Background
Jean-François Copé was born in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine.
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Jean-François Copé was born in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine.
Following his graduation in 1989 (ENA - National School of Administration), he joined the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations until 1991. He then worked as head of cabinet for the CEO at Dexia, while teaching Local Economy and Finance at Science-Po. In 1993, he got involved in politics within RPR. In 1997, he came back to teaching as an Associate Professor of Economy and Finance at Paris 8 University, up until 2002. He also returned to the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations between 1997 and 1999, before joining the supervisory board of Dexia from 2000 to 2002.
After serving in various political roles in the RPR and the Balladur government, he became spokesperson for the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin in 2002. On 24 November 2004, he became Minister of the Budget and spokesperson for the government in the Raffarin III government; he was renewed in this function in the following Villepin government. Following the 2007 parliamentary election, he became leader of the UMP parliamentary group in the 13th Legislature.
In 1995, he became Mayor of Meaux at 35, and was reelected in 2001 and 2008. Because of his nomination in the government in 2002, he had to step down in favor of Ange Anziani. Nonetheless, he took back the office in 2005 after Anziani's resignation. He was also regional councillor of Ile-de-France from 1998 to 2007 and was list leader of the UMP-UDF in Ile-de-France in the 2004 regional elections.
He became deputy of the 5th constituency of Seine-et-Marne in 1995, following the nomination of the incumbent to the Juppé government. However, he was defeated in 1997 by a Socialist candidate in a difficult RPR-PS-FN three-way second round race. In 2002, he was elected in the 6th constituency. He was re-elected there by the first round in 2007, becoming President of the UMP Group in the French National Assembly at the same time.
In November 2010, he became General Secretary of the Union for a Popular Movement. He declared himself a candidate for the presidency of the UMP in August 2012.
President of the Union for a Popular Movement Group in the National Assembly : 2007–2010 (Resignation)
He was married twice: Valérie Ducuing (m. 1991; d. 2007) and Nadia D'Alincourt (m. 2011)