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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88" title="فرنسوا بايرو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="فرنسوا بايرو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D1%83" title="Франсоа Байру – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Франсоа Байру" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D" title="Φρανσουά Μπαϊρού – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Φρανσουά Μπαϊρού" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88" title="فرانسوا بایرو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فرانسوا بایرو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%91%EC%88%98%EC%95%84_%EB%B0%94%EC%9D%B4%EB%A3%A8" title="프랑수아 바이루 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프랑수아 바이루" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Bayrou" title="Franciscus Bayrou – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Franciscus Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88" title="فرانسوا بايرو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فرانسوا بايرو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB" title="フランソワ・バイル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フランソワ・バイル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc%C3%A9s_Vairon" title="Francés Vairon – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Francés Vairon" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D1%83,_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0" title="Байру, Франсуа – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Байру, Франсуа" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou" title="François Bayrou – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="François Bayrou" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D1%83" title="Франсуа Байру – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Франсуа Байру" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%97%E6%9C%97%E7%B4%A2%E7%93%A6%C2%B7%E8%B4%9D%E9%B2%81" title="弗朗索瓦·贝鲁 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="弗朗索瓦·贝鲁" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Mayor_(France)" title="Mayor (France)">Mayor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pau,_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques" title="Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques">Pau</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />4 April 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Martine_Ligni%C3%A8res-Cassou" title="Martine Lignières-Cassou">Martine Lignières-Cassou</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">President of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_(France)" title="Democratic Movement (France)">Democratic Movement</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />2 December 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position established</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">President of the <a href="/wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy" title="Union for French Democracy">Union for French Democracy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />25 February 1998 – 30 November 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_L%C3%A9otard" title="François Léotard">François Léotard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position abolished</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">President of the <a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Party" title="European Democratic Party">European Democratic Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />13 July 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position established</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />20 July 1999 – 20 June 2002</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/France_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="France (European Parliament constituency)">France</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_departmental_councils_(France)" title="List of presidents of departmental councils (France)">President</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Departmental_Council_of_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques" title="Departmental Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques">General Council<br />of Pyrénées-Atlantiques</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 April 1992 – 23 March 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Henri Grenet</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Jean-Jacques Lasserre</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">François René Jean Lucien Bayrou</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-05-25</span>) </span>25 May 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bord%C3%A8res" title="Bordères">Bordères</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic" title="French Fourth Republic">France</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_(France)" title="Democratic Movement (France)">Democratic Movement</a> <span class="nowrap">(since 2007)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy" title="Union for French Democracy">Union for French Democracy</a> <span class="nowrap">(1979–2007)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Centre_of_Social_Democrats" title="Centre of Social Democrats">Centre of Social Democrats</a> <span class="nowrap">(1979–1995)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Force_(France)" title="Democratic Force (France)">Democratic Force</a> <span class="nowrap">(1995–1998)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_Bordeaux_Montaigne" class="mw-redirect" title="University Bordeaux Montaigne">University Bordeaux Montaigne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="François Bayrou's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou_signature.svg/128px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou_signature.svg/192px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou_signature.svg/256px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="233" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bayrou.fr">Official website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>François René Jean Lucien Bayrou</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[fʁɑ̃swa<span class="wrap"> </span>bajʁu]</a></span>; born 25 May 1951) is a French politician who has presided over the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_(France)" title="Democratic Movement (France)">Democratic Movement</a> (MoDem) since he founded it in 2007. A centrist, he was a candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2002_French_presidential_election" title="2002 French presidential election">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_French_presidential_election" title="2007 French presidential election">2007</a> and <a href="/wiki/2012_French_presidential_election" title="2012 French presidential election">2012 presidential elections</a>. He has also presided over the <a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Party" title="European Democratic Party">European Democratic Party</a> (EDP) since 2004. </p><p>From 1993 to 1997, Bayrou was <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Education_(France)" title="Ministry of National Education (France)">Minister of National Education</a> in three successive governments. He was also a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(France)" title="National Assembly (France)">National Assembly</a> for a seat in <a href="/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques" title="Pyrénées-Atlantiques">Pyrénées-Atlantiques</a> from 1986 to 2012 with brief interruptions and a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> (MEP) from 1999 to 2002. He has been mayor of <a href="/wiki/Pau,_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques" title="Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques">Pau</a> since 2014. </p><p>It was speculated that Bayrou would be a candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2017_French_presidential_election" title="2017 French presidential election">2017 presidential election</a>, but he decided not to run and instead supported <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" title="Emmanuel Macron">Emmanuel Macron</a>, who – after winning the election – named him <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (France)">for Justice</a> in the <a href="/wiki/First_Philippe_government" title="First Philippe government">government</a> headed by <a href="/wiki/%C3%89douard_Philippe" title="Édouard Philippe">Édouard Philippe</a>. On 21 June 2017, he resigned from the government amid an investigation into the MoDem's allegedly fraudulent employment of parliamentary assistants, initiated earlier that month. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bayrou was born on 25 May 1951 in <a href="/wiki/Bord%C3%A8res" title="Bordères">Bordères</a>, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a village located between <a href="/wiki/Pau,_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques" title="Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques">Pau</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lourdes" title="Lourdes">Lourdes</a>. He is the son of farmer Calixte Bayrou (1909–1974), <a href="/wiki/Mouvement_R%C3%A9publicain_Populaire" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouvement Républicain Populaire">MRP</a> mayor of Bordères from 1947 to 1953, and Emma Sarthou (1918–2009).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bayrou descends from an ancestry of primarily <a href="/wiki/Occitans" title="Occitans">Occitans</a> except from his maternal grandmother's side which is <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Bayrou was in his youth, he developed a <a href="/wiki/Stuttering" title="Stuttering">stutter</a> which led to him attending <a href="/wiki/Speech-language_pathology" class="mw-redirect" title="Speech-language pathology">speech therapy</a> for seven years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He first went to secondary school in Pau, before transferring to Bordeaux. He studied literature at university, and at the age of 23, sat the "<a href="/wiki/Agr%C3%A9gation" title="Agrégation">agrégation</a>", the highest qualifying level for teachers in senior high schools and universities in France. Around the same time, his father was killed in a tractor accident. </p><p>Bayrou was married in 1971 to Élisabeth Perlant also known as "Babette".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and Perlant have five children, Hélène, Marie, Dominique, Calixte and Agnès.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The children were raised on the farm where Bayrou was born and Bayrou currently lives there with Perlant. </p><p>Prior to embarking on his political career, Bayrou taught history in <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9arn" title="Béarn">Béarn</a> in the French <a href="/wiki/Pyrenees" title="Pyrenees">Pyrenees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the author of several books on politics and history, including one on King <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France" title="Henry IV of France">Henry IV of France</a>. Bayrou's hobby is raising horses. Although a practising <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>, he strongly supports France's system of <a href="/wiki/La%C3%AFcit%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Laïcité">laïcité</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_steps_in_politics:_1982–2002"><span id="First_steps_in_politics:_1982.E2.80.932002"></span>First steps in politics: 1982–2002</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First steps in politics: 1982–2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Bayrou's youth, he was active in nonviolent movements and followed <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Gandhi</a> disciple, <a href="/wiki/Lanza_del_Vasto" title="Lanza del Vasto">Lanza del Vasto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bayrou, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Centre_of_Social_Democrats" title="Centre of Social Democrats">Centre of Social Democrats</a> (CDS), the Christian-democratic wing of the <a href="/wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy" title="Union for French Democracy">Union for French Democracy</a> (UDF) confederation, was elected to the General Council of the <a href="/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques" title="Pyrénées-Atlantiques">Pyrénées-Atlantiques</a> department in 1982 in the canton of Pau-Sud, then the <a href="/wiki/French_National_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="French National Assembly">French National Assembly</a> four years later.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the victory of the <a href="/wiki/Rally_for_the_Republic" title="Rally for the Republic">RPR</a>/UDF coalition in the <a href="/wiki/1993_French_legislative_election" title="1993 French legislative election">1993 legislative election</a>, he became Education Minister in the cabinet led by <a href="/wiki/Edouard_Balladur" class="mw-redirect" title="Edouard Balladur">Edouard Balladur</a>. In this post, he proposed a reform allowing local authorities to subsidise private schools, which caused massive protests and was quashed by the Constitutional Council. </p><p>In 1989, after poor results in both the <a href="/wiki/1989_French_municipal_elections" title="1989 French municipal elections">municipal elections</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_France" title="1989 European Parliament election in France">European Parliament elections</a>, Bayrou and twelve other centre-right parliamentarians including <a href="/wiki/Philippe_S%C3%A9guin" title="Philippe Séguin">Philippe Séguin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michel_Noir" title="Michel Noir">Michel Noir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alain_Carignon" title="Alain Carignon">Alain Carignon</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Pinte" title="Étienne Pinte">Étienne Pinte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michel_Barnier" title="Michel Barnier">Michel Barnier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Fillon" title="François Fillon">François Fillon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Millon" title="Charles Millon">Charles Millon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominique_Baudis" title="Dominique Baudis">Dominique Baudis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_d%27Aubert" title="François d'Aubert">François d'Aubert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippe_de_Villiers" title="Philippe de Villiers">Philippe de Villiers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Bosson" title="Bernard Bosson">Bernard Bosson</a> demanded reform of the system at the RPR and the UDF, criticising the most prominent politicians of these parties including former president <a href="/wiki/Val%C3%A9ry_Giscard_d%27Estaing" title="Valéry Giscard d'Estaing">Valéry Giscard d'Estaing</a> and Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Chirac" title="Jacques Chirac">Jacques Chirac</a>. They called for the formation of a new right-wing party to unite the UDF and the RPR into a single entity. Ideological differences between members of this group led to members leaving, though d'Estaing endorsed Bayrou to become UDF general secretary in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite supporting Édouard Balladur's candidacy in the <a href="/wiki/1995_French_presidential_election" title="1995 French presidential election">1995 presidential election</a>, Bayrou remained Education Minister following <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Chirac" title="Jacques Chirac">Jacques Chirac</a>'s election and the formation of a new government headed by <a href="/wiki/Alain_Jupp%C3%A9" title="Alain Juppé">Alain Juppé</a>. Following the majority for the <a href="/wiki/Plural_Left" title="Plural Left">Plural Left</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1997_French_legislative_election" title="1997 French legislative election">1997 legislative election</a>, Bayrou returned to opposition and became president of the UDF in 1998, transforming it into a unified party rather than a union of smaller parties. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Positioning_of_the_UDF_as_a_centrist_party:_2002–2007"><span id="Positioning_of_the_UDF_as_a_centrist_party:_2002.E2.80.932007"></span>Positioning of the UDF as a centrist party: 2002–2007</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Positioning of the UDF as a centrist party: 2002–2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2002 François Bayrou rejected proposals to merge the UDF with the <a href="/wiki/Rally_for_the_Republic" title="Rally for the Republic">Rally for the Republic</a> (RPR), into a new entity that later became the <a href="/wiki/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement" title="Union for a Popular Movement">Union for a Popular Movement</a> (UMP). As a result, many UDF members left to join the UMP. </p><p>Bayrou was increasingly critical of the direction taken by the UMP-led government, which he described as out of touch with the average Frenchman. He denounced the <i>de facto</i> <a href="/wiki/Two-party_system" title="Two-party system">two-party system</a>, in which the <a href="/wiki/French_Socialist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="French Socialist Party">Socialist Party</a> and the RPR (later UMP) alternate. Instead, Bayrou called for a <a href="/wiki/Pluralism_(political_theory)" title="Pluralism (political theory)">pluralist</a> system in which other parties would also contribute.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 May 2006, Bayrou supported a <a href="/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence" title="Motion of no confidence">motion of no confidence</a> sponsored by Socialist deputies calling for the resignation of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Dominique_de_Villepin" title="Dominique de Villepin">Dominique de Villepin</a>'s government following the <a href="/wiki/Clearstream_affair" title="Clearstream affair">Clearstream affair</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As de Villepin's UMP had an absolute majority in the National Assembly, the motion failed. Following Bayrou's support for this measure, France's television authority classified him as a member of the parliamentary opposition for timing purposes. However, after Bayrou protested, he was classified as a member of neither the majority nor the opposition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_presidential_campaign:_2007">Second presidential campaign: 2007</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second presidential campaign: 2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bayrou <a href="/wiki/2007_French_presidential_election" title="2007 French presidential election">contested the presidency again in 2007</a>. Most commentators had expected the election to be fought primarily between Sarkozy and <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9gol%C3%A8ne_Royal" title="Ségolène Royal">Ségolène Royal</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(France)" title="Socialist Party (France)">Parti Socialiste</a>. However, Bayrou's increasing support in polls in February complicated the "Sarko-Ségo" scenario, and led to speculation that the Parti Socialiste candidate would fail to progress to the second round for a second consecutive election, following the defeat of former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Jospin" title="Lionel Jospin">Lionel Jospin</a> in 2002 by <a href="/wiki/National_Front_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Front (France)">National Front</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Jean_Marie_Le_Pen" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean Marie Le Pen">Jean Marie Le Pen</a>. Ultimately, Bayrou finished in third place in the election with 18.57% of the vote (6,820,119 votes), behind Sarkozy and Royal, the best performance by the UDF in a presidential election since 1981. Bayrou declared that he could not endorse either Sarkozy or Royal in the second round, although he indicated that Sarkozy was the worse of the two. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundation_of_the_Democratic_Movement:_2007–2012"><span id="Foundation_of_the_Democratic_Movement:_2007.E2.80.932012"></span>Foundation of the Democratic Movement: 2007–2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Foundation of the Democratic Movement: 2007–2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the 2007 election, Bayrou intended to form a new centrist party, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_(France)" title="Democratic Movement (France)">Democratic Movement</a> (MoDem). The majority of UDF politicians did not follow him, and instead formed a rival party, the <a href="/wiki/New_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="New Centre">New Centre</a>, which pledged to support an alliance with the UMP. However, most of the UDF's grassroots membership remained with Bayrou and joined MoDem. In the subsequent <a href="/wiki/2007_French_legislative_election" title="2007 French legislative election">legislative elections in June 2007</a>, MoDem came third with 7.6% of the vote. Although an increase on the UDF share of the poll of 4.9% in the <a href="/wiki/2002_French_legislative_election" title="2002 French legislative election">2002 elections</a>, MoDem won only four seats, including Bayrou's own seat. The other parliamentarians elected on the party's list were Jean Lasalle, Thierry Benoit (who has since left the party, to join the New Centre) and Abdoulatifou Aly. The establishment of MoDem led to the formal dismantling of the UDF alliance on 30 November. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_presidential_election:_2012">Third presidential election: 2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Third presidential election: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Francois_Bayrou-IMG_4418.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Francois_Bayrou-IMG_4418.JPG/220px-Francois_Bayrou-IMG_4418.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Francois_Bayrou-IMG_4418.JPG/330px-Francois_Bayrou-IMG_4418.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Francois_Bayrou-IMG_4418.JPG/440px-Francois_Bayrou-IMG_4418.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4303" data-file-height="2869" /></a><figcaption>François Bayrou at a meeting in Marseille in April 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>On 18 August 2011, Bayrou released a book, <i>2012. Etat d'urgence</i>, in which he discussed how and why the <a href="/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial crisis of 2007–2008">economic crisis</a> happened, and outlined the top priorities of his next presidential program: production and education. </p><p>François Bayrou confirmed his candidacy for the <a href="/wiki/2012_French_presidential_election" title="2012 French presidential election">2012 presidential election</a> on 25 November 2011, in an interview with journalist <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Ferrari" title="Laurence Ferrari">Laurence Ferrari</a> on her show <i>Parole Directe</i> on <a href="/wiki/TF1" title="TF1">TF1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His supporters included: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Arthuis" title="Jean Arthuis">Jean Arthuis</a>, president of the <a href="/wiki/Centrist_Alliance" title="Centrist Alliance">Centrist Alliance</a>, president of the Senate Finance Committee (2002–2011)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Bosson" title="Bernard Bosson">Bernard Bosson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayor_(France)" title="Mayor (France)">Mayor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Annecy" title="Annecy">Annecy</a> (1977–2007), member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(France)" title="National Assembly (France)">National Assembly of France</a> for <a href="/wiki/Haute-Savoie" title="Haute-Savoie">Haute-Savoie</a> (1986–2007)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Albertini_(politician)" title="Pierre Albertini (politician)">Pierre Albertini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayor_(France)" title="Mayor (France)">Mayor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rouen" title="Rouen">Rouen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne-Marie_Idrac" title="Anne-Marie Idrac">Anne-Marie Idrac</a>, Secretary of State for International Trade under <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy" title="Nicolas Sarkozy">Nicolas Sarkozy</a> (2008–2010)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alain_Lambert" title="Alain Lambert">Alain Lambert</a>, Budget Minister (2002–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Garrigue" title="Daniel Garrigue">Daniel Garrigue</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(France)" title="National Assembly (France)">National Assembly of France</a> for <a href="/wiki/Dordogne" title="Dordogne">Dordogne</a> and former press secretary for <a href="/wiki/Dominique_de_Villepin" title="Dominique de Villepin">Dominique de Villepin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Kahn" title="Jean-François Kahn">Jean-François Kahn</a>, author and former director of the newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Marianne_(magazine)" title="Marianne (magazine)">Marianne</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Bayrou was eliminated in the first round, receiving around half of his vote share from 2007; he endorsed Socialist <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Hollande" title="François Hollande">François Hollande</a> in the runoff.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017_presidential_election">2017 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2017 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 22 February 2017, Bayrou stated that he would not contest the <a href="/wiki/2017_French_presidential_election" title="2017 French presidential election">2017 presidential election</a>, instead endorsing the centrist candidate <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" title="Emmanuel Macron">Emmanuel Macron</a> of <a href="/wiki/En_Marche!" class="mw-redirect" title="En Marche!">En Marche!</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WillsherMacronAlliance_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WillsherMacronAlliance-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The alliance surprised French political pundits and rival candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-WillsherMacronAlliance_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WillsherMacronAlliance-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Part of the agreement was Macron's commitment to support a clean government law proposed by Bayrou.<sup id="cite_ref-WillsherMacronAlliance_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WillsherMacronAlliance-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bayrou said that France was "at extreme risk", requiring an "exceptional response",<sup id="cite_ref-WillsherMacronAlliance_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WillsherMacronAlliance-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> adding that the alliance did not mean that MoDem would be subsumed by En Marche!<sup id="cite_ref-WillsherMacronAlliance_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WillsherMacronAlliance-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_Justice_(2017)"><span id="Minister_of_Justice_.282017.29"></span>Minister of Justice (2017)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Minister of Justice (2017)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 17 May 2017, Bayrou was appointed as Minister of Justice in the <a href="/wiki/First_Philippe_government" title="First Philippe government">first Philippe government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Le Canard enchaîné</i> published information that Democratic Movement politician <a href="/wiki/Marielle_de_Sarnez" title="Marielle de Sarnez">Marielle de Sarnez</a> had been paid for work she had not actually done, embroiling Bayrou in a fictitious jobs scandal.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France Info later reported that MoDem had "over a dozen" fictitious jobs in the European Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bayrou resigned several days before the 2017 legislative election, only 35 days after he had taken the post.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career">Later career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2022, Bayrou created what he calls a "sponsorship bank", joined by a few hundred local officials, willing to give their signatures to candidates for the <a href="/wiki/2022_French_presidential_election" title="2022 French presidential election">presidential election</a> struggling to obtain them, even if they represent a large part of the public according to opinion polls,<sup id="cite_ref-reuters.com_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters.com-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including far-right candidate <a href="/wiki/Marine_Le_Pen" title="Marine Le Pen">Marine Le Pen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters.com_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters.com-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Attal" title="Gabriel Attal">Gabriel Attal</a> as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_France" title="Prime Minister of France">Prime Minister</a> in January 2024, Bayrou stated that he would not be joining the government; he had been widely expected to return to the cabinet after he was acquitted of fraud charges shortly before.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_views">Political views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bayrou-strasbourg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Bayrou-strasbourg.jpg/220px-Bayrou-strasbourg.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Bayrou-strasbourg.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="213" /></a><figcaption>François Bayrou in <a href="/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg">Strasbourg</a> in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Bayrou has been a vocal campaigner on a variety of issues, including reform of the political process, <a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties" title="Civil liberties">civil liberties</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a> (see <a href="/wiki/DADVSI" title="DADVSI">DADVSI</a>). During the 2007 presidential election campaign he described the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> as "the most beautiful construction of all humanity".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He called for France to play a greater role in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>'s affairs, and supports the ratification of a <a href="/wiki/European_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="European Constitution">European Constitution</a>, in a more concise and readable form than the one <a href="/wiki/French_referendum_on_EU_constitution,_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="French referendum on EU constitution, 2005">voted down by the French electorate</a> in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> in 2007, Bayrou said: "I am a democrat, I am a <a href="/wiki/Clintonism" title="Clintonism">Clintonian</a>, I am a man of the '<a href="/wiki/Third_way" class="mw-redirect" title="Third way">third way</a>'".<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He positioned himself as a centrist, although he has historic ties to the right. His platform emphasises job creation, improvement of educational standards, improved conditions in the troubled suburbs, reduced government spending, a balanced budget and a stronger European Union, with France as its <i>de facto</i> leader. He has also criticized China's protection of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sudan" title="Government of Sudan">Sudanese government</a> from <a href="/wiki/UN_Security_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="UN Security Council">UN Security Council</a> sanctions. Bayrou was highly critical of the <a href="/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_George_W._Bush_administration" title="Economic policy of the George W. Bush administration">American economic model under George Bush</a> and of the unregulated free market in general. He described the United States economic model as a "survival of the fittest" system, where it was often stated that money was people's only motivation, where higher education was too expensive, and where the middle class was shrinking.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bayrou criticized the Iraq war, saying it was "the cause of chaos" in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Francois_bayrou_close.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Francois_bayrou_close.jpg/170px-Francois_bayrou_close.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Francois_bayrou_close.jpg/255px-Francois_bayrou_close.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Francois_bayrou_close.jpg/340px-Francois_bayrou_close.jpg 2x" data-file-width="454" data-file-height="666" /></a><figcaption>François Bayrou in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>He criticized Nicolas Sarkozy's foreign policy, including the invitation of Libyan leader <a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a> for a week-long state visit to France and the signing of military cooperation agreements with Libya. </p><p>In 2009, he criticized statements by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> claiming that condoms promote AIDS. Bayrou called the remarks "unacceptable", adding that "the primary responsibility, particularly of Christians, is the defence of life...This is a continent in which tens of millions of women and men are dying."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He called for France to boycott the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a>, due to the <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_China" title="Human rights in China">poor human rights record in China</a> and <a href="/wiki/2008_Tibetan_unrest" title="2008 Tibetan unrest">political unrest in Tibet</a>. During a rally in Paris on 21 March he said that "if this drama does not stop, France would do itself credit by not coming to the Olympic Games", criticising China's opposition to sanctions against <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> over its involvement in the humanitarian crisis in <a href="/wiki/Darfur" title="Darfur">Darfur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bayrou is fluent in <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9arnese_dialect" title="Béarnese dialect">Béarnese</a> and often expresses his support for regionalism.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Governmental functions</dt></dl> <ul><li>Minister of National Education: 1993–1995.</li> <li>Minister of National Education, Higher education and Research: 1995–1997.</li> <li>Minister of Justice: 2017-2017</li></ul> <dl><dt>Electoral mandates</dt></dl> <p><i><b>European Parliament</b></i> </p> <ul><li>Member of <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>: 1999–2002 (Reelected member in the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of France">National Assembly of France</a> in 2002)</li></ul> <p><i><b>National Assembly of France</b></i> </p> <ul><li>Member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of France">National Assembly of France</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques%27_2nd_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyrénées-Atlantiques' 2nd constituency">Pyrénées-Atlantiques' 2nd constituency</a>: 1986–1993 (Became minister in 1993) / 1997–1999 (Became member of <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> in 1999) / 2002–2012. Elected in 1986, reelected in 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007. He lost his seat on 17 June 2012.</li></ul> <p><i><b>General Council</b></i> </p> <ul><li>President of the General Council of <a href="/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques" title="Pyrénées-Atlantiques">Pyrénées-Atlantiques</a>: 1992–2001. Reelected in 1994, 1998.</li> <li>General councillor of <a href="/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques" title="Pyrénées-Atlantiques">Pyrénées-Atlantiques</a>: 1982–2008. Reelected in 1988, 1994, 2001.</li></ul> <p><i><b>Municipal Council</b></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_(France)" title="Mayor (France)">Mayor</a> of Pau: since April 2014.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_council_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="City council (France)">Municipal councillor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pau,_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques" title="Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques">Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques</a>: 1983–1993 (Resignation) / Since 2008. Reelected in 1989, 2008, 2014.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Political functions</dt></dl> <ul><li>President of the <a href="/wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy" title="Union for French Democracy">Union for French Democracy</a>: 1998–2007.</li> <li>President of the <a href="/wiki/European_Democratic_Party" title="European Democratic Party">European Democratic Party</a>: since 2004.</li> <li>President of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_(France)" title="Democratic Movement (France)">Democratic Movement</a>: Since 2007.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTrevert2011" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Trevert, Émilie (3 November 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/bayrou-intime-03-11-2011-1395009_20.php">"Bayrou intime"</a>. <i>Le Point</i> (in French). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120209032713/http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/bayrou-intime-03-11-2011-1395009_20.php">Archived</a> from the original on 9 February 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Une dizaine d'employés du Modem étaient rémunérés comme assistants parlementaires européens"</a>. <i>Franceinfo</i> (in French). 8 June 2017. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170818224929/http://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/francois-bayrou/assistants-parlementaires-un-ex-salarie-du-modem-affirme-qu-il-a-beneficie-d-un-emploi-fictif_2227807.html">Archived</a> from the original on 18 August 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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La ministre des Affaires européennes, Marielle de Sarnez, quitte le gouvernement, dans la foulée du départ de François Bayrou"</a>. <i>Franceinfo</i> (in French). 21 June 2017. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170809203447/http://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/modem/assistants-parlementaires-du-modem/francois-bayrou-le-ministre-de-la-justice-annonce-qu-il-quitte-le-gouvernement-suivez-notre-direct_2246839.html">Archived</a> from the original on 9 August 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Euronews. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930231853/http://www.euronews.net/index.php?page=interview&article=410650&lng=2">Archived</a> from the original on 30 September 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 March</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Fran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou%3A+%22L%27Europe%2C+c%27est+pas+fait+pour+%C3%AAtre+mini%22&rft.pub=Euronews&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.euronews.net%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3Dinterview%26article%3D410650%26lng%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nytimes-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes_30-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Sciolino, Elaine. "A 'Neither/Nor' Candidate for President Alters the French Political Landscape", <i>The New York Times</i> (8 March 2007)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/le-pape-continue-de-choquer-19-03-2009-448330.php">"Le Parisien article"</a>. <i>Le Parisien</i>. 19 March 2009. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110717011109/http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/le-pape-continue-de-choquer-19-03-2009-448330.php">Archived</a> from the original on 17 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Alertnet.org. 22 March 2007. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070701174351/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22161580.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 1 July 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 June</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Reuters+AlertNet+%E2%80%93+Call+for+Olympic+boycott+stirs+up+pre-poll+France&rft.pub=Alertnet.org&rft.date=2007-03-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alertnet.org%2Fthenews%2Fnewsdesk%2FL22161580.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bayrou is the sole author unless other names are mentioned. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>La Décennie des mal-appris</i>. [Paris]: Flammarion. 1990. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-08-066472-7" title="Special:BookSources/2-08-066472-7"><bdi>2-08-066472-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=La+D%C3%A9cennie+des+mal-appris&rft.place=%5BParis%5D&rft.pub=Flammarion&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=2-08-066472-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span>, subject(s): Enseignement—Réforme—France—1970–, Éducation et État—France—1970–.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Le roi libre</i>. [Paris]: Flammarion. 1994. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-08-066821-8" title="Special:BookSources/2-08-066821-8"><bdi>2-08-066821-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Le+roi+libre&rft.place=%5BParis%5D&rft.pub=Flammarion&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=2-08-066821-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span> le Grand livre du mois 1994, subject(s): Henri IV (roi de France ; 1553–1610) – Biographies, France—1589–1610 (Henri IV).</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Le roi libre</i>. Paris: France loisirs. 1995. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-7242-8944-7" title="Special:BookSources/2-7242-8944-7"><bdi>2-7242-8944-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Le+roi+libre&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=France+loisirs&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=2-7242-8944-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLetamendia1995" class="citation book cs1">Letamendia, Pierre (1995). <i>Le Mouvement républicain populaire : le MRP : histoire d'un grand parti français</i>. Paris: Beauchesne. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-7010-1327-5" title="Special:BookSources/2-7010-1327-5"><bdi>2-7010-1327-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Le+Mouvement+r%C3%A9publicain+populaire+%3A+le+MRP+%3A+histoire+d%27un+grand+parti+fran%C3%A7ais&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Beauchesne&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=2-7010-1327-5&rft.aulast=Letamendia&rft.aufirst=Pierre&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span>, preface by François Bayrou.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Le droit au sens</i>. Paris: Flammarion. 1996. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-08-067204-5" title="Special:BookSources/2-08-067204-5"><bdi>2-08-067204-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Le+droit+au+sens&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Flammarion&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=2-08-067204-5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span>, le Grand livre du mois 1996, subject(s): Politique et éducation—France—1990–, France—Conditions sociales—1981–.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGelly1996" class="citation book cs1">Gelly, Violaine (1996). <i>François Bayrou : portrait</i>. [Étrépilly]: Bartillat. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-84100-048-6" title="Special:BookSources/2-84100-048-6"><bdi>2-84100-048-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou+%3A+portrait&rft.place=%5B%C3%89tr%C3%A9pilly%5D&rft.pub=Bartillat&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=2-84100-048-6&rft.aulast=Gelly&rft.aufirst=Violaine&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Le roi libre</i>. Paris: Éd. J'ai lu. 1996. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-277-24183-0" title="Special:BookSources/2-277-24183-0"><bdi>2-277-24183-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Le+roi+libre&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=%C3%89d.+J%27ai+lu&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=2-277-24183-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span>, series: J'ai lu 4183.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMichellandSéguy,_Philippe1996" class="citation book cs1">Michelland, Antoine; Séguy, Philippe (1996). <i>François Bayrou : "et si la Providence veut"</i>. Monaco ; [Paris]: Éd. du Rocher. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-268-02400-8" title="Special:BookSources/2-268-02400-8"><bdi>2-268-02400-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou+%3A+%22et+si+la+Providence+veut%22&rft.place=Monaco+%3B+%5BParis%5D&rft.pub=%C3%89d.+du+Rocher&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=2-268-02400-8&rft.aulast=Michelland&rft.aufirst=Antoine&rft.au=S%C3%A9guy%2C+Philippe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrance._Ministère_de_l'éducation_nationale,_de_l'enseignement_supérieur_et_de_la_recherche_(1995–1997)c._1996" class="citation book cs1">France. 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Paris: ONISEP.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Les+%C3%89tats+g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux+de+l%27Universit%C3%A9&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=ONISEP&rft.au=France.+Minist%C3%A8re+de+l%27%C3%A9ducation+nationale%2C+de+l%27enseignement+sup%C3%A9rieur+et+de+la+recherche+%281995%E2%80%931997%29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list">link</a>)</span>, preface by François Bayrou.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrance._Ministère_de_l'éducation_nationale,_de_l'enseignement_supérieur_et_de_la_recherche_(1995–1997)1996" class="citation book cs1">France. Ministère de l'éducation nationale, de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche (1995–1997) (1996). <i>Les États généraux de l'Université : intervention de François Bayrou, ministre de l'éducation nationale, de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, Grand amphithéâtre de la Sorbonne, 18 juin 1996</i>. 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[Paris]: Perrin jeunesse. 1998. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-262-01301-2" title="Special:BookSources/2-262-01301-2"><bdi>2-262-01301-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Henri+IV&rft.place=%5BParis%5D&rft.pub=Perrin+jeunesse&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=2-262-01301-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span>, subject(s): Henri IV (roi de France ; 1553–1610 ) – Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Ils portaient l'écharpe blanche : l'aventure des premiers réformés, des Guerres de religion à l'édit de Nantes, de la Révocation à la Révolution</i>. Paris: B. Grasset. 1998. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-246-55981-2" title="Special:BookSources/2-246-55981-2"><bdi>2-246-55981-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ils+portaient+l%27%C3%A9charpe+blanche+%3A+l%27aventure+des+premiers+r%C3%A9form%C3%A9s%2C+des+Guerres+de+religion+%C3%A0+l%27%C3%A9dit+de+Nantes%2C+de+la+R%C3%A9vocation+%C3%A0+la+R%C3%A9volution&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=B.+Grasset&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=2-246-55981-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Henri IV : le roi libre</i>. [Paris]: Flammarion. 1999. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-08-067725-X" title="Special:BookSources/2-08-067725-X"><bdi>2-08-067725-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Henri+IV+%3A+le+roi+libre&rft.place=%5BParis%5D&rft.pub=Flammarion&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=2-08-067725-X&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span>, le Grand livre du mois 1999.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBayrouPierre-Brossolette,_Sylvie1999" class="citation book cs1">Bayrou, François; Pierre-Brossolette, Sylvie (1999). <i>Hors des sentiers battus : entretiens avec Sylvie Pierre-Brossolette</i>. Paris: Hachette littératures. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-01-235258-8" title="Special:BookSources/2-01-235258-8"><bdi>2-01-235258-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hors+des+sentiers+battus+%3A+entretiens+avec+Sylvie+Pierre-Brossolette&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Hachette+litt%C3%A9ratures&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=2-01-235258-8&rft.aulast=Bayrou&rft.aufirst=Fran%C3%A7ois&rft.au=Pierre-Brossolette%2C+Sylvie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Ils portaient l'écharpe blanche : l'aventure des premiers réformés, des Guerres de religion à l'édit de Nantes, de la Révocation à la Révolution</i>. Paris: Librairie générale française. 2000. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-253-14779-6" title="Special:BookSources/2-253-14779-6"><bdi>2-253-14779-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ils+portaient+l%27%C3%A9charpe+blanche+%3A+l%27aventure+des+premiers+r%C3%A9form%C3%A9s%2C+des+Guerres+de+religion+%C3%A0+l%27%C3%A9dit+de+Nantes%2C+de+la+R%C3%A9vocation+%C3%A0+la+R%C3%A9volution&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Librairie+g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale+fran%C3%A7aise&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=2-253-14779-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span>, series: Le livre de poche 14779.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChaline2000" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Nadine-Josette_Chaline" title="Nadine-Josette Chaline">Chaline, Nadine-Josette</a> (2000). <i>Jean Lecanuet</i>. Paris: Beauchesne. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-7010-1405-0" title="Special:BookSources/2-7010-1405-0"><bdi>2-7010-1405-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jean+Lecanuet&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Beauchesne&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=2-7010-1405-0&rft.aulast=Chaline&rft.aufirst=Nadine-Josette&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span>, "témoignages de François Bayrou et de Dominique Baudis", series: Politiques & chrétiens 16.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>François Bayrou, Qui êtes-vous ? Que proposez-vous ?</i>. [Paris]: Archipel. 2001. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-84187-283-1" title="Special:BookSources/2-84187-283-1"><bdi>2-84187-283-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou%2C+Qui+%C3%AAtes-vous+%3F+Que+proposez-vous+%3F&rft.place=%5BParis%5D&rft.pub=Archipel&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=2-84187-283-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span>, series: L'Info. Citoyenne.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Relève</i>. [Paris]: Grasset. 2001. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-246-61821-5" title="Special:BookSources/2-246-61821-5"><bdi>2-246-61821-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rel%C3%A8ve&rft.place=%5BParis%5D&rft.pub=Grasset&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=2-246-61821-5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Oui : Plaidoyer pour la Constitution européenne</i>. [Paris]: Plon. 2005. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-259-20183-0" title="Special:BookSources/2-259-20183-0"><bdi>2-259-20183-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oui+%3A+Plaidoyer+pour+la+Constitution+europ%C3%A9enne&rft.place=%5BParis%5D&rft.pub=Plon&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=2-259-20183-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Au nom du Tiers-État</i>. [Paris]: Hachette. October 2006. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-01-237250-3" title="Special:BookSources/2-01-237250-3"><bdi>2-01-237250-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Au+nom+du+Tiers-%C3%89tat&rft.place=%5BParis%5D&rft.pub=Hachette&rft.date=2006-10&rft.isbn=2-01-237250-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Projet d'Espoir</i>. [Paris]: Plon. March 2007. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-259-20162-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-259-20162-9"><bdi>978-2-259-20162-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Projet+d%27Espoir&rft.place=%5BParis%5D&rft.pub=Plon&rft.date=2007-03&rft.isbn=978-2-259-20162-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFran%C3%A7ois+Bayrou" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i>Abus de pouvoir</i>, [Paris] Plon, 2009 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-259-20876-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-259-20876-5">978-2-259-20876-5</a></li> <li><i>2012, Etat d'urgence</i>, [Paris] Plon, 2011 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-259-21661-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-259-21661-6">978-2-259-21661-6</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayrou&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output 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title="commons:François Bayrou"><span style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">François Bayrou</span></a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bayrou.fr">bayrou.fr – Campaign Website</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lesdemocrates.fr">lesdemocrates.fr – Website of Bayrou's party</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080107070943/http://www.france-democrate.fr/">france-democrate.fr – Website on the Democratic Movement</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/bayrou">bayrou.fr – Video Channel on YouTube</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217230110/http://lesdemocratesameriquedunord.com/">Archived</a> 17 December 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Website of Bayrou's party in North America)</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lang_(French_politician)" title="Jack Lang (French politician)">Jack Lang</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Education_(France)" title="Ministry of National Education (France)">Minister of National Education</a> </b><br />1993–1997 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Claude_All%C3%A8gre" title="Claude Allègre">Claude Allègre</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Urvoas" title="Jean-Jacques Urvoas">Jean-Jacques Urvoas</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(France)" title="Ministry of Justice (France)">Minister of Justice</a> </b><br />2017 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Belloubet" title="Nicole Belloubet">Nicole Belloubet</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_L%C3%A9otard" title="François Léotard">François Léotard</a></div> </td> <td 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style="width:1%">Winner</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Hollande" title="François Hollande">François Hollande</a> (<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(France)" title="Socialist Party (France)">PS</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/2012_Fran%C3%A7ois_Hollande_presidential_campaign" title="2012 François Hollande presidential campaign">campaign</a></i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lost in <a href="/wiki/Two-round_system" title="Two-round system">runoff</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy" title="Nicolas Sarkozy">Nicolas Sarkozy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement" title="Union for a Popular Movement">UMP</a>; incumbent)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Le_Pen" title="Marine Le Pen">Marine Le Pen</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Rally" title="National Rally">FN</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/2012_Marine_Le_Pen_presidential_campaign" title="2012 Marine Le Pen presidential campaign">campaign</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_M%C3%A9lenchon" title="Jean-Luc Mélenchon">Jean-Luc Mélenchon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(France)" title="Left Front (France)">FG</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">François Bayrou</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_(France)" title="Democratic Movement (France)">MoDem</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eva_Joly" title="Eva Joly">Eva Joly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Europe_Ecology_%E2%80%93_The_Greens" class="mw-redirect" title="Europe Ecology – The Greens">EELV</a>; <i><a 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lost in <a href="/wiki/Two-round_system" title="Two-round system">runoff</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9gol%C3%A8ne_Royal" title="Ségolène Royal">Ségolène Royal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(France)" title="Socialist Party (France)">PS</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">François Bayrou</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy" title="Union for French Democracy">UDF</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Le_Pen" title="Jean-Marie Le Pen">Jean-Marie Le Pen</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/National_Front_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Front (France)">FN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Besancenot" title="Olivier Besancenot">Olivier Besancenot</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_League_(France)" title="Revolutionary Communist League (France)">LCR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_de_Villiers" title="Philippe de Villiers">Philippe de Villiers</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Movement_for_France" title="Movement for France">MPF</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie-George_Buffet" title="Marie-George Buffet">Marie-George Buffet</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/French_Communist_Party" title="French Communist Party">PCF</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Voynet" title="Dominique Voynet">Dominique Voynet</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/The_Greens_(France)" title="The Greens (France)">LV</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlette_Laguiller" title="Arlette Laguiller">Arlette Laguiller</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Lutte_Ouvri%C3%A8re" title="Lutte Ouvrière">LO</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bov%C3%A9" title="José Bové">José Bové</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Miscellaneous_left" title="Miscellaneous left">miscellaneous left</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Nihous" title="Frédéric Nihous">Frédéric Nihous</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hunting,_Fishing,_Nature_and_Traditions" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions">CPNT</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Schivardi" title="Gérard Schivardi">Gérard Schivardi</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Workers' Party (France)">PT</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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Chirac</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Rally_for_the_Republic" title="Rally for the Republic">RPR</a>; incumbent)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lost in <a href="/wiki/Two-round_system" title="Two-round system">runoff</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Le_Pen" title="Jean-Marie Le Pen">Jean-Marie Le Pen</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/National_Front_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Front (France)">FN</a>)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Jospin" title="Lionel Jospin">Lionel Jospin</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(France)" title="Socialist Party (France)">PS</a>)</small></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">François Bayrou</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy" title="Union for French Democracy">UDF</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlette_Laguiller" title="Arlette Laguiller">Arlette Laguiller</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Struggle" class="mw-redirect" title="Workers' Struggle">LO</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Chev%C3%A8nement" title="Jean-Pierre Chevènement">Jean-Pierre Chevènement</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Citizen_and_Republican_Movement" title="Citizen and Republican Movement">MDC</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Mam%C3%A8re" title="Noël Mamère">Noël Mamère</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/The_Greens_(France)" title="The Greens (France)">LV</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Besancenot" title="Olivier Besancenot">Olivier Besancenot</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_League_(France)" title="Revolutionary Communist League (France)">LCR</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Saint-Josse" title="Jean Saint-Josse">Jean Saint-Josse</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Hunting,_Fishing,_Nature,_Traditions" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions">CPNT</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alain_Madelin" title="Alain Madelin">Alain Madelin</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democracy_(France)" title="Liberal Democracy (France)">DL</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hue" title="Robert Hue">Robert Hue</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/French_Communist_Party" title="French Communist Party">PCF</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_M%C3%A9gret" title="Bruno Mégret">Bruno Mégret</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Movement" title="National Republican Movement">MNR</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christiane_Taubira" title="Christiane Taubira">Christiane Taubira</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Radical_Party_of_the_Left" title="Radical Party of the Left">PRG</a>)</small></li> <li><a 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