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| name = Jacques Mézard<br />
| image = Jacques Mézard ministre.jpg<br />
| office = Member of the [[Constitutional Council (France)|Constitutional Council]]<br />
| term_start = 11 March 2019<br />
| term_end =<br />
| appointer = [[Emmanuel Macron]]<br />
| president = [[Laurent Fabius]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Michel Charasse]]<br />
| office2 = [[Ministry of Agriculture (France)|Minister of Agriculture and Food]]<br />
| primeminister2 = [[Édouard Philippe]]<br />
| term_start2 = 17 May 2017<br />
| term_end2 = 19 June 2017<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Stéphane Le Foll]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Stéphane Travert]]<br />
| office1 = [[Minister of Territorial Development (France)|Minister of Territorial Cohesion]]<br />
| term_start1 = 21 June 2017<br />
| term_end1 = 16 October 2018<br />
| primeminister1 = [[Édouard Philippe]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Richard Ferrand]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Jacqueline Gourault]]<br />
| office3 = President of the [[European Democratic and Social Rally group]] in the [[Senate (France)|Senate]]<br />
| term_start3 = 4 October 2011<br />
| term_end3 = 22 May 2017<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Yvon Collin]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Gilbert Barbier]]<br />
| office4 = [[Senate (France)|Senator]] for [[Cantal]]<br />
| term_start4 = 17 November 2018<br />
| term_end4 = 3 March 2019<br />
| term_start5 = 1 October 2008<br />
| term_end5 = 17 June 2017<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|12|03|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Aurillac]], [[France]]<br />
| nationality = French<br />
| party = [[Radical Party of the Left]]<br />
| parents = [[Jean Mézard]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Panthéon-Assas University]]<br />
| profession = [[Lawyer]]<br />
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'''Jacques Mézard''' (born 3 December 1947) is a French lawyer and politician of the [[Radical Party of the Left]] who has been serving as a member of the [[Constitutional Council (France)|Constitutional Council]] since 2019. He previously served as [[Ministry of Agriculture (France)|Minister of Agriculture and Food]] in 2017 and [[Minister of Territorial Development (France)|Minister of Territorial Cohesion]] from 2017 to 2018. A member of the [[Radical Party of the Left]] (PRG), he was a [[Senate (France)|Senator]] representing the [[Cantal]] [[Departments of France|department]] from 2008 to 2017, and again from 2018 until 2019.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Jacques Mézard was born in [[Aurillac]].<ref name="senate">[http://www.senat.fr/senfic/mezard_jacques08051v.html Senate webpage]</ref><ref name="official">{{Cite web |url=http://jacquesmezard.fr/wordpress/?page_id=6 |title=Official website: Biography |access-date=2013-12-14 |archive-date=2013-12-14 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131214224108/http://jacquesmezard.fr/wordpress/?page_id=6 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He graduated from [[University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne|Panthéon-Assas University]] in [[Paris]], where he received a law degree.<ref name="official"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
From 1971 to 1976, he worked as a lawyer in Paris and taught law at the [[University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne|Pantheon-Sorbonne University]].<ref name="official"/> Additionally, he served as Vice President of Pantheon-Sorbonne University from 1970 to 1975.<ref name="official"/> From 1977 to 2009, he worked as a lawyer in Aurillac.<ref name="official"/><br />
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He served as Deputy Mayor of Aurillac from 1982 to 1993.<ref name="official"/> He also served as a member of the General Council of Cantal from 1994 to 2008.<ref name="official"/><ref name="senate"/> After the [[2008 French Senate election|2008 Senate election]], he was installed as a Senator for Cantal. He was reelected in [[2014 French Senate election|2014]].<ref name="senate"/> In 2011, he was chosen as President of the [[European Democratic and Social Rally group]].<br />
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On 17 May 2017, Mézard was appointed [[Ministry of Agriculture (France)|Minister of Agriculture and Food]] in the [[First Philippe government]]. On 21 June 2017, he was appointed [[Minister of Territorial Development (France)|Minister of Territorial Cohesion]] in the [[Second Philippe Government]], replacing [[Richard Ferrand]]. He left his position on 16 October 2018 to return to the Senate. On 11 March 2019, he was sworn in as a member of the [[Constitutional Council (France)|Constitutional Council]], following his appointment by President [[Emmanuel Macron]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}<br />
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