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Alain Carignon | |
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 A conservative French politician | |
| Mayor of Grenoble | |
| In office 1983–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Hubert Dudebout |
| Succeeded by | Michel Destot |
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| Born | 23 February 1949 Vizille, France |
| Political party | Rally for the Republic |
Alain Carignon (born 23 February 1949 in Vizille (Isère), is a conservative French politician. From 1986 to 1995, he was deputy to the National Assembly, before becoming a junior minister in charge of environmental issues in the second Chirac government; in 1986 he proposed legislation against major radioactive risks.[1] He then became minister in charge of media and telecommunication in the Balladur government.,[2] but had to resign from that position when his indictment for corruption became inevitable. He was later sentenced to a 4 years jail term, and made unelectable for a further 5 years. He served 29 months of his jail sentence, the longest to date for a French politician convicted of corruption.
He returned to political activity in 2002 at the end of his unelectability term,[3] and has since unsuccessfully run for several elected positions.
- ^ Le Quotidien de Paris Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, 22 July 1986
- ^ "vie-publique.fr". Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
- ^ « Les fantômes d'Alain Carignon », Le Canard enchaîné, 6 October 2010, p. 2