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 and Francophonie
In office
30 March 1993 – 11 May 1995
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterÉdouard Balladur
Preceded byJack Lang
Succeeded byPhilippe Douste-Blazy
Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice
In office
18 May 1995 – 2 June 1997
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterAlain Juppé
Preceded byPierre Méhaignerie
Succeeded byÉlisabeth Guigou
Mayor of the 13th arrondissement of Paris
In office
13 March 1983 – 18 March 2001
Preceded byNone
Succeeded bySerge Blisko
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 July 2004 – 13 July 2009
ConstituencyÎle-de-France
Personal details
Born (1941-06-21) 21 June 1941
PartyRPR
UMP
SpouseLise Weiler (died 2021)
Alma materSciences Po Lyon
École nationale d'administration
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Jacques Toubon (born 21 June 1941) is a French right-wing politician who held several major national and Parisian offices. He served as Defender of Rights, the country's official ombudsman, from 2014 to 2020.