The former minister of Lionel Jospin died at the age of 87, his family announced. Claude Allègre was also known for controversial positions on climate change. François Bayrou praised “original spirit”.
Claude Allègre, Lionel Jospin’s former minister, has died at the age of 87, his family announced. He held the post of Minister of National Education between 1997 and 2000 where he attempted to “defat the mammoth”, an expression which caused controversy.
This trained geochemist, rewarded with several prestigious prizes for his work, was appointed in 1997 after the victory of the left in the legislative elections – he had been a member of the PS since 1973. He had replaced a certain… François Bayrou on rue de Grenelle. He wanted to break with the “dry bread” policy of the UDF boss (minister between 1993 and 1997). On Tuesday June 24, 1997, by presenting his orientations, he created a scandal: “Degrease the mammoth. “. He wants to “de-bureaucratize” National Education and put an end to “co-management of the ministry by the unions”. They will not forgive him.
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-Controversial positions on climate
After having been the minister of Lionel Jospin, to whom he was close, he joined Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007, causing astonishment on the left. Claude Allègre was also known for controversial positions on climate change. Ulcerated by the attacks relayed by the ex-minister in his best-seller, “The Climate Imposture”, more than 600 climatologists wrote in the spring of 2010 to their supervisory minister to denounce the “denigration” and “false accusations” made by a non-climate scientist.
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Born on March 31, 1937 to a father who was a professor and a mother who was a schoolteacher, Claude Allègre, with a good-natured personality but also sometimes “abrupt” and “stubborn” according to his son, never renounced his positions on the subject. “It’s a shame to only keep that, everyone fell on him excessively,” laments his son. François Bayrou hailed on » “He loved the transmission through the school of which he had a high idea. Courage was his mark. »
