# Luc Chatel > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Luc_Chatel > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Luc_Chatel.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Chatel > Source revision: 1349510839 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|French politician (born 1964)}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=February 2011}} {{Expand French|topic=gov|date=February 2017}} }} {{infobox officeholder | name = Luc Chatel | image = Luc Chatel par Claude Truong-Ngoc août 2015.jpg | caption = Luc Chatel in 2015 | office = [Minister of National Education](/source/Minister_of_National_Education_(France)) | term_start = 23 June 2009 | term_end = 16 May 2012 | president = [Nicolas Sarkozy](/source/Nicolas_Sarkozy) | prime_minister = [François Fillon](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Fillon) | predecessor = [Xavier Darcos](/source/Xavier_Darcos) | successor = [Vincent Peillon](/source/Vincent_Peillon) | office2 = [Government Spokespeople](/source/List_of_Government_spokesperson_of_France) | term_start2 = 18 March 2008 | term_end2 = 13 November 2010 | president2 = [Nicolas Sarkozy](/source/Nicolas_Sarkozy) | prime_minister2 = [François Fillon](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Fillon) | predecessor2 = [Laurent Wauquiez](/source/Laurent_Wauquiez) | successor2 = [François Baroin](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Baroin) | office3 = Member of the [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(France))
for [Haute-Marne's 1st constituency](/source/Haute-Marne's_1st_constituency) | term_start3 = 19 June 2012 | term_end3 = 19 June 2017 | predecessor3 = [Sophie Delong](/source/Sophie_Delong) | successor3 = [Bérangère Abba](/source/B%C3%A9rang%C3%A8re_Abba) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|08|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Bethesda, Maryland](/source/Bethesda%2C_Maryland), U.S. | education = [Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague](/source/Lyc%C3%A9e_Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague) | alma_mater = [University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne](/source/University_of_Paris_1_Panth%C3%A9on-Sorbonne) | party = [UMP](/source/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement)
[The Republicans](/source/The_Republicans_(France)) }} '''Luc-Marie Chatel''' ({{IPA|fr|lyk maʁi ʃatɛl|lang}}) (born 15 August 1964) is a [French politician](/source/Politics_of_France) of the [Republicans](/source/The_Republicans_(France)) (LR) who served as [Minister of National Education](/source/Minister_of_National_Education_(France)) in the [government](/source/Third_Fillon_government) of [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_France) [François Fillon](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Fillon) from June 2009 to May 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/malgre-la-prise-d-otages-le-ministre-de-l-education-luc-chatel-ne-veut-pas-d-ecole-bunker-14-12-2010-1274891_23.php|title=Malgré la prise d'otages, le ministre de l'Éducation Luc Chatel ne veut pas "d'école-bunker", actualité Société : Le Point|date=14 December 2010|work=[Le Point](/source/Le_Point)|language=French|accessdate=18 February 2011}} In 2014, he served as the acting chair of the [Union for a Popular Movement](/source/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement) (UMP).Benjamin Mallet and Laurence Frost (22 June 2014), [https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-alstom-ge-deal-idUKKBN0EX0U820140622 France secures Alstom stake option ahead of GE tie-up] ''[Reuters](/source/Reuters)''.Bruno Jeudy (10 June 2014), [https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/UMP-le-triumvirat-prend-la-direction-provisoire-avec-Chatel-671068 UMP : le triumvirat prend la direction provisoire avec Chatel] ''[Le Journal du Dimanche](/source/Le_Journal_du_Dimanche)''. Also, Chatel served as the [Secretary of state](/source/Secretary_of_state) for [Consumer Affairs](/source/Consumer_Affairs) and [Tourism](/source/Tourism) from June 2007 to March 2008, and [Government's Spokesman](/source/List_of_Government_spokespeople_of_France) from June 2009 until November 2010. ==Political career== '''Governmental functions''' * Minister of National Education, Youth and Voluntary : 2010–2012. * Minister of National Education, government's spokesman : 2009–2010. * Secretary of State for Industry and Consumer Affairs, government's spokesman : 2008–2009. * Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs and Tourism : 2007–2008. '''Electoral mandates''' '''''National Assembly of France''''' * Member of the [National Assembly of France](/source/National_Assembly_of_France) for [Haute-Marne](/source/Haute-Marne) (1st constituency) : 2002-2007 (Became Secretary of State in 2007) / 2012–2017. Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007, 2012. '''''Regional Council''''' * Vice-president of the Regional Council of [Champagne-Ardenne](/source/Champagne-Ardenne) : 1998–2004. * Regional councillor of [Champagne-Ardenne](/source/Champagne-Ardenne) : 1998–2010. Reelected in 2004. '''''Municipal Council''''' * [Mayor](/source/Mayor_(France)) of [Chaumont](/source/Chaumont%2C_Haute-Marne) : 2008-2013 (Resignation). * [Municipal councillor](/source/Municipal_council_(France)) of Chaumont : 1996-2002 (Resignation). 2008–2014. Reelected in 2001, 2008. * Municipal councillor of [Bayard-sur-Marne](/source/Bayard-sur-Marne) : 1993–1995. '''''Community of Communes Council''''' * President of the Communes Community of the Pays chaumontais : 200–2014. * Member of the Communes Community of the Pays chaumontais : 2008–2014. '''Political function''' * Spokesman of the [Union for a Popular Movement](/source/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement) : 2002–2007. ==Political positions== Within the UMP, Chatel initially was part of [Les Réformateurs](/source/The_Reformers), the party’s liberal wing. From August 2012, Chatel – alongside [Jean-Pierre Raffarin](/source/Jean-Pierre_Raffarin), [Jean Leonetti](/source/Jean_Leonetti) and [Marc Laffineur](/source/Marc_Laffineur) – led ''[Modern and Humanist France](/source/Modern_and_Humanist_France)'' (''France moderne et humaniste''), a recognized [movement](/source/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement) within the UMP. In the UMP's [2012 leadership election](/source/2012_Union_for_a_Popular_Movement_leadership_election), he endorsed [Jean-François Copé](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Cop%C3%A9).James Regan (26 August 2012), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-ump-idUSBRE87P03120120826 Cope takes on Fillon in race to lead France's UMP] ''[Reuters](/source/Reuters)''. Ahead of the [Republicans](/source/The_Republicans_(France))’ [2016 primaries](/source/2016_The_Republicans_(France)_presidential_primary), Chatel endorsed [Nicolas Sarkozy](/source/Nicolas_Sarkozy) as the party’s candidate for [2017 presidential elections](/source/2017_French_presidential_election).Ludovic Vigogne (20 April 2016), [https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/primaire-a-droite-la-liste-des-premiers-soutiens-parlementaires Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires] ''[L’Opinion](/source/L'Opinion_(French_newspaper))''.Ingrid Melander and Sophie Loue (2 November 2016), [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN12X2AA France's Sarkozy steps up attacks on Juppe, lags in polls] ''[Reuters](/source/Reuters)''. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101231192829/http://www.gouvernement.fr/gouvernement/luc-chatel Official biography at the Government of France] {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[Xavier Darcos](/source/Xavier_Darcos)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Minister of National Education](/source/Minister_of_National_Education_(France))|years=2009–2012}} {{s-aft|after=[Vincent Peillon](/source/Vincent_Peillon)}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{Union for a Popular Movement}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatel, Luc}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:People from Montgomery County, Maryland Category:Liberal Democracy (France) politicians Category:The Republicans (France) politicians Category:Modern and Humanist France Category:Ministers of national education of France Category:Secretaries of state of France Category:Government spokespersons of France Category:Mayors of places in Grand Est Category:Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Category:Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Category:Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour Category:Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Luc Chatel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Chatel) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Chatel?action=history)). 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