Background
BARROT, Jacques was born in Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire, France. Parents: Noél Barrot and Marthe Barrot (née Pivot).
Secretary-General Centre des Democrats Sociaux
BARROT, Jacques was born in Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire, France. Parents: Noél Barrot and Marthe Barrot (née Pivot).
Yssingeaux College; Faculty of Law, Paris, first degree. Diploma in sociology. Institute of Political Studies, Paris, diploma.
Deputy for Haute-Loire, 1st constituency. Le Puy S.E. Yssingeaux, 1967-1974 (Union Centrist Group). Vice-Chairman of Commission for Cultural, Family and Social Issues, National Assembly, 1973-1974.
Secretary of State to Minister of Infrastructure, with responsibility for housing under Jacques Chirac, 1974-1976 and Raymond Barre, 1976-1978. Re-elected Deputy for Haute-Loire, 1978, gave up seat to Roger Foumeyron. Minister for Trade and Crafts, 1978-1979, Minister for Health and Social Security, 1979-1981, both under Raymond Barre.
Chairman of Commission for Cultural, Family and Social Issues, since 1986. Departmental Councillor for Yssingeaux, since 1974. Chairman of Departmental Council for Haute-Loire, since 1976.
Chairman of Haute-Loire Department Tourism Council, since 1971. Chairman of Committee for Expansion of Haute-Loire. Secretary-General of Social Democratic Centre, 1976-1977 and since 1984.
Re-elected Deputy for Haute-Loire, 1981, 1986 and 1988. Chairman of Parliamentary Association for Educational Liberty, since 1981.
Spouse Florence Cattani, 1982. Children: Jean-Noèl, Hélène.
