Pierre Mazeaud is a French

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 jurist

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, politician

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 and alpinist

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In February 2004, he was appointed president of the Constitutional Council of France

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 by President of the Republic Jacques Chirac

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, replacing Yves Guéna

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, until he was succeeded by Jean-Louis Debré

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 in February 2007. He had been a member of the council since February 1998.
Pierre Mazeaud has a doctorate

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 in law

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 from the University of Paris

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 (on marriage and the condition of the married woman in ancient Rome

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).

From 1961 to 1964, he was a member of the judiciary

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. In 1976, he became a counsellor in the Conseil d'État, a position from which he retired on 25 August 1995. During the 1970s, he held subordinate governmental positions regarding sport

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s.

Pierre Mazeaud's main hobby is alpinism, which he practiced at high level. He is the first Frenchman to have climbed Mount Everest

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 (in 1978). On 11 July 1961, Mazeaud and other fellow climbers almost died in the Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc

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 massif due to an unexpected storm.

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