Charles Josselin

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Charles Josselin (born March 31, 1938 in Pleslin-Trigavou , Département Côtes-du-Nord ) is a French politician of the Parti socialiste (PS), the President of the General Council of the Département Côtes-d'Armor, member of the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) and was a member of the European Parliament . He was also State Secretary and Assistant Minister and a member of the Senate (Sénat) .

Life

Member of the National Assembly, President of the General Council and Mayor

Charles Josselin attended the Collège des Cordeliers in Dinan and then studied law at the University of Rennes . During his studies he became involved with the later Minister Louis Le Pensec in the student association UNEF ( Union nationale des étudiants de France ) . After postgraduate studies at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris , the so-called Sciences Po , he was assistant to the CFO of the Banque de l'Union Parisienne (BUP) from 1965 to 1968 and then from 1968 to 1973 a specialist in land development at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations (CDC).

In the parliamentary elections on March 11, 1973, Josselin was elected for the first time as a member of the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) for the Parti socialiste (PS) and represented the Côtes-du-Nord department there until April 1, 1978, which has been called the department since 1990 Côtes-d'Armor wears. At the same time he became a member of the General Council of the Département Côtes-du-Nord on October 3, 1973 and represented the canton of Ploubalay for more than 41 years until April 2, 2015 . In addition, he was from 1974 to 1985 a member of the Regional Council of the Region Bretagne . As the successor to René Pleven , he took over the office of President of the General Council of the Département Côtes-du-Nord on March 25, 1976, which he held after his re-elections on March 21, 1976, March 21, 1982, October 2, 1988 and March 27 1994 held the position for 21 years until June 4, 1997, when Claudy Lebreton succeeded him. In addition, from March 22nd to June 19, 1997, he was mayor of his native Pleslin-Trigavou for 20 years .

Member of the European Parliament and State Secretary

In the European elections on June 10, 1979 , Charles Josselin was elected a member of the European Parliament and was a member of the Socialist Group in the first legislative period between July 17, 1979 and July 15, 1981 . During his membership he was a member of the Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning.

Shortly before leaving the European Parliament , Josselin was re-elected to the PS in the parliamentary elections on June 14, 1981, and was a member of the National Assembly as a representative of the Côtes-du-Nord department until December 16, 1985. One month earlier, on November 15, 1985, he had succeeded Jean Auroux in the Fabius cabinet, State Secretary for Transport in the Ministry of Urbanism, Housing and Transport (Secrétaire d'Etat auprès du ministre de l'urbanisme, du logement et des transports, chargé des transports) and held this office until March 19, 1986. In the parliamentary elections on March 16, 1986, he was re-elected as a member of the National Assembly and, after being re-elected in the parliamentary elections on June 5, 1986, was a member until he resigned on May 4, 1992.

During this time he was first Vice-President between April 16, 1986 and May 14, 1988, and then President of the Delegation of the National Assembly to the European Communities from October 27, 1988 to April 14, 1992 . Between July 17, 1986 and April 15, 1987, and again from July 7, 1988 to April 6, 1992, he was Special Rapporteur of the Committee on Finance, Economics and Planning (Commission des finances, de l'économie générale et du Plan ) . On April 5, 1992, he was appointed State Secretary for Marine Affairs in the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Transport (Secrétaire d'Etat à la mer auprès du ministre de l'équipement, du logement et des transports) in the Bérégovoy cabinet and was part of it until on March 29, 1993.

Assistant Minister and Senator

Charles Josselin was re-elected as a member of the National Assembly in the parliamentary elections on March 28, 1993 for the PS and, after being re-elected in the parliamentary elections on June 1, 1997, represented in the tenth and eleventh legislative periods between April 2, 1993 and his resignation on July 4, 1997 the Côtes-d'Armor department, which emerged from the Côtes-du-Nord department. During this time he was again Vice-President of the Delegation of the National Assembly to the European Communities from April 20, 1993 to June 10, 1994 and Vice-President of the Delegation of the National Assembly to the European Union between June 11, 1994 and April 21, 1997 .

On June 4, 1997, Josselin joined the Jospin cabinet , initially from June 4 to November 22, 1997 as State Secretary for Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Secrétaire d'Etat auprès du ministre des affaires étrangères, à la coopération) and in the Connection between November 22, 1997 and February 12, 1998 State Secretary for Cooperation and Francophonie in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Secrétaire d'Etat auprès du ministre des affaires étrangères, à la coopération et à la francophonie) . In the course of a further cabinet reshuffle, he finally took over the post of Assistant Minister for Cooperation and Francophonie in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from February 13, 1998 to May 5, 2002 in the Jospin cabinet (Ministre délégué à la coopération et à la francophonie auprès du ministre des affaires étrangères) . He was also Vice-President of the General Council of the Côtes-d'Armor department between April 2, 2004 and April 2, 2015.

After the death of Pierre-Yvon Trémel on June 29, 2006, Charles Josselin was elected to the Senate (Sénat) on September 24, 2006 . He was a member of this until September 30, 2008 and then decided not to run again. During his membership in the Senate, between October 30, 2006 and September 30, 2008, he was a member of the Economic Committee and (Commission des affaires économiques) as well as the Senate delegation to the European Union.

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  1. ↑ Entry on the homepage of the European Parliament
  2. ↑ Jospin's cabinet
personal data
SURNAME Josselin, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Pleslin-Trigavou , Côtes-du-Nord department