page_title: Aix-Marseille University
section_title: French politicians
hierarchical_section_title: Aix-Marseille University / Notable faculty and staff / Politics and government / French politicians
context_page_description: Aix-Marseille University is a public research university located in the region of Provence, southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II of Anjou, Count of Provence, petitioned the Pisan Antipope Alexander V to establish the University of Provence. The university as it is today was formed by the merger of the University of Provence, the University of the Mediterranean and Paul Cézanne University. The merger became effective on 1 January 2012, resulting in the creation of the largest university in the French-speaking world, with about 80,000 students. AMU has the largest budget of any academic institution in the Francophone world, standing at €750 million.
  The university is organized around five main campuses situated in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. Apart from its major campuses, AMU owns and operates facilities in Arles, Aubagne, Avignon, Digne-les-Bains, Gap, La Ciotat, Lambesc and Salon-de-Provence. The university is headquartered at the Pharo, Marseille.
  AMU has produced many notable alumni in the fields of law, politics, business, science, academia, and arts.
context_section_description: Joseph Barthélemy – Minister of Justice of France: 1941–1943
  Hippolyte Fortoul – Minister of the Navy and Colonies of France: Oct–Dec 1851; Minister of National Education of France/Minister of Public Worship of France: 1851–1856
  Hubert Haenel – French politician, member of the Constitutional Council of France: 2010–2015
  Jean-François Mattei – Minister of Health of France: 2002–2004
  Didier Maus – Councillor of State of France: 2001–2011
  Jean-Paul Proust – Minister of State of Monaco: 2005–2010; Prefect of Police of Paris: 2001–2004
  Joseph Jérôme Siméon – President of the National Assembly of France: Aug–Sep 1797; Minister of National Education of France: Feb–Oct 1820; Minister of the Interior of France: 1820–1821; President of the Court of Financial Auditors of France: 1837–1839
  Jean-Jacques Weiss – Councillor of State of France: 1873–1879
caption: Joseph Jérôme Siméon, President of the National Assembly of France from Aug to Sep 1797 and Minister of the Interior of France from 1820 to 1821
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