Dominique de Villepin
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Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (born November 14, 1953), simply known as Dominique de Villepin, was appointed Premier (or Prime Minister) of France on May 31, 2005 by Jacques Chirac after the French President removed Jean-Pierre Raffarin from the premiership for failing to gain the support of the French people for the European Constitution. He stepped down as Prime Minister on May 17, 2007.
Premier de Villepin declared that his government's top priorities would include job creation, realising that the French people, in their rejection of the European Constitution in the referendum on May 29, 2005, were concerned about the condition of the French economy.