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Bernard Accoyer

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Bernard Accoyer
Accoyer in 2008
Secretary-General of the Republicans
In office
2016–2017
Preceded byÉric Woerth
Succeeded byAnnie Genevard
President of the National Assembly
In office
26 June 2007 – 19 June 2012
Preceded byPatrick Ollier
Succeeded byClaude Bartolone
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1993–2017
ConstituencyHaute-Savoie's 1st
Mayor of Annecy-le-Vieux
In office
1989–2016
Personal details
Born (1945-08-12) 12 August 1945 (age 79)
Lyon, France
Political partyThe Republicans (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
Rally for the Republic (until 2002)
Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
SpouseCharlotte Jacquier
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Lyon
ProfessionPhysician
WebsiteCampagne du député Bernard Accoyer

Bernard Accoyer (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnaʁ akɔje], born 12 August 1945 in Lyon) is a French politician who was President of the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2012. He was also the Mayor of Annecy-le-Vieux.[1][2]

Political career

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Career in local politics

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Accoyer, a doctor by profession, has served as Mayor of Annecy-le-Vieux since March 1989; he also served as a member of the General Council of Haute-Savoie from March 1992 to March 1998.

Member of the National Assembly

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Accoyer served as a deputy for the first constituency of Haute-Savoie and was first elected to the National Assembly in the March 1993 parliamentary election; he has been re-elected in each election since.[1][2] He was President of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) group in the National Assembly of France from 2004 to 2007.

In 2007, Accoyer was selected as the candidate of the UMP group, which has the absolute majority, for the presidency of the National Assembly. He became the President of the National Assembly on 26 June 2007.[1]

On 6 November 2007, Accoyer was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President George W. Bush in honor of President Nicolas Sarkozy at the White House.[3]

Despite the unwritten tradition that the President of the National Assembly abstains from taking part in votes, Accoyer voted in favor of a bill providing for major constitutional changes on 21 July 2008; because the bill passed by only a one-vote margin, his vote in favor, along with that of Socialist deputy Jack Lang, was crucial.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Office of the Secretary General (2012). "Bernard Accoyer". Assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b CV at personal website Archived October 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in French).
  3. ^ Guest List for the Social Dinner in Honor of His Excellency Nicolas Sarkozy President of the French Republic Office of the First Lady of the United States, press release of 6 November 2007.
  4. ^ "Sarkozy's flagship French reform passes by two votes" Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine, AFP, 21 July 2008.
Political offices
Preceded by President of the French National Assembly
2007–2012
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Secretary-General of the Republicans
2016–2017
Succeeded by