Background
CHARASSE, Michel Joseph was born on July 8, 1941 in Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, France. Parents: Martial Charasse and Lucie Charasse (née Castellani).
CHARASSE, Michel Joseph was born on July 8, 1941 in Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, France. Parents: Martial Charasse and Lucie Charasse (née Castellani).
Blaise-Pascal High School, Clermont-Ferrand. First degree in law; Institute of Political Studies, Paris, diploma.
Central administrative attaché, 1965-1976, principal attaché. 1976, Ministry of Economy and Finance, on detachment to Urban Community of Lille, 1973-1981. Mayor of Puy-Guillaume, Puy-deDôme, since 1977.
General Secretary of Puy-de-Dôme Mayors’ Association, since 1978. Regional Councillor for Auvergne. 1979-1987; general spokesman for Regional Council budget, 1979-1986.
Council member. University of Clermont-I, 1979-1986. Adviser to General Secretary, Office of the President of the Republic, 1981. Adviser to President of the Republic, 1982.
Senator for Puy-de-Dôme, replacing Roger Quilliot on his entry to government, 1981. Elected Senator, 1983. Minister Delegate to Minister of State for Economy, Finance and the Budget, responsible for the Budget, 1988-1992.
Minister for the Budget, 1992. Elected Senator, September since 1992.
Socialist Party, French Section of the Workers" International.
He represents the Puy-de-Dôme department, and is a member of the European Democratic and Social Rally. On February 24, 2010, The French president Nicolas Sarkozy nominated him as a member of the Constitutional Council of France.
Spouse Danièle Bas, 1978.