Jacques Toubon

Jacques Toubon
Toubon in 2023
Defender of Rights
In office
17 July 2014 – 16 July 2020
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Emmanuel Macron
Preceded byDominique Baudis
Succeeded byClaire Hédon
Minister of Culture
In office
1993–1995
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterÉdouard Balladur
Preceded byJack Lang
Succeeded byPhilippe Douste-Blazy
Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice
In office
1995–1997
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterAlain Juppé
Preceded byPierre Méhaignerie
Succeeded byÉlisabeth Guigou
Mayor of the 13th arrondissement of Paris
In office
1983–2001
Preceded byNone
Succeeded bySerge Blisko
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2004–2009
ConstituencyÎle-de-France
Personal details
Born (1941-06-21) 21 June 1941 (age 83)
Nice, France
Political partyRPR
UMP
SpouseLise Weiler (died 2021)
Alma materSciences Po Lyon
École nationale d'administration

Jacques Toubon (born 21 June 1941[1]) is a right-wing French politician who held several major national and Parisian offices. He served as Defender of Rights (Ombudsman) between 2014 and 2020.[2]

  1. ^ "JACQUES TOUBON (1941- ) - Encyclopædia Universalis". www.universalis.fr. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Jacques Toubon has been elected as the new Ombudman of the Ombudsman-Institution "Le Défenseur des droits"". www.theioi.org (in German). Retrieved 26 March 2021.