Political Career
President of the Constitutional Council of France : 1986–1995.
Governmental function
Minister of Justice : 1981–1986 (Resignation, became President of the Constitutional Council of France).
Electoral mandate
Senate of France
Senator of Hauts-de-Seine : 1995-2011. Elected in 1995, reelected in 2004.
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