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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix   = The Right Honourable
|name               = Jean-Paul de Tontcuq
|honorific-suffix   = [[Order of Ainin|AOA]] OMM
|image              = Jeanmarielepen-profile-harounaaron (cropped).png
|imagesize          = 250px
|alt                = 
|caption            = 
|order              = 
|office             = President of the [[Esquarian Football Association]]
|term_start         = 16 January 2013
|term_end           = 
|predecessor        = 
|successor          = 
|prior_term         =
|office2            =  President of the [[Aininian Football Association]]
|term_start2        =  30 August 1997
|term_end2         =  18 September 2011
|predecessor2 = [[André de Beaurivage]]
|successor2 = [[Jean-Christophe Prévost]]
|office3            =  [[Mercier]] Minister of Education, Youth Services and Sport
|term_start3        =  13 June 1991
|term_end3          =  30 August 1997
|office4          =  Deputy of the [[Mercier Assembly]] for [[Géroux-l'Hermitage]]
|term_start4        =  14 June 1986
|term_end4          = 30 August 1997
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1949|6|23|df=y}}
 | birth_place      = [[Avran]], [[Mercier]], [[Ainin]]
 | alma_mater       = [[University of Dartan]]
 | party            = [[Rally of the Democrats|Democratic]]
 |spouse            = [[Marie de Tontcuq]]
 |children          = 
|profession        = Administrator
|nationality = [[Ainin|Aininian]]
 | religion         = [[Lutheran Catholicism|Lutheran Catholic]]
 | signature        = 
|allegiance         = {{flag|Ainin}}
|branch             = [[File:Ainarmy.png|22px|border]] [[Aininian Army]]
|serviceyears       = 1970-73
|rank               = {{wp|Corporal}}
|unit               = 49th Infantry Brigade
|battles            = [[Concordian War]]
* [[Battle of Libreville]]
* [[Battle of Al-Shshati]]
|awards             = [[Concordia Ribbon]]<br />[[Distinguished Service Bar]]

}}
'''Jean-Paul Bachelet Duval, Baron of Tontcuq''' <sub>[[Order of Ainin|AOA]] OMM</sub> (born 23 June 1949) is the current president of the [[Esquarian Football Association]]. Prior to his current office, he has served three terms in the [[Mercier Assembly]], the legislature of [[Mercier]], and was the provincial Education Minister from 1991 until 1997, when he resigned his political offices to assume the presidency of the [[Aininian Football Association]].

He became President of the [[Esquarian Football Association]] on 16 January 2013 after the previous holder retired. He is the first [[Ainin|Aininian]] to hold the office.
== Early life ==
Tontcuq was born in [[Avran]], [[Mercier]] on 23 June 1949 to [[Jacques de Tontcuq|Jacques]] and [[Anne de Tontcuq]], an aristocratic family hailing from northern Mercier. His father owned a car factory in the city, which was taken over by [[Fonan]] in 1956. He moved to the provincial capital of [[Dartan]] at age 7 when his father became an executive at the conglomerate and attended the elite [[Saint-Martin Secondary School]]. He attended the [[University of Dartan]], where he met his future spouse in 1969. 

In March 1970, he was {{wp|conscription|conscripted}} into the [[Aininian Army]] under the terms of the [[Amendments to the Constitution of Ainin|Fourth Amendment]] and joined the 49th Infantry Brigade, a unit of the [[XIII Corps (Ainin)|XIII Corps]] based in [[Boisgorgnes]], [[Mercier]]. He was deployed to the [[Concordian War|theatre]] in late 1970, and his unit fought in the [[Battle of Libreville]] and [[Battle of Al-Shshati]] before being relieved by the 4th Marine Infantry Brigade in January 1971. He spent the rest of the war in [[Libreville]], where his unit policed the University District. After the end of the war, he returned to [[Mercier]] and remained in the [[Aininian Army Reserve|Army Reserve]] as he continued his studies. He married Marie in 1972 in a civil ceremony.

He was honourably discharged in February 1973 with a [[Distinguished Service Bar]] and received his {{wp|Master of Business Administration}} in 1978.

== Career ==
=== Politics ===
After a brief stint as a mid-level manager at [[Fonan]], he was laid off in the aftermath of the [[Recession of 1980]]. He then used his family connections to obtain a job as a financial manager for the [[Aininian Football Association]], where he worked between 1981 and 1986. In 1986, he obtained the nomination of the local [[Rally of the Democrats]] party branch to run for the vacant [[Mercier Assembly]] seat of [[Géroux-l'Hermitage]], a high-income suburb of [[Dartan]]. In the [[Mercier general election, 1986|1986 provincial election]], he was elected with 53.2% of the popular vote and became a government deputy. He was re-elected with a reduced majority in the [[Mercier general election, 1990|1990 provincial election]].

In 1991, he became Minister of Education, Youth Services and Sports in the [[Michel Tremblay|1st Tremblay ministry]] after a cabinet reshuffle. He controversially pushed through compulsory {{wp|physical education}} in Mercier's secondary schools and an updated {{wp|sex education}} curriculum that proved unpopular with his own party. However, he remained fairly popular and was endorsed by the [[National Federation of Educators]]. His advocacy for the [[Dartan Stadium]], and subsequent formation of [[Dartan FC]], was instrumental in its approval by provincial regulators. In 1994, he was re-elected by a wide margin and continued serving as Education Minister. He ordered a comprehensive review of {{wp|standardized testing|standardised testing}} in the province, whose results contributed to the creation of a national science curriculum in 1999.

=== Aininian Football Association ===
He resigned from his political posts on 30 August 1997 after being offered the presidency of the [[Aininian Football Association]] (AFA). His appointment was controversial at the time, with critics accusing the government of {{wp|cronyism}} and noting Tontcuq's inexperience. Nonetheless, he assumed office in August as scheduled and began his decade-long tenure as AFA president. During his tenure, the first tier [[Ligue Nationale]] was expanded from 18 to 22 teams and the [[Stade d'Ainin]] was built as a home stadium for [[FC Huimont]]. In 2004, the AFA was involved in the [[Fort-Françilien doping scandal]], leading to Tontcuq to issue unprecedented sanctions against three teams of the Ligue Nationale.

Tontcuq was accused in 2006 by the newspaper ''[[Le Devoir]]'' of taking bribes in selling {{wp|Broadcasting of sports events|television broadcast rights}} to [[Canal Trois]] for the below-market rate of [[Aininian louré|Ł]]8.9 million, but fervently denied the claims. He sued the ''Devoir'' in court for {{wp|libel}} and obtained a [[Aininian louré|Ł]]1 million judgement from the [[Court of the Republic for Isle-Royale]].

In 2009, the AFA came under criticism for lax security after the [[Hibourg Stadium tragedy]], where 14 were killed in a {{wp|stampede}} triggered by a defective fire alarm. Under his leadership, the association collaborated with the state {{wp|commission of inquiry}}, which in February 2011 largely absolved AFA of blame in the incident. He retired on 18 September 2011, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. He was succeeded as AFA President by [[Jean-Christophe Prévost]].

=== Esquarian Football Association ===
Tontcuq was elected President of the [[Esquarian Football Association]] by its Congress in November 2012 and assumed office on 16 January 2013. He supervised over the transition from the [[Esquarian Football Classic]] to the [[Coupe d'Esquarium]]. In response to controversies after the [[Coupe d'Esquarium V]], he proposed a ban on {{wp|alcohol}} in stadia and moved to prohibit [[Luziyca]] from sending clubs as part of the [[Luziyca national football team]]. Both measures were later passed by the EFA Executive Council.

== Personal life ==
He has been married to [[Marie de Tontcuq]] (née Proulx) since August 1972. The couple have no children. They reside in [[Pontnouveau]], [[Francilie]], but also own the Tontcuq ancestral home in [[Avran]], [[Mercier]] and an apartment in the provincial capital of [[Dartan]]. He has two siblings, [[Anne Beauregard de Tontcuq]], a judge on the [[Court of the Republic for Mercier]], and François de Tontcuq, an investment banker. 

== Awards and recognition ==
* {{flag|Ainin}} (military): [[Concordia Ribbon]] (1970)
* {{flag|Ainin}} (military): [[Distinguished Service Bar]] (1973)
* {{flag|Ainin}}: Adjutant of the [[Order of Ainin]] (2009)
* {{flagicon|Ainin}}{{flagicon|Mercier}} [[Mercier]], [[Ainin]]: Order of Merit of Mercier (2003)
* [[Esquarian Football Association]]: Distinguished Service Award (2011)

== Electoral record ==
{{electiontable|Table template pagename}}
'''[[Mercier general election, 1994]]: [[Géroux-l'Hermitage]]'''
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!colspan="2" align="left"|Party
!align="left"|Candidate
!Votes
!%
!∆%
|-
|bgcolor="#5B9BD4"|
|align="left"|[[Rally of the Democrats]]
|align="left"|'''Jean-Paul de Tontcuq'''
|33,520
|54.50
|{{increase}} 10.04
|-
|bgcolor="#FFC000"|
|align="left"|[[Social Democratic Party (Ainin)|Social Democratic Party]]
|align="left"|Joséphine Saint-Denis
|18,238
|29.65
|{{decrease}} 3.02
|-
|bgcolor="#000000"|
|align="left"|[[National Alliance]]
|align="left"|Corin Meyet
|9,572
|15.56
|{{increase}} 0.78
|-
|align="right" colspan="3"|Invalid/blank
|172
|0.28
|{{n/a}}
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!colspan="3" align="right"|Total
|61,502
|100
|{{n/a}}
|-
|bgcolor="#5B9BD4"|
|colspan="2" align="left"|[[Rally of the Democrats|Democratic]] '''hold'''
|colspan="2"|Majority
|{{increase}} 24.85
|}

{{electiontable|Table template pagename}}
'''[[Mercier general election, 1990]]: [[Géroux-l'Hermitage]]'''
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!colspan="2" align="left"|Party
!align="left"|Candidate
!Votes
!%
!∆%
|-
|bgcolor="#5B9BD4"|
|align="left"|[[Rally of the Democrats]]
|align="left"|'''Jean-Paul de Tontcuq'''
|23,634
|44.46
|{{decrease}} 8.69
|-
|bgcolor="#FFC000"|
|align="left"|[[Social Democratic Party (Ainin)|Social Democratic Party]]
|align="left"|Marc Desjardins
|17,367
|32.67
|{{decrease}} 5.85
|-
|bgcolor="#000000"|
|align="left"|[[National Alliance]]
|align="left"|Corin Meyet
|7,856
|14.78
|{{increase}} 14.78
|-
|bgcolor="#00BF00"|
|align="left"|[[Green Party (Ainin)|Green Party]]
|align="left"|Félix Auvray
|4,105
|7.72
|{{increase}} 1.32
|-
|align="right" colspan="3"|Invalid/blank
|195
|0.37
|{{n/a}}
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!colspan="3" align="right"|Total
|53,157
|100
|{{n/a}}
|-
|bgcolor="#5B9BD4"|
|colspan="2" align="left"|[[Rally of the Democrats|Democratic]] '''hold'''
|colspan="2"|Majority
|{{decrease}} 11.76
|}

{{electiontable|Table template pagename}}
'''[[Mercier general election, 1986]]: [[Géroux-l'Hermitage]]'''
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!colspan="2" align="left"|Party
!align="left"|Candidate
!Votes
!%
!∆%
|-
|bgcolor="#5B9BD4"|
|align="left"|[[Rally of the Democrats]]
|align="left"|'''Jean-Paul de Tontcuq'''
|30,949
|53.15
|{{decrease}} 5.15
|-
|bgcolor="#FFC000"|
|align="left"|[[Social Democratic Party (Ainin)|Social Democratic Party]]
|align="left"|Marc Desjardins
|22,430
|38.52
|{{increase}} 2.89
|-
|bgcolor="#00BF00"|
|align="left"|[[Green Party (Ainin)|Green Party]]
|align="left"|Anne-Marie Gagnon
|3,725
|6.40
|{{increase}} 0.57
|-
|bgcolor="#87CEFA"|
|align="left"|[[Coalition Mercier]]
|align="left"|Vincent Boudreau
|986
|1.69
|{{increase}} 1.69
|-
|align="right" colspan="3"|Invalid/blank
|140
|0.24
|{{n/a}}
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!colspan="3" align="right"|Total
|58,230
|100
|{{n/a}}
|-
|bgcolor="#5B9BD4"|
|colspan="2" align="left"|[[Rally of the Democrats|Democratic]] '''hold'''
|colspan="2"|Majority
|{{decrease}} 14.63
|}

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