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{{short description|French politician}}
{{short description|French politician (born 1951)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = François Bayrou
|name          = François Bayrou
|office        = [[Minister of State]], [[Ministry of Justice (France)|Minister of Justice]]
|office        = [[Minister of State]], [[Ministry of Justice (France)|Minister of Justice]]
|image          = BayrouEM.jpg
|image          = File:2018-01-25 19-18-29 meeting-lrem-modem-belfort (cropped).jpg
|caption        = Bayrou in 2006
|caption        = Bayrou in 2018
|predecessor    = [[Jean-Jacques Urvoas]]
|predecessor    = [[Jean-Jacques Urvoas]]
|primeminister  = [[Édouard Philippe]]
|primeminister  = [[Édouard Philippe]]
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|term_end10    = 20 June 2002
|term_end10    = 20 June 2002
|constituency10 = [[France (European Parliament constituency)|France]]
|constituency10 = [[France (European Parliament constituency)|France]]
|office11      = [[List of presidents of departmental councils (France)|President of the General Council]]<br>of [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]]
|office11      = [[List of presidents of departmental councils (France)|President]] of the [[Departmental Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques|General Council<br>of Pyrénées-Atlantiques]]
|term_start11  = 2 April 1992
|term_start11  = 2 April 1992
|term_end11    = 23 March 2001
|term_end11    = 23 March 2001
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==Early life==
==Early life==
François René Jean Lucien Bayrou was born on 25 May 1951 in [[Bordères]], Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a village located between [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] and [[Lourdes]]. He is the son of farmer Calixte Bayrou (1909–1974) and Emma Sarthou (1918–2009).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/bayrou-intime-03-11-2011-1395009_20.php|title=Bayrou intime|last=Trevert|first=Émilie|date=2011-11-03|work=Le Point|access-date=2017-08-09|language=fr-FR|archive-date=9 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209032713/http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/bayrou-intime-03-11-2011-1395009_20.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2010/08/01/francois-a-12-ans-151349-635.php|title=François Bayrou à 12 ans|website=SudOuest.fr|access-date=2017-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809172034/http://www.sudouest.fr/2010/08/01/francois-a-12-ans-151349-635.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Bayrou descends from an ancestry of primarily [[Occitans]] except from his maternal grandmother's side which is [[Irish people|Irish]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3632238/Family-detective.html|title=Family detective|last=Barratt|first=Nick|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2017-08-09|language=en|archive-date=21 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921121741/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3632238/Family-detective.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Bayrou was born on 25 May 1951 in [[Bordères]], Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a village located between [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] and [[Lourdes]]. He is the son of farmer Calixte Bayrou (1909–1974), [[Mouvement  Républicain Populaire|MRP]] mayor of Bordères from 1947 to 1953, and Emma Sarthou (1918–2009).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/bayrou-intime-03-11-2011-1395009_20.php|title=Bayrou intime|last=Trevert|first=Émilie|date=2011-11-03|work=Le Point|access-date=2017-08-09|language=fr-FR|archive-date=9 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209032713/http://www.lepoint.fr/politique/bayrou-intime-03-11-2011-1395009_20.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2010/08/01/francois-a-12-ans-151349-635.php|title=François Bayrou à 12 ans|website=SudOuest.fr|access-date=2017-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809172034/http://www.sudouest.fr/2010/08/01/francois-a-12-ans-151349-635.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Bernard Pascuito, Olivier Biscaye, [https://books.google.com/books?id=EA4tDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT59 Les Politiques aussi ont une mère: Fillon, Le Pen, Mélenchon, Bayrou, Valls, Macron, Le Maire, Sarkozy... Secrets de famille], Albin Michel, 2017</ref> Bayrou descends from an ancestry of primarily [[Occitans]] except from his maternal grandmother's side which is [[Irish people|Irish]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3632238/Family-detective.html|title=Family detective|last=Barratt|first=Nick|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2017-08-09|language=en|archive-date=21 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921121741/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3632238/Family-detective.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


When Bayrou was in his youth, he developed a [[Stuttering|stutter]] which led to him attending [[Speech-language pathology|speech therapy]] for seven years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Cinema/Actualite/Francois-Bayrou-commente-Le-discours-d-un-roi-pour-leJDD-261425|title=François Bayrou: "Je me suis mis à bégayer à 7-8 ans"|last=JDD|first=Le|access-date=2017-08-09|language=fr-FR|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809171356/http://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Cinema/Actualite/Francois-Bayrou-commente-Le-discours-d-un-roi-pour-leJDD-261425|url-status=live}}</ref> He first went to secondary school in Pau, before transferring to Bordeaux. He studied literature at university, and at the age of 23, sat the "[[agrégation]]", the highest qualifying level for teachers in senior high schools and universities in France. Around the same time, his father was killed in a tractor accident.
When Bayrou was in his youth, he developed a [[Stuttering|stutter]] which led to him attending [[Speech-language pathology|speech therapy]] for seven years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Cinema/Actualite/Francois-Bayrou-commente-Le-discours-d-un-roi-pour-leJDD-261425|title=François Bayrou: "Je me suis mis à bégayer à 7-8 ans"|last=JDD|first=Le|access-date=2017-08-09|language=fr-FR|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809171356/http://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Cinema/Actualite/Francois-Bayrou-commente-Le-discours-d-un-roi-pour-leJDD-261425|url-status=live}}</ref> He first went to secondary school in Pau, before transferring to Bordeaux. He studied literature at university, and at the age of 23, sat the "[[agrégation]]", the highest qualifying level for teachers in senior high schools and universities in France. Around the same time, his father was killed in a tractor accident.
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Bayrou resigned several days before the 2017 legislative election, with Prime Minister [[Édouard Philippe]] announcing following the election that Bayrou would not be a part of the second Philippe government, only 35 days after he had taken the post.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2017/06/21/01002-20170621ARTFIG00053-francois-bayrou-et-marielle-de-sarnez-quittent-le-gouvernement.php|title=François Bayrou et Marielle de Sarnez quittent le gouvernement|last=Boichot|first=Loris|date=2017-06-21|work=Le Figaro|access-date=2017-08-09|language=fr-FR|issn=0182-5852|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808230851/http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2017/06/21/01002-20170621ARTFIG00053-francois-bayrou-et-marielle-de-sarnez-quittent-le-gouvernement.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/modem/assistants-parlementaires-du-modem/francois-bayrou-le-ministre-de-la-justice-annonce-qu-il-quitte-le-gouvernement-suivez-notre-direct_2246839.html|title=DIRECT. La ministre des Affaires européennes, Marielle de Sarnez, quitte le gouvernement, dans la foulée du départ de François Bayrou|date=2017-06-21|work=Franceinfo|access-date=2017-08-09|language=fr-FR|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809203447/http://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/modem/assistants-parlementaires-du-modem/francois-bayrou-le-ministre-de-la-justice-annonce-qu-il-quitte-le-gouvernement-suivez-notre-direct_2246839.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Bayrou resigned several days before the 2017 legislative election, with Prime Minister [[Édouard Philippe]] announcing following the election that Bayrou would not be a part of the second Philippe government, only 35 days after he had taken the post.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2017/06/21/01002-20170621ARTFIG00053-francois-bayrou-et-marielle-de-sarnez-quittent-le-gouvernement.php|title=François Bayrou et Marielle de Sarnez quittent le gouvernement|last=Boichot|first=Loris|date=2017-06-21|work=Le Figaro|access-date=2017-08-09|language=fr-FR|issn=0182-5852|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808230851/http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2017/06/21/01002-20170621ARTFIG00053-francois-bayrou-et-marielle-de-sarnez-quittent-le-gouvernement.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/modem/assistants-parlementaires-du-modem/francois-bayrou-le-ministre-de-la-justice-annonce-qu-il-quitte-le-gouvernement-suivez-notre-direct_2246839.html|title=DIRECT. La ministre des Affaires européennes, Marielle de Sarnez, quitte le gouvernement, dans la foulée du départ de François Bayrou|date=2017-06-21|work=Franceinfo|access-date=2017-08-09|language=fr-FR|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809203447/http://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/modem/assistants-parlementaires-du-modem/francois-bayrou-le-ministre-de-la-justice-annonce-qu-il-quitte-le-gouvernement-suivez-notre-direct_2246839.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Later career===
In February 2022, Bayrou created what he calls a "sponsorship bank", joined by a few hundred local officials, willing to give their signatures to candidates for the [[2022 French presidential election|presidential election]] struggling to obtain them, even if they represent a large part of the public according to opinion polls.<ref>Tassilo Hummel (27 February 2022), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-ally-offers-help-far-right-presidential-candidate-le-pen-2022-02-27/ Macron ally offers help to far-right presidential candidate Le Pen] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref> Later that month, he announced that he was prepared to give his signature to help far-right candidate [[Marine Le Pen]] to stand in the presidential election.<ref>Tassilo Hummel (27 February 2022), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-ally-offers-help-far-right-presidential-candidate-le-pen-2022-02-27/ Macron ally offers help to far-right presidential candidate Le Pen] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>


==Political views ==
==Political views ==
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