Laurent FABIUS
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Conseil constitutionnel
Appointed President of the Constitutional Council on February 19th, 2016, by the President of the Republic

Took the oath of office on 8 March 2016

Born August 20th, 1946, in Paris (16th arrondissement)

Education

Former student of the École Normale Supérieure (Ulm)

Agrégé of modern literature

Graduate of the Institut d'études politiques in Paris

Former student of the École nationale d'administration (François Rabelais class)

Career

Council of State

1993 : Auditor

1981 : Master of Requests, on secondment while a member of the National Assembly

Local mandates

1977 / 1982 : Regional Councillor then President of the Regional Council (1981) of Upper Normandy

1977 / 2016 : Deputy Mayor, then Mayor (1995-2000), then Deputy Mayor and Municipal Councillor (2000-2016) of Grand-Quevilly (Seine-Maritime department)

1989 / 2000 : President of the Greater Rouen multi-purpose intercommunal syndicate (Syndicat intercommunal à vocations multiples, SIVOM)

2000 / 2002 : Member of the Seine-Maritime General Council, representing Grand-Couronne canton

2004 / 2008 : Vice-President of the Greater Rouen Conurbation (Communauté d'agglomération rouennaise)

2008 / 2012 : President of the Rouen, Elbeuf and Austreberthe Conurbation (Communauté d'agglomération de Rouen, Elbeuf, and Austreberthe, CREA)

National Assembly

1978 / 2012 : MP for the Seine-Maritime department (re-elected in every election)

1988 / 1992 : President of the National Assembly

1995 / 1997 : President of the Socialists of the National Assembly

1997 / 2000 : President of the National Assembly

European Parliament

1989 / 1992 : Member of the European Parliament

Socialist Party

1992 / 1993 : First Secretary

Government positions

1981 / 1983 : Junior Minister responsible for the Budget in the Ministry of the Economy and Finance

1983 / 1984 : Minister for Industry and Research

1984 / 1986 : Prime Minister

2000 / 2002 : Minister for the Economy, Finance, and Industry

2012 / 2016 : Foreign Minister, then Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development

International positions

2015 / 2016 : President of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP 21)

Constitutional Council

March 2016 : President of the Constitutional Council, appointed by the President of the Republic

Honours

Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain)

Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (Portugal)

Officer of the National Order of Quebec

Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit

Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania

Publications

Liberté, Libertés, a collaboration, Gallimard, 1976

C'est en allant vers la mer, Seuil, 1990

Les Blessures de la vérité, Flammarion, 1995 (Prize for the best political book)

Cela commence par une balade, Plon, 2003

Le Cabinet des douze -- Regards sur des tableaux qui font la France, Gallimard, 2010 (Montaigne prize)

37, Quai d'Orsay - Diplomatie française 2012-2016, Plon, 2016

Articles published in the Cahiers du Conseil Constitutionnel (in french)

Foreword, Nouveaux Cahiers du Conseil constitutionnel, n° 53 (dossier : La Constitution et la laïcité) - octobre 2016