Éric Besson

1958 -

country of citizenship: France

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: Sciences Po, Montpellier Business School, Lycée Lyautey

occupation: politician, liberal profession

position held: member of the French National Assembly, Mayor of Donzère, conseiller communautaire de Drôme Sud Provence, conseiller municipal de Donzère

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Éric Besson (born 2 April 1958 in Marrakesh) is a French politician and businessman. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Minister of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Co-Development in the government of François Fillon. He left the Socialist Party (PS) during the first round of the 2007 presidential elections to found The Progressives, a social democratic affiliate party of Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). He has been Deputy Secretary-General of the UMP since 2009. In 2012, Besson established a strategy consulting firm, Eric Besson Consulting, advising international industry and energy firms. Source: Wikipedia (en)