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{{ infobox officeholder<br />
| name = François Pillet<br />
| office = Member of the [[Constitutional Council (France)|Constitutional Council]]<br />
| term_start = 12 March 2019<br />
| term_end =<br />
| appointer = [[Gérard Larcher]]<br />
| president = [[Laurent Fabius]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Jean-Jacques Hyest]]<br />
| office2 = [[Senate (France)|Senator]] for [[Cher (department)|Cher]]<br />
| term_start2 = 2007<br />
| term_end2 = 2019<br />
| successor2 = Marie-Pierre Richer<br />
| office3 = [[Departmental council (France)|General councillor]] of [[Cher (department)|Cher]]<br />
| term_start3 = 27 March 1998<br />
| term_end3 = 17 December 2007<br />
| constituency3 = [[Canton of Mehun-sur-Yèvre]]<br />
| predecessor3 = Jean Manceau<br />
| successor3 = Armand Koszek<br />
| office4 = [[Mayor (France)|Mayor]] of [[Mehun-sur-Yèvre]] <br />
| term_start4 = 23 June 1995<br />
| term_end4 = 4 April 2014<br />
| predecessor4 = Jean Manceau<br />
| successor4 = Jean-Louis Salak<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|05|13|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bourges]], [[France]]<br />
| nationality = [[France|French]]<br />
| party = [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]<br />
| profession = [[Lawyer]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''François Pillet''' (born 13 May 1950) is a French lawyer and politician who has served as a member of the [[Constitutional Council (France)|Constitutional Council]] since 2019. Pillet was previously senator for the department of [[Cher (department)|Cher]] from 2007 to 2019. He is a member of [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]].<br />
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== Early life and professional career ==<br />
Pillet was born on 13 May 1950 in [[Bourges]], [[France]] and worked as a lawyer before entering politics. He served as the president of the bar association of Bourges from 1996 to 1997, in which position he wrote a book on taxation procedures titled the ''Practical Guide to Tax Litigation Procedures'' (''Guide pratique de la procédure dans le contentieux fiscal'').<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
From 1998 to 2007, Pillet represented the [[Canton of Mehun-sur-Yèvre]] on the [[Departmental council (France)|general council]] of [[Cher (department)|Cher]]. He served concurrently as the [[Mayor (France)|mayor]] of [[Mehun-sur-Yèvre]] from 1998 to 2014.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=François PILLET {{!}} Conseil constitutionnel |url=https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/membres/francois-pillet |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr |language=fr}}</ref> On 17 December 2007, Pillet became senator for the department of [[Cher (department)|Cher]] after the death of his predecessor, [[Serge Vinçon]]. Pillet was re-elected on 21 December 2008 and joined the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] parliamentary group as well as its successor, [[The Republicans group (Senate)|The Republicans group]].<br />
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As senator, Pillet served as the vice-president of the [[Law Committee (French National Assembly)|Law Committee]] and became the president of the Ethics Committee in 2015. In 2011, Pillet was one of the main opponents of the gathering of biometric information on the French population, arguing: "The size of this database, which could, if it had existed for years, contain 45 million people, should be very concerning to us. No other catalogue of this type and scale currently exists. It constitutes what I would call 'the catalogue of honest people.'"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Séance du 31 mai 2011 (compte rendu intégral des débats) |url=http://www.senat.fr/seances/s201105/s20110531/s20110531015.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.senat.fr}}</ref><br />
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Pillet endorsed [[François Fillon]] in The Republicans' [[2016 The Republicans (France) presidential primary|2016 presidential primary]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-20 |title=Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires |url=https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/primaire-a-droite-la-liste-des-premiers-soutiens-parlementaires |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=l'Opinion |language=fr}}</ref><br />
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In 2019, Pillet was appointed to the [[Constitutional Council (France)|Constitutional Council]] on the advice of the president of the Senate, [[Gérard Larcher]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conseil constitutionnel: Gérard Larcher propose la nomination de François Pillet- Sénat |url=https://www.senat.fr/presse/cp20190213a.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.senat.fr}}</ref> Pillet took office on 12 March 2019, replacing [[Jean-Jacques Hyest]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.senat.fr/senfic/pillet_francois07034q.html Page on the Senate website]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references />{{Member Constitutional Council of France}}<br />
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[[Category:French senators of the Fifth Republic]]<br />
[[Category:Senators of Cher (department)]]<br />
[[Category:Politicians from Bourges]]<br />
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