Jacques Dominati

{{ infobox officeholder

| name = Jacques Dominati

| office = Mayor of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris

| term_start = 1983

| term_end = 1995

| successor = Pierre Aidenbaum

| office2 = Deputy Mayor of Paris

| term_start2 = 1995

| term_end2 = 2001

| 2blankname2 = Mayor

| 2namedata2 = Jean Tiberi

| successor2 = Anne Hidalgo

| office3 = Member of the National Assembly
for Paris

| term_start3 = 1982

| term_end3 = 1993

| predecessor3 = Pierre Dabezies

| successor3 = Laurent Dominati

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|03|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ajaccio, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|09|08|1927|03|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = France

| nationality = French

| party = UDF

| occupation = Journalist

| children = Philippe Dominati
Laurent Dominati
Isabelle Miller

}}

Jacques Dominati (11 March 1927 – 8 September 2016) was a French journalist and politician. Born in Corsica, he was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. He started his career as a journalist, and he was expelled from Charles de Gaulle's Rally of the French People over his support for French Algeria. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1967 to 1978, and from 1982 to 1993, representing Paris. He served as the mayor of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris from 1983 to 1995. He served as a member of the French Senate from 1995 to 2004, representing Paris.

Early life

Jacques Dominati was born on 11 March 1927 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.{{cite web|title=Jacques Dominati|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/2540|website=National Assembly|accessdate=September 10, 2016}}{{cite web|title=DOMINATI Jacques|url=http://www.senat.fr/senateur/dominati_jacques95026f.html|website=Senate|accessdate=September 10, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Roger|first1=Patrick|title=Mort de Jacques Dominati, ancien sénateur|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/09/10/mort-de-jacques-dominati-ancien-senateur_4995580_3382.html|accessdate=September 10, 2016|work=Le Monde|date=September 10, 2016}} He became an orphan at the age of two, when his father died. During World War II, he served in the French Resistance in Corsica.{{cite news|title=L'ancien résistant Jacques Dominati est mort|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/09/09/97001-20160909FILWWW00197-l8217ancien-resistant-jacques-dominati-est-mort.php|accessdate=September 10, 2016|work=Le Figaro|date=September 9, 2016}} After the war, he moved to Grenoble and later to Paris.

Career

Dominati was a journalist for Le Parisien libéré, which later became Le Parisien.{{cite news|title=Décès de Jacques Dominati, ancien député de Paris et secrétaire d'Etat|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/deces-de-jacques-dominati-ancien-depute-de-paris-et-secretaire-d-etat-09-09-2016-6107441.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909153740/http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/deces-de-jacques-dominati-ancien-depute-de-paris-et-secretaire-d-etat-09-09-2016-6107441.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2016|accessdate=September 10, 2016|work=Le Parisien|date=September 9, 2016}}

Dominati joined the Rally of the French People. He served as Jacques Soustelle's parliamentary assistant. He was elected to the Council of Paris in 1959. He was expelled from the Rally of the French People over his support for French Algeria.

Dominati joined the Independent Republicans, and he served as a member of the National Assembly from 1967 to 1978, representing Paris. His parliamentary assistant was Jean-Marie Le Chevallier.{{cite book|last1=Bernard|first1=Mathias|title=La guerre des droites: de l'affaire Dreyfus à nos jours|date=2007|publisher=Odile Jacob|location=Paris|isbn=9782738119827|oclc=422090760|page=175|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hmAeZzf38yIC&dq=Dominati+jean+marie+le+pen&pg=PA175}} In 1977, Dominati was appointed as deputy minister for French repatriates and civil servants under Prime Minister Raymond Barre. He then joined the Union for French Democracy, and he served as a member of the National Assembly from 1982 to 1993, once again representing Paris. Meanwhile, he served as the mayor of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris from 1983 to 1995. He also served in the French Senate from 24 September 1995 to 30 September 2004.

Personal life and death

Dominati had two sons, Laurent Dominati and Philippe Dominati, both of whom served in the National Assembly.{{cite news|last1=Guiral|first1=Antoine|title=Dominati père et fils, strapontins et prébendes en tout genre|url=http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2006/10/04/dominati-pere-et-fils-strapontins-et-prebendes-en-tout-genre_53261|accessdate=September 10, 2016|work=Libération|date=October 4, 2006}} He was a personal friend of Jean-Marie Le Pen's, who became one of his sons's godfather. He also had a daughter, Isabelle Miller, who is an author.{{cite news|title=Jacques Dominati, ancien résistant et secrétaire d'État, est mort|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/jacques-dominati-ancien-resistant-et-secretaire-d-etat-est-mort-09-09-2016-2067271_23.php|accessdate=September 10, 2016|work=Le Point|date=September 9, 2016}}

Dominati retired in Corsica. He died on 8 September 2016.