Thierry Cornillet
Appearance
Thierry Cornillet (born 23 July 1951 in Montélimar, Drôme) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France. He is a member of the Union for French Democracy, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Development. He was president of the center-right Parti radical valoisien from 1997 to 1999.
He is a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, a substitute for the Subcommittee on Human Rights, vice-chair of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and a member of the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.
Career
[edit]- Master's degree in law (1975)
- Graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (1975)
- Postgraduate diploma in environment law (1976)
- Doctorate in political science (1984)
- Chairman of the Radical Party (1999–2000)
- Vice-President of the UDF (2000–2002)
- National Secretary of the UDF (since 2002)
- Vice-Chairman of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council (1999–2004)
- Member of Rhône-Alpes Regional Council (since 2004)
- Member of the National Assembly (1993–1997)
- Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
- Vice-President of the ACP-EU Joint Assembly (since 2001)
- President of the International Association of French-Speaking Regions (2002–2010)
- Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit
- Knight of the National Order of Merit
External links
[edit]- European Parliament biography[permanent dead link]
- Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDF file)
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Montélimar
- Radical Party (France) politicians
- Union for French Democracy politicians
- Union of Democrats and Independents politicians
- Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Members of Parliament for Drôme
- Radical Party (France) MEPs
- Union for French Democracy MEPs
- MEPs for France 1999–2004
- MEPs for South-East France 2004–2009
- MEPs for South-East France 2014–2019
- Regional councillors of France
- French general councillors
- Mayors of Montélimar
- Knights of the Order of Agricultural Merit
- Radical Party (France) politician stubs
- Union of Democrats and Independents politician stubs
- French MEP stubs