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Jean-Yves Le Drian
Foreign Minister
Jean-Yves Le Drian was born on 30 June 1947 in Lorient (Morbihan Department)
Ministerial positions
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs since May 2017
Minister of Defence, April 2014-May 2017
Minister of Defence, May 2012-March 2014
Minister of State for Marine Affairs, attached to the Minister for Infrastructure, Housing, Transport and Space, 1991-1992
Elected positions
President of the Regional Council of Brittany, 2004-2012
Brittany Regional Councillor, 1998-2004
National Assembly Deputy for the Morbihan Department, 1978-1991 and 1997-2007
Mayor of Lorient (Morbihan Department), 1981-1998
Municipal Councillor in Lorient (Morbihan Department), 1977-2004
Other positions
President of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR), 2010
President of the Pays de Lorient inter-municipal community (6 municipalities), then of the Pays de Lorient District (10 municipalities) and of the Pays de Lorient Urban Community (19 municipalities), 1983-2004
Vice-President of the French Delegation to the European Committee of the Regions, 2005
Representative for the Regions at the Board of the European Committee of the Regions, since 2005
Career
Academic, since 1973
Honorary National Education Inspector-General, since 1993
Education
Holder of the Agrιgation in History
