Gilles de Robien


Le vicomte Gilles de Robien is a French politician and former government minister.
The son of Count Jean de Robien by his wife Éliane :fr:Familles subsistantes de la noblesse française |Le Mesre de Pas, he is descended from the noble Breton family :fr:Robien|de Robien.
In 1989, De Robien was elected Mayor of Amiens, being re-elected for two further terms. However, in the French municipal elections of 2008, he was defeated by :fr:Gilles Demailly|Gilles Demailly of the French Socialist Party.
De Robien served as French Minister for Education from August 2005 to May 2007, and as a Deputy from 1996 to 2007.

Political career

Government offices
Minister for Transport : 2002–2005.
Minister for National Education : 2005–2007.
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
Vice-President of the National Assembly of France : 1993–1998.
Member of the National Assembly of France for the Somme : 1986–2002. Elected in 1986.
Regional Council
Regional Councillor of Picardy : 1992–2004. Re-elected in 1998.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Amiens : 1989–2002 / 2007–2008. Re-elected in 1995, 2001, 2007.
Deputy Mayor of Amiens : 2002–2007.
City Councillor of Amiens : 1989–2008. Re-elected in 1995, 2001.
Agglomeration Community Council
President of the Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole : 1994–2008. Re-elected in 1995, 2001.
Member of the Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole : 1994–2008. Re-elected in 1995, 2001.

Honours