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| name = Oscar Saint-Just | | name = Oscar de Saint-Just | ||
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| religion = [[Catholic Church – Avignon|Avignon Catholic]] | | religion = [[Catholic Church – Avignon|Avignon Catholic]] | ||
| | | Profession = Pilot, military officer | ||
| party = [[File:AF logo.svg|22x20px]] [[French Action]] | | party = [[File:AF logo.svg|22x20px]] [[French Action]] | ||
| education = {{W|Paris-Sorbonne University}} | | education = {{W|Paris-Sorbonne University}} (LLM)<br>{{W|École de l'air}} (BS in aerospace engineering) | ||
| allegiance = {{flag|France}} | | allegiance = {{flag|France}} | ||
| branch = {{air force|France}} | | branch = {{air force|France}} | ||
| serviceyears = 1994–2007 | | serviceyears = 1994–2007 | ||
| rank = Captain | | rank = [[File:France-Airforce-OF-4 Sleeve.svg|20px]] Captain | ||
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| battles = [[Syrian Civil War]] | | battles = [[Internal conflict in Ethiopia]]<br>[[Syrian Civil War]] | ||
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'''Oscar de Saint-Just''' (born 8 August 1974) is a French politician who has been the [[Prime Minister of France]] since 24 April 2019. | '''Oscar de Saint-Just''' (born 8 August 1974) is a French politician, lawyer, and former military officer who has been the [[Prime Minister of France]] since 24 April 2019. Prior to serving as Prime Minister he was a member of the [[Chamber of Deputies of France]] from 2014 to 2019 for the 1st constituency of the {{W|Seine-et-Marne}} department, and has been the leader of the {{W|national conservatism|national conservative}} [[French Action]] party since 2019. He served in the [[French Air and Space Force|French Air Force]] as a pilot and held the rank of captain. | ||
Saint-Just served | Saint-Just served as a fighter pilot and officer after graduating from the {{W|École de l'air}} (the French Air Force academy), having seen deployments to combat zones in [[Ethiopia]] and [[Syria]], and received a {{W|master of laws}} degree in 2008 from the {{W|Paris-Sorbonne University}} after completing his studies there. He retired from active service in 2007 and entered politics, after a very brief period of working in private legal practice. Saint-Just joined the party [[French Action]] in 2008 and from 2011 to 2014 he restructured the party while serving as its chief secretary, helping it achieve a historic victory during the [[2014 French general election]]. French Action had an upset victory against the previously leading party on the French right, the [[Christian Democratic Party of France|Christian Democratic Party]] (PCD). Saint-Just himself was elected in the Seine-et-Marine department for a seat in the [[Chamber of Deputies (France)|Chamber of Deputies]], and the party was part of a coalition government with the PCD until it won the majority of seats during the [[2019 French general election]]. Following the election Saint-Just was formally appointed by King [[Jean IV of France|Jean IV]] as Prime Minister of France on recommendation from the parliamentary majority. | ||
He has described his views as {{W|monarchism|monarchist}}, {{W|French nationalism|French nationalist}}, and {{W|Traditional Catholicism|traditional Catholic}}. Since becoming prime minister Saint-Just has passed laws to strengthen the role of Catholicism as the country's official religion to combat what he sees as growing {{W|secularism}} in French society, to limit immigration, and to restore France as a leading force in European and international politics. He opposes further integration projects through the [[European Community]], saying that France will remain part of "a community of nation-states, not a federal European bureaucracy," and has strengthened France's bilateral alliances with other countries in Europe and elsewhere. Saint-Just has helped revive the [[Weimar Triangle]], an annual meeting and informal alliance with the leaders of [[Germany]] and [[Poland]], which has also been called the "Catholic Triangle" by the media because he, German Chancellor [[Karl Laschet]], and Polish Prime Minister [[Aleksy Kowalczyk]] are Catholics. He also supports the traditional alliance between [[France]] and the [[Anglo-America]]n countries, in the framework of the [[Northern Treaty Organization]], but has also emphasized the importance of France and the rest of Europe having an independent foreign policy instead of pursuing the same decisions as the [[Conference of American States]]. He has criticized European involvement in the [[Syrian Civil War]], believing to be a "self-created problem for the Anglo-American powers," and was one of the few Western leaders who supported the decision by Sierran Prime Minister [[Susan Kwon]] to withdraw from [[Syria]] in 2022. | |||
==Early life and career== | ==Early life and career== | ||
Oscar Saint-Just was born to a French aristocratic family on 8 August 1974 at {{W|Vaux-le-Pénil}}, located just outside of Paris, where one of his ancestors, Heracle Freteau de Saint-Just, built a castle in 1728 that still is owned by the family today. One of his other ancestors, {{W|Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just|Emmanuel Michel Philippe de Saint-Just}}, was twice the president of the National Assembly of France in 1789 during the {{W|French Revolution}}. He was a | Oscar Saint-Just was born to a French aristocratic family on 8 August 1974 at {{W|Vaux-le-Pénil}}, located just outside of Paris, where one of his ancestors, Heracle Freteau de Saint-Just, built a castle in 1728 that still is owned by the family today. One of his other ancestors, {{W|Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just|Emmanuel Michel Philippe de Saint-Just}}, was twice the president of the National Assembly of France in 1789 during the {{W|French Revolution}}. He was a renowned jurist and had joined the liberal nobles that supported the Revolution and reforming away from the absolutism of the {{W|Ancien Regime}}, but he came under suspicion as the revolutionaries became more radical and was executed by guillotine in 1794 during the {{W|Reign of Terror}}. Oscar's father, Pierre Jacques Christophe de Saint-Just (born 1941), volunteered for the [[French Army]] during the [[Great War II]] and eventually rose to the rank of colonel before retiring from the military in 1991. | ||
Oscar Saint-Just attended the {{W|Lycée Léonard de Vinci (Melun)|Lycée Léonard de Vinci}}, a high school in {{W|Melun}}, until July 1992 when he graduated. He attended and graduated the {{W|Paris-Sorbonne University}} in 2009 with a Master of Laws (LLM) degree. | Oscar Saint-Just attended the {{W|Lycée Léonard de Vinci (Melun)|Lycée Léonard de Vinci}}, a high school in {{W|Melun}}, until July 1992 when he graduated. He attended and graduated the {{W|Paris-Sorbonne University}} in 2009 with a Master of Laws (LLM) degree. | ||
In early 1994 he began his mandatory national service, joining the [[French | In early 1994 he began his mandatory national service, joining the [[French Air Force]]. Because he liked it so much, in 1995 Saint-Just decided to make it a career and became an officer in the French Air Force. After attending the {{W|École de l'air}}, Saint-Just was commissioned as a {{W|sub-lieutenant}} in 1996. He qualified as a fighter pilot and was mainly stationed in France with various fighter squadrons, flying the {{W|Mirage 2000}}C. The only time he participated in air combat operations was during the [[NTO]] coalition operations in the [[Syrian Civil War]], where he was deployed as part of the French contingent from 2005 to 2006, and flew in airstrikes against the [[Syrian opposition]]. Shortly after returning to France, he decided to leave the military to pursue a political career instead, later saying in an interview he decided that he could be more useful in politics than in the Air Force. Saint-Just retired from active service in 2007 as a captain. | ||
== | ==Entry into politics== | ||
[[File:Portrait 8 - Flickr - dupontaignan.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Saint-Just during the 2014 general election.]] | |||
Saint-Just also graduated from {{W|Paris-Sorbonne University}} after doing postgraduate work there, obtaining a degree in law in the fall of 2008. Towards the end of that year he began working for the [[Christian Democratic Party (France)|Christian Democratic Party]] (PCD), originally being a staffer for a member of the [[Chamber of Deputies of France|Chamber of Deputies]]. However, in September 2010 he left the party and joined [[French Action]] instead. Saint-Just later told an interviewer that he believed the PCD did not address the crises that the country is facing, and he believed that change in France could only be brought from "outside the system." He saw French Action as having a lot of potential, but lacking good leadership at the time, as they were focused on issues that did not address the challenges facing the country in the present. However, that would be easier to change than the PCD. | |||
==Premiership== | ==Premiership== | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
He is unmarried and has been a lifelong bachelor. Saint-Just is also a practicing Catholic. | |||
[[Category:French politicians]] | [[Category:1974 births]] | ||
[[Category:French Avignonese Catholics]] | |||
[[Category:21st-century French politicians]] | |||
[[Category:Prime Ministers of France]] | [[Category:Prime Ministers of France]] | ||
[[Category:French Action politicians]] | [[Category:French Action politicians]] | ||
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[[Category:People from Seine-et-Marne]] | [[Category:People from Seine-et-Marne]] | ||
[[Category:French Air Force officers]] | [[Category:French Air Force officers]] | ||
[[Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Orléans Restoration]] | |||
[[Category:French military personnel of the Ethiopian Civil War]] | |||
[[Category:French military personnel of the Syrian Civil War]] | |||
[[Category:École de l'air alumni]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:40, 21 August 2023
Oscar de Saint-Just | |
|---|---|
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| Prime Minister of France | |
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Assumed office 24 April 2019 | |
| Monarch | Jean IV |
| Vice PM | Lucien d'Argenlieu |
| Preceded by | François de Montbrial |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Seine-et-Marne's 1st constituency | |
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In office 10 February 2014 – 24 April 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Emmanuel Lagarde |
| Succeeded by | Christophe de Banneville |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Xavier Oscar Fréteau de Saint-Just August 8, 1974 Vaux-le-Pénil, Île-de-France, France |
| Political party |
 French Action |
| Education |
Paris-Sorbonne University (LLM) École de l'air (BS in aerospace engineering) |
| Religion | Avignon Catholic |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 France |
| Branch/service |
 French Air and Space Force |
| Years of service | 1994–2007 |
| Rank |
 Captain |
| Battles/wars |
Internal conflict in Ethiopia Syrian Civil War |
Oscar de Saint-Just (born 8 August 1974) is a French politician, lawyer, and former military officer who has been the Prime Minister of France since 24 April 2019. Prior to serving as Prime Minister he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of France from 2014 to 2019 for the 1st constituency of the Seine-et-Marne department, and has been the leader of the national conservative French Action party since 2019. He served in the French Air Force as a pilot and held the rank of captain.
Saint-Just served as a fighter pilot and officer after graduating from the École de l'air (the French Air Force academy), having seen deployments to combat zones in Ethiopia and Syria, and received a master of laws degree in 2008 from the Paris-Sorbonne University after completing his studies there. He retired from active service in 2007 and entered politics, after a very brief period of working in private legal practice. Saint-Just joined the party French Action in 2008 and from 2011 to 2014 he restructured the party while serving as its chief secretary, helping it achieve a historic victory during the 2014 French general election. French Action had an upset victory against the previously leading party on the French right, the Christian Democratic Party (PCD). Saint-Just himself was elected in the Seine-et-Marine department for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, and the party was part of a coalition government with the PCD until it won the majority of seats during the 2019 French general election. Following the election Saint-Just was formally appointed by King Jean IV as Prime Minister of France on recommendation from the parliamentary majority.
He has described his views as monarchist, French nationalist, and traditional Catholic. Since becoming prime minister Saint-Just has passed laws to strengthen the role of Catholicism as the country's official religion to combat what he sees as growing secularism in French society, to limit immigration, and to restore France as a leading force in European and international politics. He opposes further integration projects through the European Community, saying that France will remain part of "a community of nation-states, not a federal European bureaucracy," and has strengthened France's bilateral alliances with other countries in Europe and elsewhere. Saint-Just has helped revive the Weimar Triangle, an annual meeting and informal alliance with the leaders of Germany and Poland, which has also been called the "Catholic Triangle" by the media because he, German Chancellor Karl Laschet, and Polish Prime Minister Aleksy Kowalczyk are Catholics. He also supports the traditional alliance between France and the Anglo-American countries, in the framework of the Northern Treaty Organization, but has also emphasized the importance of France and the rest of Europe having an independent foreign policy instead of pursuing the same decisions as the Conference of American States. He has criticized European involvement in the Syrian Civil War, believing to be a "self-created problem for the Anglo-American powers," and was one of the few Western leaders who supported the decision by Sierran Prime Minister Susan Kwon to withdraw from Syria in 2022.
Early life and career
Oscar Saint-Just was born to a French aristocratic family on 8 August 1974 at Vaux-le-Pénil, located just outside of Paris, where one of his ancestors, Heracle Freteau de Saint-Just, built a castle in 1728 that still is owned by the family today. One of his other ancestors, Emmanuel Michel Philippe de Saint-Just, was twice the president of the National Assembly of France in 1789 during the French Revolution. He was a renowned jurist and had joined the liberal nobles that supported the Revolution and reforming away from the absolutism of the Ancien Regime, but he came under suspicion as the revolutionaries became more radical and was executed by guillotine in 1794 during the Reign of Terror. Oscar's father, Pierre Jacques Christophe de Saint-Just (born 1941), volunteered for the French Army during the Great War II and eventually rose to the rank of colonel before retiring from the military in 1991.
Oscar Saint-Just attended the Lycée Léonard de Vinci, a high school in Melun, until July 1992 when he graduated. He attended and graduated the Paris-Sorbonne University in 2009 with a Master of Laws (LLM) degree.
In early 1994 he began his mandatory national service, joining the French Air Force. Because he liked it so much, in 1995 Saint-Just decided to make it a career and became an officer in the French Air Force. After attending the École de l'air, Saint-Just was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in 1996. He qualified as a fighter pilot and was mainly stationed in France with various fighter squadrons, flying the Mirage 2000C. The only time he participated in air combat operations was during the NTO coalition operations in the Syrian Civil War, where he was deployed as part of the French contingent from 2005 to 2006, and flew in airstrikes against the Syrian opposition. Shortly after returning to France, he decided to leave the military to pursue a political career instead, later saying in an interview he decided that he could be more useful in politics than in the Air Force. Saint-Just retired from active service in 2007 as a captain.
Entry into politics
Saint-Just also graduated from Paris-Sorbonne University after doing postgraduate work there, obtaining a degree in law in the fall of 2008. Towards the end of that year he began working for the Christian Democratic Party (PCD), originally being a staffer for a member of the Chamber of Deputies. However, in September 2010 he left the party and joined French Action instead. Saint-Just later told an interviewer that he believed the PCD did not address the crises that the country is facing, and he believed that change in France could only be brought from "outside the system." He saw French Action as having a lot of potential, but lacking good leadership at the time, as they were focused on issues that did not address the challenges facing the country in the present. However, that would be easier to change than the PCD.
Premiership
Personal life
He is unmarried and has been a lifelong bachelor. Saint-Just is also a practicing Catholic.
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- French Avignonese Catholics
- 21st-century French politicians
- Prime Ministers of France
- French Action politicians
- Paris-Sorbonne University alumni
- People from Seine-et-Marne
- French Air Force officers
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Orléans Restoration
- French military personnel of the Ethiopian Civil War
- French military personnel of the Syrian Civil War
- École de l'air alumni