Alain Joyandet | |
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| Member of the French Senate for Haute-Saône | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2014 | |
| Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony | |
| In office 2008–2010 | |
| President | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Jean-Marie Bockel |
| Succeeded by | Henri de Raincourt |
| Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Saône's 1st constituency | |
| In office 2010–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Patrice Debray |
| Succeeded by | Alain Chrétien |
| President of UMP-NC-DVD Group in the Franche-Comté Regional Council De facto Leader of Opposition | |
| In office 25 March 2010 – 9 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Sylvie Vermeillet |
| Succeeded by | Sylvie Vermeillet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 January 1954 Dijon, France |
| Political party | UMP |
Alain Joyandet (born 15 January 1954) is a French politician who was appointed Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony in the government of François Fillon from 18 March 2008 to July 2010. Prior to that, he was CEO of the Société Nouvelle des Éditions Comtoises (SNEC), a publisher of weekly newspapers and journals. He is a journalist by training.
Joyandet has been mayor of Vesoul since 1995 and senator of Franche-Comté from 1995 to 2002.
In 2010, Joyandet won the UMP nomination for President of Franche-Comté, but lost to socialist candidate Marie-Guite Dufay in the general election.
Political career
Governmental functions
Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony : 2008-2010 (Resignation on 4 July 2010).
Electoral mandates
Senate of France
Senator of Haute-Saône : 1995-2002 (Resignation, became a member of the National Assembly of France in 2002).
National Assembly of France
Member of the National Assembly of France for Haute-Saône (1st constituency) : 2002-2008 (Became secretary of State in 2008) / Since 2010. Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007.
Regional Council
Leader of the Opposition in the Regional Council : March–July 2010.
Regional councillor of Franche-Comté : march-July 2010 (Resignation).
General Council
General councillor of Haute-Saône : 1992-2002 (Resignation). Reelected in 1998.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Vesoul : since 1995. Reelected in 2001, 2008.
Municipal councillor of Vesoul : since 1989. Reelected in 1995, 2001, 2008
Other activities
- French Development Agency (AFD), Member of the Supervisory Board[1]
Controversy
At the end of March 2010 Joyandet made headlines for spending 116,500 euros of taxpayers' money chartering a private jet to fly him to Martinique to an international conference on Haiti and back to Paris.[2]
On 4 July 2010, Joyandet resigned his government post, the same day as Christian Blanc, Secretary of State for Development of the capital region. The French press had reported the suspected misuse of public money by the two ministers. Alain Joyandet was accused of renting a private jet to €116,500 to travel to Martinique, where he was to attend an international conference for reconstruction after the earthquake of Haiti. An article in the Canard Enchaîné also suspected of having received an illegal building permit for his house of Grimaud, which he abandoned shortly after.