Vicomte A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. The status and any domain held by a viscount is a viscounty. In the case of French viscounts, the title is s ...

Gilles de Robien (; born 10 April 1941) is a French politician and former government minister.www.whoswho.fr
/ref> The son of Count Jean de Robien by his wife Éliane Le Mesre de Pas, he is descended from the noble Breton family de Robien. In 1989, de Robien was elected

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Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...

, being re-elected for two further terms. However, in the French municipal elections of 2008, he was defeated by Gilles Demailly of the

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. De Robien served as French Minister for Education from August 2005 to May 2007, and as a Deputy from 1996 to 2007.

Political career

Government offices Minister for Transport : 2002–2005. Minister for National Education : 2005–2007. Electoral mandates ''National Assembly of France'' Vice-President of the

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: 1993–1998. Member of the

for the Somme : 1986–2002 (appointed Minister in 2002). Elected in 1986 (re-elected: 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002). ''Regional Council'' Regional Councillor of

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: 1992–2004. Re-elected in 1998. ''Municipal Council''

: 1989–2002 (Resigned) / 2007–2008. Re-elected in 1995, 2001, 2007. Deputy Mayor of

: 2002–2007. City Councillor of

: 1989–2008. Re-elected in 1995, 2001. ''Agglomeration Community Council'' President of the

Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole The Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole is a ''communauté d'agglomération'' in the Somme '' département'' and in the Hauts-de-France '' région'' of France. It was created in December 1999.Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole The Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole is a ''communauté d'agglomération'' in the Somme '' département'' and in the Hauts-de-France '' région'' of France. It was created in December 1999. Chevalier,

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Commandeur, Order of Palmes académiques * Honorary Knight Commander of the

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(Hon. KBE) * BRA - Order of the Southern Cross - Grand Officer BAR

Grand Officer, Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul (Brasil) * CHL Order of Merit of Chile - Grand Cross BAR

Grand Cross, Orden al Mérito de Chile * Grand Cross, Orden del Mérito Civil (Spain) * ITA OMRI 2001 GC BAR

Knight Grand Cross, Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana * Grand Officer, Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco)

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1941 births Living people Union for French Democracy politicians People from Somme (department) Politicians of the French Fifth Republic Ministers of transport of France Ministers of national education of France French nobility Knights of the Legion of Honour Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Lycée Hoche alumni Mayors of places in Hauts-de-France {{France-mayor-stub