Pierre Méhaignerie is a French politician. He is presently deputy of the Ille-et-Vilaine's 5th constituency

Ille-et-Vilaine's 5th constituency

The 5th constituency of Ille-et-Vilaine is a French legislative constituency in the Ille-et-Vilaine département.-Deputies:-2007: -2002: -1997: -1993:...

 (re-elected on 10 June 2007) and mayor of Vitré

Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine

Vitré is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.Vitré, a sub-prefecture until 1926, is the seat of a canton of around 17,000 inhabitants . It lies on the edge of Brittany, near Normandy, Maine, and Anjou...

 (re-elected on March 2008). He is married to Vassar graduate Julie Harding, of Rochester, New York USA and has a son and a daughter.

He was elected in 1973 to the French parliament in the Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency

Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Ille-et-Vilaine is a French legislative constituency in the Ille-et-Vilaine département.-Deputies:-2007: -2002: -1997: -1993: -Sources:...

 and became mayor of Vitré

Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine

Vitré is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in north-western France.Vitré, a sub-prefecture until 1926, is the seat of a canton of around 17,000 inhabitants . It lies on the edge of Brittany, near Normandy, Maine, and Anjou...

 in 1977. He was Minister of Agriculture from 1977 to 1981 and Minister of Justice from 1993 to 1995. A former member of the UDF political party, he has since joined the UMP

Union for a Popular Movement

The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...

party. He became one of the Party's Vice-Presidents in 2007.