Le vicomte Gilles de Robien (; born 10 April 1941) is a French politician and former government minister.
The son of Count Jean de Robien by his wife Éliane Le Mesre de Pas, he is descended from the noble Breton family 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 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 (appointed Minister in 2002). Elected in 1986 (re-elected: 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002).
Regional Council
Regional Councillor of Picardy : 1992–2004. Re-elected in 1998.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Amiens : 1989–2002 (Resigned) / 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
Chevalier, Légion d'honneur
Commandeur, Order of Palmes académiques
Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Hon. KBE) Grand Officer, Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul (Brasil) Grand Cross, Orden al Mérito de Chile Grand Cross, Orden del Mérito Civil (España) Knight Grand Cross, Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana Grand Officer, Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco)
References
1941 births
Living people
Union for French Democracy politicians
People from Somme (department) Politicians of the French Fifth Republic Transport ministers of France French Ministers of National Education French nobility Knights of the Legion of Honour Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Lycée Hoche alumni Mayors of places in Hauts-de-France