Christine Boutin

Christine Boutin
President of the Christian Democratic Party
In office
20 June 2009 – 10 July 2013
Succeeded byJean-Frédéric Poisson
Minister of Housing and Urban Development
In office
18 May 2007 – 23 June 2009
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Preceded byNathalie Kosciusko-Morizet
Succeeded byJean-Louis Borloo
Deputy of Yvelines's 10th constituency
In office
2 April 1986 – 19 July 2007
Succeeded byJean-Frédéric Poisson
Personal details
Born
Christine Martin

(1944-02-06) 6 February 1944 (age 80)
Levroux, France
Political partyReconquête (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
Christian Democratic Party (till 2022)
Spouse
Louis Boutin
(m. 1967)
Children3

Christine Boutin (French pronunciation: [kʁistin butɛ̃], born 6 February 1944) is a French former politician leading the small French Christian Democratic Party. She served as a member of the French National Assembly representing Yvelines, from 1986 until 2007, when she was appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development by President Nicolas Sarkozy. She was a candidate in the 2002 French presidential election, in which she scored 1.19% on the first round of balloting.[1]

Boutin was the leader of the Christian Democratic Party (Parti Chrétien-démocrate), a socially conservative Christian-democratic party, which is associated with the greater UMP union party. She is best known for her very vocal opposition to civil unions in 1998 and same-sex marriage later on.

In a judgement dated 18 December 2015 the correctional court of Paris condemned Boutin to a fine of €5000 and €2000 for legal damages for having said that homosexuality was an abomination. The verdict is being appealed.[2]

She announced on 21 October 2017 that she was leaving politics, resigning as departmental councillor for Yvelines.[3]

  1. ^ Official results Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine from the Ministry of the Interior
  2. ^ "Homosexuality: Christine Boutin is condemned for incitation to hatred; is appealing". Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Christine Boutin quitte la politique après quarante ans de défense du conservatisme catholique". Le Monde. Agence France-Presse. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.