1. Jean-Louis Borloo was Minister of the Economy, Finance and Employment in 2007 and Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea from 2007 until 2010 under President Nicolas Sarkozy.
12 Facts About Jean-Louis Borloo
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Jean-Louis Marie Borloo was born in Paris, his parents were Lucien Borloo born in Guemene-sur-Scorff and Mauricette Acquaviva from Marseille of Corsican origin.
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Jean-Louis Borloo became president of the Valenciennes Football Club in 1986.
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Jean-Louis Borloo held this seat until his election as regional councillor for the Nord-Pas-de-Calais in 1992.
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Jean-Louis Borloo was elected to the French National Assembly as a Miscellaneous Right candidate representing the Nord's 21st constituency in 1993.
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Jean-Louis Borloo was a founding member of Ecology Generation in 1990, but he later joined the Union for French Democracy led by Francois Bayrou.
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Jean-Louis Borloo was co-president of the Radical Party alongside Andre Rossinot between 2005 and 2007, when he became sole President of the party.
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Jean-Louis Borloo was Minister for the City and Urban Renewal in the Jean-Pierre Raffarin governments between 2002 and 2004, Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Cohesion under Raffarin between 2004 and 2005, and finally Minister for Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing in the Dominique de Villepin government between 2005 and 2007.
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On 21 July 2005 Jean-Louis Borloo married news anchorwoman Beatrice Schonberg at Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine.
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Jean-Louis Borloo quit the government allegedly after being passed over for premiership in a cabinet reshuffle.
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Jean-Louis Borloo announced plans to set up a "republican, ecologist, and social alliance", with a view to becoming a candidate in the 2012 presidential election.
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On 6 April 2014, Jean-Louis Borloo announced in a letter to the executives of the UDI that he would resign immediately from "every political term and position" due to his health concerns.