Jean-Pierre Chevènement

Jean-Pierre Chevènement (born March 9, 1939 in Belfort) is a French politician. March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... Location within France Belfort is a town and commune of northeastern France, préfecture (capital) of the Territoire de Belfort département in the Franche-Comté région. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ...

Chevènement's political positions may be described as left-wing and somewhat nationalist, which he describes as "republican". He is a eurosceptic. In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... Republican as a term used generally to describe a number of different organisations, principles or political movements, and/or the persons supporting these. ... Euroscepticism is scepticism about, or disagreement with, the purposes of the European Union, sometimes coupled with a desire to preserve national sovereignty. ...

On September 2, 1998, Chevènement underwent surgery to his gall bladder at the Val-de-Grâce military teaching hospital in Paris. He then had a grave accident due to allergy to the anesthetic: he went into a coma for 8 days, could leave the hospital only on October 22, and could not work in his ministry for 4 months. He then described himself as a "miracle of the Republic", thus the sometimes nickname of "Republican miracle". 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The gallbladder (or cholecyst) is a pear-shaped organ that stores bile (or gall) until the body needs it for digestion. ... The Val-de-Grâce (Hôpital dinstruction des armées du Val-de-Grâce) is a military hospital located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France . ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Cetacaine, a topical anesthetic Anesthesia (AE), also anaesthesia (BE), is the process of blocking the perception of pain and other sensations. ... In medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep) is a profound state of unconsciousness, which may result from a variety of conditions including intoxication (drug, alcohol or toxins), metabolic abnormalities (hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis, etc. ...