Jean Louis Gagnaire is a French Politician born on the 29 th of April 1956 in Saint-Etienne (Loire, Department in France)

He is a deputy of the National Assembly (representing 2nd District of Loire), and he is Vice President of Rhône-Alpes Regional Council; he is member of French Socialist Party.

  
Professional training and political career

• He started as a cashier of a department store and progressed to manage a small family enterprise.  He joined the Services of French National Education as a day school supervisor and eventually became teacher of primary school

• and a detached professor of ENA (National Administrative School)

• Lecturer in university and Principal Educational Advisor in ZEP (Area of Priority Education)

He is also a co-funder of MJC (Young House of Culture for all) in St Bonnet Le Château

  
University training

He attended a business and management school–senior executive, then followed a training in Sciences of Education and graduated from “l’Institut d'Études Politiques de Lyon” popularly called Sciences Po, Institute of Public and Politic’s Administration (IEP)

Before he prepared the entrance exam to the elite ENA of Grenoble (National School of Administration)

  
Political commitment

He has been Member of the French Socialists Party since 1982, he considered himself as a former Jospinist from the beginning, before supporting Segolene Royal.

He is the federal secretary in charge of elections for the Socialist Party of Loire from 1991 to 2003, and became a member of the Socialist’s National Conflicts Commission between 2003 and 2005.

   
Electoral mandates

He has been a member of General Councillor of Loire and Rhône Alpes since 1998, he has been re elected in 2004 with 56.26 % of votes, carrying out the departmental list for the poll of Socialist Party.  He became Vice-President of the Regional Council in charge of Economic growth with social aspect and solidarity. He resigned from his local mandate on July 2007 to conform with the law.

He agrees with the proposal of Maurice Vincent (actual Mayor of St Etienne) to share a common list, where he appeared on 3rd part. After the electoral success of Mars 2008, he decided not to join the Municipal team in order to prioritize regional commitment. He resigned from Municipal Council in the 1st of April 2008.

   
List of mandates :

• mars 1998 to august 2007 : General Councillor of Loire (resignation on 27th of july)

• since 1998 : General Councillor of Rhône Alpes

• Depuis 2004, Vice-Président of the Regional Council in charge of economic growth

• Since le 2007, on the 20th of june : General Councillor of Loire

• mars 2008 : Municipal Councilllor of Saint-Etienne (resignation on april the 1st 2008)