Yves Bot (August 22, 1947 – June 9, 2019) was a French

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who served until his death as Advocate General at the

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In 1995, Yves Bot was nominated by

Jacques Toubon Jacques Toubon (born 21 June 1941) is a French right-wing politician who held several major national and Parisian offices. He served as Defender of Rights, the country's official ombudsman, from 2014 to 2020. Political career He was Ministe ...

, then Minister of Justice, as prosecutor of

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. He directed the courthouse of

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and worked as a counsellor to

Pierre Méhaignerie Pierre Méhaignerie (born 4 May 1939) is a French politician. He is a former deputy of the Ille-et-Vilaine's 5th constituency and the former mayor of Vitré (re-elected in March 2008). Career He was elected in 1973 to the French parliamen ...

at the Ministry of Justice. Between October 2002 and October 2004, he was ''procureur'' (head of the prosecution) of the Paris Court of large claims (''Tribunal de grande instance''). Between October 2004 and October 2006, he was ''

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'' (head of the prosecution and supervisor of the prosecutors of lower courts) of the

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, and as such one of the most important members of the French prosecution service. From 2006 until his death, he was Advocate General at the

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