Career
Head of the office of Michel Poniatowski, Secretary-General of the Independent Republicans (1969)
Special adviser to Michel d"Ornano, Secretary-General of the Independent Republicans (1973)
National secretary of the Independent Republicans, then of the Republican Party, with responsibility for relations with the press and internal information (1976)
Secretary-General of the "Perspectives et Réalités" clubs (1990–1993)
Chairman of the Union for French Democracy Group on the Île-de-France Regional Council (1992–1995)
First Vice-Chairman of the Île-de-France Regional Council (1995–1998)
Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Development|Committee on Development and Cooperation.
