{{Short description|French politician (1937–2014)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jacques Barrot | image = Jacques Barrot 2004 (cropped).jpg | caption = Barrot in 2004 | office = [[European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom & Security]] | president = [[José Manuel Barroso]] | term_start = 9 May 2008 | term_end = 9 February 2010 | predecessor = [[Franco Frattini]] | successor = [[Viviane Reding]] {{small|(Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship)}}<br/>[[Cecilia Malmström]] {{small|(Home Affairs)}} | office1 = [[European Commissioner for Transport]] | president1 = [[José Manuel Barroso]] | term_start1 = 22 November 2004 | term_end1 = 9 May 2008 | predecessor1 = [[Loyola de Palacio]] {{small|(Energy and Transport)}} | successor1 = [[Antonio Tajani]] | office2 = [[European Commissioner for Regional Policy]] | president2 = [[Romano Prodi]] | term_start2 = 1 April 2004 | term_end2 = 22 November 2004 | predecessor2 = [[Michel Barnier]] | successor2 = [[Danuta Hübner]] | office3 = Member of the [[Constitutional Council (France)|Constitutional Council]] | term_start3 = 12 March 2010 | term_end3 = 3 December 2014 | appointer3 = [[Bernard Accoyer]] | president3 = [[Jean-Louis Debré]] | predecessor3 = [[Pierre Joxe]] | successor3 = [[Lionel Jospin]] | office4 = [[Minister of Labour (France)|Minister of Labour]] | term_start4 = 18 May 1995 | term_end4 = 2 June 1997 | president4 = [[Jacques Chirac]] | prime_minister4 = [[Alain Juppé]] | predecessor4 = [[Michel Giraud]] | successor4 = [[Martine Aubry]] | office5 = [[Minister of Health (France)|Minister of Health]] | term_start5 = 4 July 1979 | term_end5 = 13 May 1981 | president5 = [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] | prime_minister5 = [[Raymond Barre]] | predecessor5 = [[Simone Veil]] | successor5 = [[Edmond Hervé]] | office6 = Member of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] for [[Haute-Loire's 1st constituency]] | term_start6 = 1 January 1997 | term_end6 = 4 July 2004 | predecessor6 = [[Serge Monnier]] | successor6 = [[Laurent Wauquiez]] | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1937|02|03}} | birth_place = [[Yssingeaux]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|12|03|1937|02|03}} | death_place = [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], France | children = 3, including [[Jean-Noël Barrot]] | alma_mater = [[Aix-Marseille University]]<br/>[[Sciences Po]] | party = [[Union for French Democracy|UDF]] {{small|(before 2002)}}<br/>[[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]] {{small|(2002–2014)}} }}
'''Jacques Barrot''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒak baʁo}}; 3 February 1937 – 3 December 2014) was a French politician who served in the [[European Commission]] as Commissioner for [[European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom & Security|Justice, Freedom and Security]] (2008–2010), Commissioner for Transport (2004–2008) and Commissioner for Regional Policy (2004). He was also one of the vice-presidents of the [[Barroso Commission]]. In France, he held several ministerial posts and was later a member of the [[Constitutional Council (France)|Constitutional Council]] from 2010 until his death in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jacques Barrot|url=https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/membres/jacques-barrot|website=Conseil constitutionnel|language=fr|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Barrot Jacques|url=https://francearchives.gouv.fr/findingaid/0886d7ec360fc5a7ac26b99bd4aff755f4dd097a|website=FranceArchives|language=fr|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref>
==European Commissioner== Barrot joined the [[Prodi Commission]] in April 2004 as Commissioner for Regional Policy, before moving in November 2004 to become Commissioner for Transport and a vice-president in the first [[Barroso Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jacques Barrot – Green Paper on Urban Transport (SPEECH/07/339)|url=https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/de/SPEECH_07_339|website=European Commission – Press corner|date=23 May 2007|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref> In May 2008, following Franco Frattini’s departure from the Commission, Barrot took over the [[Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security|Justice, Freedom and Security]] portfolio. On 18 June 2008 the European Parliament held hearings on the reshuffle and approved the related changes; on the same day MEPs also voted to appoint [[Antonio Tajani]] as Transport Commissioner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=European Parliament approves Jacques Barrot as Justice, Freedom and Security Commissioner|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/presse/pr_info/2008/EN/03A-DV-PRESSE_IPR(2008)06-16(31796)_EN.pdf|website=European Parliament – Press|date=18 June 2008|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=New Italian Commissioner 'not pocketable by any lobby'|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/new-italian-commissioner-not-pocketable-by-any-lobby/|website=Euractiv|date=18 June 2008|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref> He remained Commissioner until February 2010, when the second Barroso Commission took office and the portfolio was split between [[Viviane Reding]] (Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship) and [[Cecilia Malmström]] (Home Affairs).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual Report 2008 – Visits|url=https://www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/echr/annual_report_2008_eng|website=European Court of Human Rights|date=2008|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref>
==National politics== Barrot served several terms as a deputy for [[Haute-Loire]] (1967–1974, 1981–1995, 1997–2004) and presided over the Haute-Loire General Council (1976–2001). He was Minister of Health (1979–1981) and Minister of Labour (1995–1997).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jacques Barrot – fiche parlementaire|url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/439|website=Assemblée nationale – Sycomore|language=fr|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Barrot Jacques|url=https://francearchives.gouv.fr/findingaid/0886d7ec360fc5a7ac26b99bd4aff755f4dd097a|website=FranceArchives|language=fr|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref>
==Conviction and amnesty== In 2000 Barrot received an eight-month suspended sentence for illegal party funding related to the [[Centre of Social Democrats|CDS]]; the sentence concerned acts covered by a 1995 presidential amnesty, which expunged the conviction under French law.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Barrot survives call to quit|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/france.eu|work=The Guardian|agency=Reuters|date=26 November 2004|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Repères|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2004/11/24/reperes_4305693_1819218.html|work=Le Monde|date=24 November 2004|language=fr|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref> The European Parliament’s legal service accepted that he was not legally required to disclose an amnestied conviction during his 2004 hearing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barrot cleared by Parliament's legal service|url=https://euobserver.com/eu-political/20625|website=EUobserver|date=25 November 2004|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Barrot cleared by Parliament's legal service|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/barrot-cleared-by-parliament-s-legal-service/|website=Euractiv|date=25 November 2004|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref> This came after the [[UK Independence Party]] leader [[Nigel Farage]] revealed the conviction in a statement in the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Gow | first1=David | title=Ukip stokes row over Barroso deputy | work=The Guardian | date=20 November 2004 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/20/eu.politics }}</ref>
==Constitutional Council and death== Barrot was appointed to the [[Constitutional Council (France)|Constitutional Council]] on 12 March 2010 and served until his death on 3 December 2014 in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jacques Barrot|url=https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/membres/jacques-barrot|website=Conseil constitutionnel|language=fr|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=L'homme politique français Jacques Barrot est mort|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2014/12/03/la-classe-politique-rend-hommage-a-l-humaniste-jacques-barrot_4533543_3382.html|work=Le Monde|date=3 December 2014|language=fr|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Déclaration du Président Jean-Claude Juncker à la suite du décès de Jacques Barrot (STATEMENT/14/2353)|url=https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/fr/statement_14_2353|website=European Commission – Press corner|date=3 December 2014|language=fr|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref>
==Honours== * Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]] (2011).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barrot Jacques|url=https://francearchives.gouv.fr/findingaid/0886d7ec360fc5a7ac26b99bd4aff755f4dd097a|website=FranceArchives|language=fr|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|url=https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/membres/jacques-barrot|name=Jacques Barrot – Conseil constitutionnel}} * {{Official website|url=https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/de/SPEECH_07_339|name=Speech as Vice-President (Transport), European Commission}}
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