Philippe Séguin is a former Frenchpolitician, and is now first president of France's Cour des Comptes (Court of Financial Auditors). Internationally, he is a renown ally of the Quebec sovereignty movement. Philippe Séguin, photo found on official page This work is copyrighted. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... The Cour des Comptes (Court of Accounts, also translated into Court of Financial Auditors) is a institution of the Government of France whose duty is to audit public institutions, as well as some private institutions. ... The Quebec sovereignty movement is a movement calling for the attainment of sovereignty for Quebec, a province of the Canadian federation. ...
Philippe Séguin entered the Court of Financial Auditors (Cour des Comptes) in 1970.
In 1992 he played a leading role in the No campaign against the Maastricht treaty. On the eve of the vote he clashed with president Francois Mitterand in a televised debate.
From 1993 to 1997 he was president of the National Assembly.
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External link
Official page (http://www.ccomptes.fr/Cour-des-comptes/presentation/organisation/cdc7.htm)