Jacques Toubon

Jacques Toubon
Toubon in 2023
Defender of Rights
In office
17 July 2014  16 July 2020
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Emmanuel Macron
Preceded byDominique Baudis
Succeeded byClaire Hédon
Minister of Culture
In office
30 March 1993  11 May 1995
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterÉdouard Balladur
Preceded byJack Lang
Succeeded byPhilippe Douste-Blazy
Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice
In office
18 May 1995  2 June 1997
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterAlain Juppé
Preceded byPierre Méhaignerie
Succeeded byÉlisabeth Guigou
Mayor of the 13th arrondissement of Paris
In office
1983–2001
Preceded byNone
Succeeded bySerge Blisko
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2004–2009
ConstituencyÎle-de-France
Personal details
Born (1941-06-21) 21 June 1941
Nice, France
Political partyRPR
UMP
SpouseLise Weiler (died 2021)
Alma materSciences Po Lyon
École nationale d'administration

Jacques Toubon (born 21 June 1941) is a French right-wing politician who held several major national and Parisian offices. He served as Defender of Rights, the country's official ombudsman, from 2014 to 2020.