Jean-Guy Talamoni is a Corsican politician and Corsican nationalist, who was President of the Corsican Assembly from 17 December 2015 to 1 July 2021.
27 Facts About Jean-Guy Talamoni
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Jean-Guy Talamoni previously served as leader of the Corsica Nazione electoral group in the Corsican assembly.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni became involved in the Corsican liberation struggle at a young age, attending meetings of the militant Action for Corsican Rebirth with his parents when he was a child.
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At the age of fifteen, Jean-Guy Talamoni attended Edmond Simeoni's ARC meeting announcing the beginning of the Aleria Standoff.
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In 1992, Jean-Guy Talamoni became president of the Corsica Nazione coalition in the Corsican Assembly.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni became a controversial figure in 1999 due to his stances during the Matignon accords.
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In 2004, Jean-Guy Talamoni became leader of Unione Naziunale, a new Corsican nationalist coalition.
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In 2015, Jean-Guy Talamoni became president of the Corsican Assembly under an electoral alliance with the Corsican autonomist Femu a Corsica party.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni was born on 6 May 1960 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni's mother, Elisabeth Talamoni, was a French Moroccan of Spanish descent.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni's father, Antoine, was born in Morocco to a Corsican family who had recently arrived there from Haute-Corse.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni moved to Morosaglia, Haute-Corse when he was only one year old.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni's father was a schoolteacher and his mother was a bookkeeper.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni's family was notable in left-wing politics, with his grand-uncle, Louis Jean-Guy Talamoni, serving as a senator for the French Communist Party in Seine and Val-de-Marne.
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In 1976, at the age of sixteen, Jean-Guy Talamoni joined the Union of Corsican Students at his high school.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni likely joined the FLNC through the ULC, but he maintains he was never involved in the armed guerrilla movement.
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In 1978, Jean-Guy Talamoni moved to Aix-en-Provence and studied law at the University of Provence.
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In 1986, Jean-Guy Talamoni returned to Corsica and received his DEA in the Corsican language from the newly opened University of Corsica.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni would become known for his work as a lawyer, serving as the personal lawyer for many important FLNC-CS figures such as co-leader Charles Pieri.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni was largely unpleased with the course of the peace process, and negotiations came to a swift end in October 1996.
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On 1 February 2004, Jean-Guy Talamoni creates the Unione Naziunale, ending Corsica Nazione.
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On 15 April 2004, Jean-Guy Talamoni was arrested by French police during a large-scale operation against Corsican guerrillas.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni would be charged with terrorism, but acquitted in May 2005 after a campaign of support by the League of Human Rights gave him the status of political prisoner.
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On 17 December 2015, Jean-Guy Talamoni was elected president of the Corsican Assembly, the first nationalist to hold the position.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni's position saw him work closely with president of the Corsican executive council, Gilles Simeoni.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni opened dialogue to Macron and interior minister Gerald Darmanin to secure further autonomy for Corsica.
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Jean-Guy Talamoni was succeeded by Marie-Antoinette Maupertius on 1 July 2021.