Jacques GODFRAIN

After studying economics he made his career in the air transport sector, occupying various managerial positions. He has been an MP for the Aveyron département since 1978 ; mayor of Millau since 1991 ; he was Minister for Cooperation between 1995 and 1997 ; secretary for the foreign affairs commission ; member of the supervisory board for the French development agency (Agence française de développement) ; and president of the France-Gabon friendship alliance group. He lists one of his successes as having facilitated the construction of the Millau viaduct. His future project will be to inaugurate a new theatre in Millau and to develop a taste for culture there.