Background
COUANAU, René Marcel Jean Marie Parents: Robert Couanau and Marie Couanau (née Thomas).
COUANAU, René Marcel Jean Marie Parents: Robert Couanau and Marie Couanau (née Thomas).
Saint-Malo College; Faculty of Letters, Grenoble, first degree in literature. National School of Administration, 1966-1968.
Civil administrator. Ministry of the Interior, on detachment as Sub-prefect, Principal Private Secretary to Prefect of Sarthe, 1968-1971. Principal Private Secretary to Governor of French Polynesia, 1971-1975. Principal Private Secretary to Pierre Mazeaud, Secretary of State for Youth and Sport, 1975, to Christian Beullac, Minister of Labour, then Minister of Education, 1976-1978.
Director of Schools, 1978-1981. General Administration Inspector, Ministry of Education, 198I-. 1st Deputy Mayor of Saint-Malo, since 1983.
Regional Councillor for Brittany, since 1983. Deputy UDF-CDS for Ille-et-Vilaine, replacing Pierre Méhaignerie on his entry to government, 1986-1988. Deputy, Centrist Union, for Ille-et-Vilaine, elected since 1988.
Spouse Leila Khaled-Khodja, 1959. Children: Ludmilla.