- Georges Fenech
Georges Fenech (born
October 26 ,1954 , inSousse ,Tunisia ) is a French politician. His father was Maltese and his mother of Italian origin. In 1963, his family was repatriated inFrance , they settled inGivors . After his law degree he started a career as a judge. One of his most high profile cases was the investigation on the assassination of the judgeFrançois Renaud (nicknamed "the sherif" by Lyon's underworld) in Lyon on july 3, 1975. Georges Fenech was president of the judgestrade union "Association Professionnelle des Magistrats"(APM) till 1998. He resigned following the publication in the magazine of the APM of an article on the Procureur (District Attoney) of Toulon, Albert Lévy, containing thesentence "Tant va Lévy au four qu’à la fin il se brûle" (Lévy went so often to the oven that he got burnt).He started a political career with his 2002 election as a member of
Assemblée Nationale (representing theRhône as a member ofUMP ) and was reelected in 2007. He is a strong advocate ofzero tolerance policy in criminal matters. He was the president of the parliamentary commission for the monitoring of cults. On March 27, 2008 theConseil Constitutionnel canceled his reelection on the grounds of violation of campaign finance laws ("articles 52-8 et LO136-1 du code électoral") and made him ineligible for one year. Fenech has protested the decision and appealed to presidentNicolas Sarkozy . [ [http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/politique/20080328.OBS6970/lelection_de_lump_georges_fenech_invalidee.html?idfx=RSS_politique Le Nouvel Observateur] , June 22, 2008] . On September 23, 2008 Georges Fenech was appointed president of Miviludes, a body within the french executivein charge of the monitoring of cults. [ [http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2008/09/23/01011-20080923FILWWW00412-miviludes-fenech-nomme-president.php Le Figaro] September 23, 2008] He is the authors on books on cults and the zero tolerance policy.References
Bibliography
* Main basse sur la justice (1997), Jean-Claude Lattès (8000 copies)
* La moralisation des Marchés publics (1998)
* Face aux sectes : politiques, justices, État (1999) PUF (2000 copies)
* Tolérance Zéro, Grasset (2001) (20 000 copies)External links
* [http://www.georgesfenech.com/ His web site]
* [http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/tribun/fiches_cir/06911.asp His ID on the site of the French National Assembly (in French only)]
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