Michel d'Ornano

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Michel d'Ornano

Michel d'Ornano (born July 12, 1924 in Paris , † March 8, 1991 in Saint-Cloud , Hauts-de-Seine department ) was a French politician of the Républicains indépendants (RI) and most recently the Union pour la démocratie française (UDF ), who was a member of the National Assembly and was a minister several times. He was first President in 1974 and again President of the Regional Council of the Basse-Normandie Region from 1983 to 1986 .

Life

Family background, studies and mayor

D'Ornano was from from Corsica upcoming French noble family d'Ornano. He was a great-great-grandson of Philippe-Antoine d'Ornano , who was the peer and marshal of France and the second cousin of Napoleon Bonaparte . He was also the great-grandson of his son Rodolphe-Auguste d'Ornano , who between 1851 and 1853 was Prefect of the Yonne Department and Chamberlain of Emperor Napoleon III. was. His father Guillaume d'Ornano was an entrepreneur and founder of the cosmetics manufacturer Jean d'Albret-Orlane . After attending the Lycée Carnot in Paris, Michel d'Ornano himself began studying law at the Sorbonne , the University of Paris , and at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris . After completing his studies, he joined his father's company in 1957 as a foreign trade consultant.

His political involvement began d'Ornano in local politics when he was elected mayor of Deauville in 1962 as the successor to Robert Fossorier of the Parti radical and held this position until 1977, after which he was replaced by his wife Anne d'Ornano .

MP, Minister and candidacy for Mayor of Paris

On March 12, 1967, d'Ornano was elected as a candidate of the Républicains indépendants (RI) for the first time member of the National Assembly, which he initially belonged as a representative of the Calvados department until June 28, 1974. At the beginning of his membership in parliament he was from April 6, 1967 to May 28, 1974 a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee (Commission des affaires étrangères) . In 1974 he became the first president of the regional council of the Basse-Normandie region and was replaced shortly after by Léon Jozeau-Marigné .

On May 28, 1974, he took over the office of Minister for Industry and Research (Ministre de l'industrie et de la recherche) in the first Chirac cabinet and then held this ministerial office from August 27, 1976 to March 29, 1977 also in the first Cabinet Barre . In 1976 he also became a member of the General Council of the Calvados Department, in which he represented the canton of Trouville-sur-Mer as the successor to Roger Deliencourt von den DVD until his death on March 8, 1991 . His successor in this function was also his wife Anne d'Ornano.

In the first direct election for the office of Mayor of Paris , d'Ornano ran for the Alliance Protection pour Paris, consisting of Républicains indépendants (RI) and Center des démocrates sociaux (CDS) . In the first round he won by Henri Fiszbin from which PCF , PS and PRG existing leftist coalition Union de la gauche (32.1 percent) and Jacques Chirac of the Rally for the Republic asked (RPR) List Union pour Paris (26.2 Percent) came third among ten candidates with 22 percent. In the runoff election of the top three on March 20, 1977, Chirac was mayor with 49.5 percent (54 seats in the city council), followed by Fiszbin with 36.7 percent (40 seats) and d'Ornano with 13.8 percent (15 seats) elected.

In the second Barre cabinet , d'Ornano took over the office of Minister for Culture and Environment (Ministre de la culture et de l'environnement) on March 30, 1977, and held this position until March 31, 1978. He then acted from April 5, 1978 to May 13, 1981 in the third Barre cabinet as Minister for Environment and Living (Ministre de l'environnement et du cadre de vie) . In the elections of March 19, 1978, he was re-elected a member of the National Assembly for the Union pour la démocratie française (UDF), but renounced his mandate on May 5, 1978 after being reappointed to the government. In 1979 he took over from Robert Bisson as President of the General Council of the Calvados Department and held this position until his death in 1991, whereupon his wife Anne d'Ornano succeeded him. In the third Barre cabinet, a decree of March 4, 1981 also entrusted him with the duties of Minister for Culture and Communication (Ministre de la culture et de la communication) , which made him successor to Jean until the end of Barre's tenure on May 13, 1981 -Philippe Lecat was.

Re-election as MP and President of the Regional Council

In the elections of June 21, 1981, d'Ornano was re-elected to the UDF as a member of the National Assembly and was a member of this until his death on March 8, 1991. During the seventh legislative term, he was a member of the Committee on Constitutional Law, Legislation and General Administration of the Republic (Commission des lois constitutionnelles, de la législation et de l'administration générale de la République) from July 4, 1981 to April 5, 1986 . In 1983 he also took over from Léon Jozeau-Marigné as President of the Regional Council of the Basse-Normandie Region and remained in this position until he was replaced on March 21, 1986 by René Garrec .

In the eighth and ninth legislative periods he was a member of the Committee on Finance, General Economics and Planning (Commission des finances, de l'économie générale et du Plan) between April 5, 1986 and March 8, 1991 and was from April 9th 1986 to June 24, 1988 Chairman of this committee.

Michel d'Ornano died on March 8, 1991 when he was hit by a truck while leaving a restaurant in Saint-Cloud after meeting Robert Hersant and died shortly afterwards. The Prix ​​d'Ornano-Valenti film award, which has been awarded since 1992 , the Parc Michel-d'Ornano in Caen , which opened in 1992, and the Stade Michel-d'Ornano football stadium, which also opened in Caen in 1993, were named in his honor.

Publications

  • Une certaine idée de Paris , 1976
  • La Manipulation des médias , 1983

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jacques Chirac Governorate
  2. ^ Prime Minister Raymond Barre
  3. ^ Deuxième Raymond Barre Governorate
  4. ^ Troisième Raymond Barre Governorate
  5. ^ Troisième Raymond Barre Governorate
personal data
SURNAME Ornano, Michel d '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician, member of the National Assembly
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1991
Place of death Saint-Cloud , Hauts-de-Seine department