Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of the Interior Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry Minister of Defence Minister of Justice Minister of National Education // French politics under the Fifth Republic After Charles de Gaulle had the constitution of the French Fifth Republic adopted in 1958, France was ruled by successive right-wing administrations until 1981. ... The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... The Prime Minister of France (Premier ministre de la France) is the functional head of the Cabinet of France. ... In 1589, the four French Secretaries of State became specialized, with one of the secretaries responsible for foreign affairs. ... The entrance to the Ministry in Place Beauvau is guarded by one gendarme (to the left) and one policewoman (to the right). ... The Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry (Ministre de lEconomie, des Finances et de lIndustrie), or Minister of Finances for short, is arguably the third most important official in the French government, after the President and Prime Minister. ... Categories: French government | Stub ... Categories: French government | France-related stubs | Education in France ...
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The French Minister of Justice (Ministre de la Justice) is an important cabinet official in the Government of France. The current Minister of Justice is Pascal Clément. Symbol of the French government In its Constitution, France declares itself to be an indivisible, laïque (roughly secular), democratic, and social republic. ...
His roles are the following:
he oversees the building, maintenance and administrative management of the court system;
he is vice-president of the high council of the judiciary (which oversees the career of most judges, and advises on the careers of prosecutors);
he supervises the public prosecutors;
he oversees the prison system; and
he proposes bills on civil or criminal law or procedure.
An ongoing topic of controversy is the amount of control that the minister of justice should have on the public prosecution service. While it seems desirable that the prosecution should not follow the whim of the executive, especially in cases involving politicians (corruption...), some argue that a prosecution service responsible to no one could go astray.
The ministers, meeting in this central Spanish city, agreed on the new EU legislation that covers 32 serious crimes ranging from terrorism to drug trafficking and punishable by a minimum three years in prison.
French JusticeMinister Dominique Perben hailed the new measure as revolutionary in the sense that it significantly shortens extradition proceedings that currently take an average 18 months.
France and Germany are in the process of adopting the legislation and are expected to implement it in early 2004.
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