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Gérard Longuet was born on 24 February, 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, is a French politician. Discover Gérard Longuet's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 24 February 1946
Birthday 24 February
Birthplace Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nationality France

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1946

Gérard Longuet (born 24 February 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine ) is a French conservative politician who has served as a member of the Senate from 2001 to 2011 and again since 2012, representing Meuse.

1968

In 1968, he wrote the founding charter of the Groupe Union Défense (GUD), a far-right students' union.

1978

Longuet served as a member of the National Assembly for Meuse's (1st constituency) from 1978 to 1981 and from 1988 to 1993.

1979

General councillor of Meuse : 1979–1992 / 1998–2001 (Resignation).

1982

Vice-president of the General council of Meuse : 1982–1986.

1983

Municipal councillor of Bar-le-Duc : 1983–1989.

1984

Member of European Parliament : 1984–1986 (He became minister in 1986).

General council

1985

Reelected in 1985, 1998.

Municipal council

1986

In the government of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, Longuet first was Secretary of State for Posts and Telecommunications (March–August 1986) before becoming Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (1986–1988).

1990

From 1990 to 1995, Longuet served as president of the Republican Party (PR).

1992

On the regional level, Longuet was a regional councillor of Lorraine from 1992 until his resignation in 2010.

He served as president of the Regional Council of Lorraine from 1992 to 2004.

1993

During that time, he was also Minister of Industry, Posts and Telecommunications, and Foreign Trade in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Balladur from 1993 until he resigned in 1994.

1995

Ahead of the 1995 presidential campaign, he supported Balladur as center-right candidate; instead, Jacques Chirac won the party's nomination and later the election.

2005

In 2005, Longuet was the only one among 47 persons prosecuted who was found not guilty in a trial over claims that construction companies had paid money to political parties in return for contracts.

2006

Also early in his tenure, it was revealed that Longuet had spent a weekend in 2006 in a Tunisian palace at the expense of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was overthrown shortly after by a popular revolt.

2008

In 2008, Longuet compared homosexuality to pedophilia, and he said gay pride parades may lead LGBT teenagers to suicide.

He has said he doesn't remember saying it, even though there is footage of it.

Longuet's brother-in-law is Vincent Bolloré.

Electoral mandates

European Parliament

2009

From 2009 to 2011, Longuet served as the leader of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) in the Senate.

2011

He served as Minister of Defense in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from February 2011 until May 2012.

When he was young, Longuet was part of a far-right movement called Occident.

Shortly after taking office, Longuet oversaw the French Air Force’s involvement in the 2011 military intervention in Libya.

2012

After the mission ended, he met his Libyan counterpart Osama al-Juwaili in 2012 to sign a letter of intent to improve maritime security and control Libya’s borders.

In January 2012, President Sarkozy dispatched Longuet and the head of the French army to Afghanistan to conduct a review of security after an Afghan soldier killed four French service members.

Also in early 2012, Longuet led efforts on an agreement between France and Britain to jointly work to develop unmanned drones as part of their military cooperation.

Following the 2012 Malian coup d'état, Longuet rejected the desert Tuaregs' declaration of independence for what they called the state of Azawad.

2013

Shortly after, Longuet announced that France would withdraw its combat forces from Afghanistan – at the time, 2,400 soldiers in Kapisa Province – by 2013.

As part of a reorganization of the Republicans' leadership under their chairman Jean-François Copé in January 2013, Longuet became – alongside Christian Estrosi, Henri de Raincourt, Jean-Claude Gaudin, Brice Hortefeux and Roger Karoutchi – one of the party’s six vice-presidents and served until 2014.

2016

Ahead of the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primary, Longuet endorsed François Fillon as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.

2017

From 2017 to 2020, Longuet served as president of the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST).