, Guillaume was elected to the Senate. He served as First Vice President of the Senate under the leadership of President Jean-Pierre Bel from 2011 to 2014, when he became president of the Socialist group and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, as the right had won a majority at the 2014 election.
After leaving the presidency of the Drôme General Council following the victory of The Republicans at the 2015 departmental election, he was succeeded by Patrick Kanner as group president in the Senate in 2018. Guillaume also worked as Manuel Valls's campaign director in the Socialist Party's primaries for the 2017 presidential election.[2]
Minister of Agriculture, 2018–2020
Guillaume served as Minister of Agriculture and Food under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 2018 to 2020, succeeding Stéphane Travert. After taking office, he vowed to take his decisions "in independence" from the industry lobbies.[3]
Guillaume stated he would run for Mayor of Biarritz in 2020 against fellow government member Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, but they both withdrew their candidacies before the election.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Gulliaume called on unemployed citizens to help the country's farmers in their production process as seasonal foreign workers were absent. 50,000 people responded favourably.[4] He was succeeded by Julien Denormandie and retired from politics.
References
- ^ Harriet Agnew (October 16, 2018), France’s new faces: who to watch in Macron’s revamped cabinet Financial Times.
- ^ Primaire à gauche : Valls présente son QG et son état-major de campagne Les Échos, 14 December 2016.
- ^ Judith Waintraub, « Le vrai pouvoir des lobbys », Le Figaro Magazine, semaine du 16 novembre 2018, p. 46-54.
- ^ Mathieu Laurent, « Des volontaires nombreux pour « l’armée de l’agriculture » », La Croix, 25 March 2020, lire en ligne
Sources
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