Career
Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer of the Société Nouvelle des Éditions Comtoises (SNEC), a publisher of weekly newspapers and journals. He is a journalist by training. He has been mayor of Vesoul since 1995 and senator of Franche-Comté from 1995 to 2002.
At the end of March 2010 Joyandet made headlines for spending 116,500 euros of taxpayers" money chartering a private jet to fly him to Martinique to an international conference on Haiti and back to Paris.
On 4 July 2010, he resigned his government post, the same day as Christian Blanc, Secretary of State for Development of the capital region. The French press had reported the suspected misuse of public money by the two ministers.
Alain Joyandet was accused of renting a private jet to € 116,500 to travel to Martinique, where he was to attend an international conference for reconstruction after the earthquake of Haiti. An article in the Canard Enchaîné also suspected of having received an illegal building permit for his house of Grimaud, which he abandoned shortly after.
Governmental functions
Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony: 2008-2010 (Resignation on 4 July 2010).
Electoral mandates
Senate of France
National Assembly of France
Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007. Regional Council
Leader of the Opposition in the Regional Council: march-July 2010. Regional councillor of Franche-Comté: march-July 2010 (Resignation).
General Council
General councillor of Haute-Saône: 1992-2002 (Resignation).
Reelected in 1998. Municipal Council
Mayor of Vesoul: since 1995. Reelected in 2001, 2008.
Municipal councillor of Vesoul: since 1989. Reelected in 1995, 2001, 2008.