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'''Alain Marie Juppé''' ({{IPA-fr|alɛ̃ maʁi ʒype}}; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]], he was [[Prime Minister of France]] from 1995 to 1997 under President [[Jacques Chirac]], during which period he faced [[1995 strikes in France|major strikes]] that paralysed the country and became very unpopular. He left office after the victory of the left in the snap [[1997 French legislative election|1997 legislativlegislative elections]]. He had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, and as Minister of the Budget and Spokesman for the Government from 1986 to 1988. He was president of the political party [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP) from 2002 to 2004 and [[List of mayors of Bordeaux|mayor of Bordeaux]] from 1995 to 2004.
 
After the [[Corruption scandals in the Paris region#Fictional jobs in government offices|ghost jobs affair]] in December 2004, Juppé suspended his political career until he was re-elected as mayor of Bordeaux in October 2006. He served briefly as Minister of State for Ecology and Sustainable Development in 2007, but resigned in June 2007 after failing in his bid to be re-elected in the [[2007 French legislative elections|2007 legislative election]]. He was [[Minister of Defence (France)|Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs]] from 2010 to 2011 and [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from 2011 to 2012.