Background
BLANC, Jacques was born on October 21, 1939 in Rodez, Aveyron, France. Parents: Pierre Blanc and Henriette Blanc (née Bastide).
BLANC, Jacques was born on October 21, 1939 in Rodez, Aveyron, France. Parents: Pierre Blanc and Henriette Blanc (née Bastide).
Saint-Gabriel School, Saint-Affrique. Sainte-Marie School, Riom. Faculty of Medicine, Toulouse, doctor of medicine, diploma in neuropsychiatry, occupational medicine, applied sports biology.
Mayor of La Canourgue, 1971 -. Departmental Councillor for Lozère, 1970-1988. Chairman of Lozère Departmental Tourist Office, 1971 -.
Deputy for Lozère, 2nd constituency: Marvejols, Saint-Chély, 1973, re-elected 1978, 1981, 1986 and 1988, registered member of Independent Republican Group. Vice-Chairman of National Assembly, 1985-1986. Member of Parliamentary Delegation for French Radio and Television Broadcasting.
1974; member of Parliamentary Action and Proposition Group for Transformation of French Society, since 1978. Chairman of Commission on Reduction of Inequalities in Holiday and Leisure Entitlements, 1977. Secretary of State to Minister of Agriculture, under Raymond Barre, 1977-1978.
Secretary-General of Republican Party, 1978-1982. Vice-Chairman of Union for French Democracy, 1978. Chairman of Association of Mayors and representatives of Lozère.
Member, since 1973, and Chairman of Regional Council for Languedoc-Roussillon and of National Association of Regional Representatives (Aner), since 1986. Pres, of National Federation of Regional Tourism Committees, since 1988. Non-resident medical student, Toulouse hospitals, 1959, houseman, Toulouse psychiatric hospitals, 1962.
Medical practitioner. La Canourgue, 1966-1973. Specialist neuropsychiatrist working with severely handicapped, since 1966.
Founder and Director of Booz Centre for severely handicapped adults, since 1972.
Catholic
His final mandate proved controversial, as the Socialist Party won more seats (although short of an absolute majority) in the 1998 elections for the regional council than Blanc"s Rassemblement pour la République (Rally for the Republic) list: Blanc had to rely on the votes of the far-right National Front councillors to remain president
He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (Universiti Malaysia Pahang).
Spouse Françoise Guillon, 1963. Children: Christine, JeanFrançois, Pierre, Camille.