Jean Taittinger

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Jean Taittinger

Jean Marie Pierre Hubert Taittinger (born January 25, 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine department ; † September 23, 2012 in Epalinges , Canton of Vaud , Switzerland ) was a French politician of the Union pour la Nouvelle République (UNR ) and most recently the Union des démocrates pour la République (UDR), which was a member of the National Assembly , State Secretary and 1973 to 1974 keeper of the seals and Minister of Justice . He was also Mayor of Reims between 1958 and 1973 .

Life

Family origins, World War II and manager

Taittinger was the fourth of eight children of the politician and entrepreneur Pierre Taittinger , who was also a member of the National Assembly from 1919 to 1940 and founded the Reims-based champagne manufacturer Taittinger in 1931 after buying the Forest & Fourneaux winery . His eldest brother Guy Taittinger was chairman of the board of the Banque Worms , while his second eldest brother Michel Taittinger arrived on June 15, 1940 at Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres and was thereupon a member of the Legion of Honor . His third oldest brother, François Taittinger, had been the managing director of the family company since 1945. His younger brother Pierre-Christian Taittinger acted as State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry between 1976 and 1977 and was then a member of the Senate from 1977 to 1995 . Other younger siblings were Marie-Clotilde Taittinger, Claude Taittinger and Colette Taittinger, the mother of the CEO of Total SA who died in an airplane accident in 2014 . Christophe de Margerie .

Jean Taittinger himself joined the unit of the Free French Armed Forces FFL ( Forces françaises libres ) , commanded by General Edgard de Larminat , at the end of the Second World War and took part in the missions at Royan and Pointe de Grave in mid-April 1945 . After the war ended, he joined the family business that was now run by his older brother François Taittinger.

Mayor and MP

Jean Taittinger (left) as Mayor of Reims with Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer at the reconciliation meeting on July 8, 1962

Taittinger began his political career when he became mayor of the community of Gueux in May 1953 and held this position until March 1959.

On November 30, 1958, he was elected for the first time as a member of the National Assembly as a candidate for the Union pour la Nouvelle République (UNR) and initially represented the Marne department until February 7, 1971 . First he became a member of the committee for (Commission des finances, de l'économie générale et du Plan) on January 27, 1959 and vice-chairman of this committee on April 6, 1967, before his last position from December 1, 1967 to December 21, 1967. January 1971 was chairman of the committee.

In 1959 Taittinger also succeeded Pierre Schneiter as Mayor of Reims and held this post until he was replaced by Claude Lamblin in 1977.

During his tenure as Mayor of Reims , Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer held a reconciliation meeting on July 8, 1962, and thus an important step for the Franco-German friendship . In the north of Reims is the Notre-Dame de la Paix chapel by the Japanese-French artist Tsuguharu-Leonard Foujita , which was consecrated in 1966. In 1971, the University of Reims and the Champagne-Ardenne Region URCA (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne , abbreviation URCA ) emerged from several higher education institutions founded in the 1960s. In 1972 the Circuit de Reims-Gueux motorsport race track, opened in 1926 and located seven kilometers to the west , on which Formula 1 races were also held, was closed.

He was also a member of the collective general secretariat of the UNR-UDT from May 1967 to 1968 together with Robert Poujade , André Fanton , Jean Charbonnel and René Tomasini and subsequently from 1968 to 1971 Vice-Secretary-General of the Union des Démocrates pour la République (UDR)

State Secretary and Minister of Justice

Taittinger took over his first government office on January 7, 1971, and served in the Chaban-Delmas cabinet and in the first Messmer cabinet until March 28, 1973 as State Secretary for the Budget in the Ministry of Economics and Finance (Secrétaire d'État auprès du Ministre de l 'Economie et des Finances, chargé du Budget) .

Taittinger was re-elected to the National Assembly for the UDR in the Marne department on March 11, 1973, but resigned his mandate on May 5, 1973. He had previously been appointed to the second Messmer cabinet on April 5, 1973, as the keeper of the seals (Garde des Sceaux) and Minister of Justice (Ministre de la Justice) . Between March 1 and May 27, 1974, he also held the offices of keeper of seals and minister of justice in the third Messmer cabinet .

He then withdrew from political life and again took on functions in various institutions and commercial companies such as the family-owned hotel group Group du Louvre , to which hotels such as Hôtel de Crillon , Hôtel Lutetia , Hôtel du Louvre and Grand Hyatt Cannes Hôtel Martinez belonged. He was also involved in Baccarat crystal glass company and their companies.

His marriage to Corinne Deville in 1948 had five children, including Jean-Frantz Taittinger , who was also a member of the National Assembly between 1993 and 2002 and mayor of Asnières-sur-Seine from 1994 to 1999 , and Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger , who had been since 2006 The manager of the champagne manufacturer Taittinger is.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pierre Taittinger on the homepage of the National Assembly
  2. ^ Pierre-Christian Taittinger on the Senate homepage
  3. ↑ During his parliamentary membership he belonged from March 12, 1967 to June 23, 1968 to the Union of Democrats for the Fifth Republic of the UDR (Union démocratique pour la V ° République) and from June 23, 1968 to February 7, 1971 to the Union of the Democrats for the Republic of UDR (Union des démocrates pour la République).
  4. ↑ Mayor of Reims (rulers.org)
  5. ^ Gouvernement Jacques Chaban-Delmas
  6. ^ Premier Gouvernement Pierre Messmer
  7. ^ Deuxième Gouvernement Pierre Messmer
  8. ^ Troisième Gouvernement Pierre Messmer
  9. ^ Frantz Taittinger on the homepage of the National Assembly
personal data
SURNAME Taittinger, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taittinger, Jean Marie Pierre (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician, member of the National Assembly
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine department
DATE OF DEATH 23rd September 2012
Place of death Epalinges , Canton of Vaud , Switzerland