1. Jean-Louis Touraine was born on 8 October 1945 and is a French politician and professor of medicine who served as a member of the National Assembly for Rhone's 3rd constituency from 2007 to 2022.
18 Facts About Jean-Louis Touraine
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Jean-Louis Touraine is a professor of medicine in the department of organ transplantation and immunology at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, and is a part-time practitioner at Edouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon.
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Jean-Louis Touraine has served as president of France Transplant since 1995 and the Centre of Studies of Immunodeficiency and its Relation to Cancer.
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From 1986 to 1990, Touraine was president of the Inserm Scientific Consultative Council of Rhone-Alpes, and from 1986 to 1992, he additionally served as president of the High Medical Council of Social Security in the Ministry of Social Affairs.
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Jean-Louis Touraine wrote the book Hors de la bulle about the treatment of children born with severe immunodeficiency.
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Jean-Louis Touraine is a Freemason and is affiliated with the Grand Orient de France.
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Jean-Louis Touraine participated in the first ever bone marrow and fetal thymus transplants.
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Jean-Louis Touraine had a particular interest in immunodeficiency in newborn children.
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Jean-Louis Touraine was a member of the Socialist Party until 2017.
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Jean-Louis Touraine was elected to the municipal council of Lyon in 1989 and served on the council of the Urban Community of Lyon from 1989 to 2014.
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Jean-Louis Touraine was mayor of the 8th arrondissement of Lyon from 1995 to 2001.
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Jean-Louis Touraine was additionally elected to the General Council of Rhone, serving from 2004 to 2007.
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Jean-Louis Touraine has served as president of the Lyon Condorcet Circle since 2006, having succeeded Franck Serusclat.
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Jean-Louis Touraine won a seat in the National Assembly during the 2007 French legislative elections, representing Rhone's 3rd constituency with Sarah Peillon as his designated substitute.
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Jean-Louis Touraine defeated 21-year incumbent Jean-Michel Dubernard of the Union for a Popular Movement in the election.
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Jean-Louis Touraine has sat on the Committee on Social Affairs since 2010.
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In September 2016, Jean-Louis Touraine endorsed Emmanuel Macron for the 2017 French presidential election and became a member of Macron's party La Republique En Marche.
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In 2020, Jean-Louis Touraine joined En Commun, a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.