Jean Porillet

Jean Porillet
Minister of Agricutlure and Food
Assumed office 30 April 2020
Preceded by	Henri Loizeau
Senator of Nièvre
In office 1995–2007
President of the National Chamber of Agriculture
In office 2009–2015
Personal details
Born	Jean Claude Philippe Porillet (1966-06-29) June 29, 1966 Mont-en-Bazois, Nièvre, Voisey
Citizenship	Voiseyian
Nationality	Voiseyian
Political party	Union Gaulliste Conservatrice (UGC)
Height	1 m 87cm
Spouse	Marie-Jeanne Chaussard (1968-)
Children	Laurette, Hadrien, Michel, and Charlotte Porillet
Parent	Paul Porillet (1938-2021) (father) Adrienne Michelot (1940-) (mother)
Residence	Nevers
Salary	9000 FV (9100$)

Jean Porillet, born June 29, 1966 in Mont-en-Bazois, Nièvre is a voiseyian politician. He was a senator of the Nièvre on several occasions and President of the National Chamber of Agriculture. He is known for supporting the traditional agricultural model through the ages, and for fighting for farmers' rights. During the difficult 1990s, Jean Porillet distinguished himself for his radical stance against other countries, which pushed Voisey to a more modern and mechanistic agricultural model (using pesticides among others), firmly declining this model.

Early Life, Faamily and Education

Jean Porillet was born on June 29, 1966 in Mont-en-Bazois, a village of 500 inhabitants, living mainly from livestock and agriculture. His parents are themselves of modest origins: his father is a farmer and his mother a yarn spinner.

In 1968, when John was only two years old, war broke out. His father was mobilized and sent to Carélie. The war is going on quietly for the Porillet family. They do not suffer from food rations, thanks to their vegetable garden. At the end of the war, the father having been released, life resumes its course, Jean is already 19 years old.

In 1986, his father offered him a scholarship so that Jean could study in Nevers. Thus, Jean studied economics at a small university in Nevers. But he did not like it. The following year, he began working as a waiter in a café in the city to finance studies that would really please him: politics, in Nancy. Thus, in 1990, Jean went to Nancy to begin studies of politics in a branch of the prestigious National School of Politics and Administration of Nancy. In the post-war years, Voisey’s government created branches for every major university to allow students who did not have many means, and not necessarily the required level (especially in prestigious universities), to study. In 1993, he graduated and was first in his class. He was ready to start his political career. The same year, he joined the Union Gaulliste Conservatrice and returned to Nevers, where he quickly entered the political life of the department. Jean is immediately noticed for his honesty, honesty and kindness. He regularly visits the most isolated municipalities in his department to discuss farmers' problems, in particular.

In 2 years, he is already known throughout the department and enjoys a very good reputation among the population, but also with the mayors of the municipalities. Thus, in 1995, he tried his luck in the senatorial elections (during senatorial elections, it is not the population that votes, but the electors: mayors, regional president and department etc.) under the label UGC. He was elected with a smashing score of 72% in the first round. In 2001, he represented himself as outgoing senator for the UGC party, and won 70.9% of the vote in the first round. In 2007, Jean Porillet became known nationally. During his two terms as a senator, he fiercely defended farmers' rights in the face of a government that tended to accept pressure from other countries to change the agricultural model. He has spoken several times at world summits on agriculture, and has openly expressed his disagreement. In 2009, he accepted the position of President of the National Chamber of Agriculture. He remained in office until 2015, when he resigned. In 2018, he became mayor of his hometown, while keeping an eye on the political life of his country, he also regularly participates in fairs and conferences about agriculture. In 2020, he joined the government of Daniel Marangé.