Josselin de Rohan
Duke of Rohan
Pictured in 2005
Member of the Senate
In office
3 October 1983 – 1 October 2011
ConstituencyMorbihan
Personal details
Born
Josselin Charles Louis Jean Marie de Rohan-Chabot

(1938-06-05) 5 June 1938 (age 85)
Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine
Political partyRally for the Republic
Union for a Popular Movement
SpouseAntoinette Boegner
Children3
Parents
  • Alain de Rohan-Chabot, 13th Duke of Rohan (father)
  • Hélène de Liencourt (mother)
RelativesRohan-Chabot family
ResidenceJosselin Castle
EducationÉcole nationale d'administration

Josselin Charles Louis Jean Marie de Rohan-Chabot, 14th Duke of Rohan, CBE[1] (born 5 June 1938), commonly known as Josselin de Rohan, is a French nobleman and retired politician. He is a former member of the Senate of France, where he represented the Morbihan department from 1983 to 2011. He was president of the Rally for the Republic grouping in the Senate from 1993 to 2002, and of the Union for a Popular Movement grouping in the Senate from 2002 to 2008.

Early life

A member of the House of Rohan-Chabot, he is the eldest son of Alain de Rohan-Chabot, 13th Duke of Rohan, and his wife, Hélène de Liencourt. Upon his father's death in 1966, he succeeded to the title of 14th Duke of Rohan. His family residences include Josselin Castle in Morbihan.

Rohan was educated at the École nationale d'administration (ENA), graduating in 1965 in the same class as Ernest-Antoine Seillière, Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Lionel Jospin and Jacques Toubon. He is now a member of the administrative council of ENA.

Career

Close to Jacques Chirac, Rohan was elected to the Senate in 1983, and he was re-elected in 1992 and 2001. He was also Mayor of Josselin from 1965 to 2000, and he served on the General Council of the canton of Josselin from 1982 to 1998.

He was president of the RPR grouping in the Senate from 1993 to 2002, and of the UMP grouping in the Senate from December 2002[2] until January 2008, when he stated that for him, "the hour of relief has come", though he requested "some time to hand over".[3] He was succeeded by Henri de Raincourt. On 16 January 2008, following the death of Serge Vinçon, Rohan was nonetheless elected President of the Senate's Commission on Foreign Affairs,[4] and re-elected on 8 October 2008.[5]

Rohan served as regional president of the Brittany region from 1998 until his party's defeat by the Socialists led by Jean-Yves Le Drian in the 2004 French regional elections.[6]

In the 2007 presidential election, he supported Nicolas Sarkozy, the UMP candidate. Because of his age, Rohan did not stand in the 2011 senatorial election.

Marriage and children

On 17 November 1973, Rohan married Antoinette Boegner (b. 1946) in Crécy-la-Chapelle (Seine-et-Marne).[7] She is a daughter of Jean-Marc Boegner and granddaughter of pastor Marc Boegner.[8]

Together, they are the parents of three children:[9]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2013).
  2. ^ Election politique.com Archived 2008-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Josselin de Rohan (UMP) prépare aussi sa sortie à Paris Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine, Le Mensuel du Golfe du Morbihan, 31 December 2007
  4. ^ Josselin de Rohan prend la présidence de la commission des Affaires étrangères du Sénat, Le Nouvel Observateur, 16 January 2008
  5. ^ Sénat : Rohan réélu de justesse à la commission des Affaires étrangères Les Échos, 9 October 2008
  6. ^ Regional elections, 2004 - Résultats en Bretagne sur le site du ministère de l'Intérieur
  7. ^ Paris Match (in French). August 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  8. ^ Carpenter, Rachel (April 2011). "A Tale of Two Castles: An anthropological investigation of castles as constructed places with changing senses through the contextualization and analysis of le Château d'Angers, le Château de Josselin, and their intertwined human histories". academia.edu. Bryn Mawr College. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  9. ^ Bottin mondain (in French). Annuaire du commerce Didot-Bottin. 1984. p. 1178. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Louis de Rohan Chabot". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

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