Alain Houpert [SEP] position held
Alain Houpert
Alain Houpert (born 13 August 1957) is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Côte-d'Or department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party.
References.
- Page on the Senate website
elected to his third term as Mayor with 52.84% of the votes, defeating Alain Houpert (UMP). On April 2, 2014, he was appointed Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Dialogue in the government of Manuel Valls. This appointment led Rebsamen to resign from the post of Mayor of Dijon. While at the Ministry of Labor, he was nicknamed “Minister of Unemployment” owing to the high jobless rate.
On July 30, 2015, after the death of Alain Millot, who had succeeded him as