Philippe Douste-Blazy

Philippe Douste-Blazy
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 2 June 2005 – 15 May 2007
Prime Minister	Dominique de Villepin
Preceded by	Michel Barnier
Succeeded by	Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Health
In office 31 March 2004 – 2 June 2005
Prime Minister	Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Preceded by	Jean-François Mattéi
Succeeded by	Xavier Bertrand
Minister of Culture
In office 18 May 1995 – 2 June 1997
Prime Minister	Alain Juppé
Preceded by	Jacques Toubon
Succeeded by	Catherine Trautmann
Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Garonne's 1st constituency
In office 2 April 2001 – 30 July 2004
Preceded by	Dominique Baudis
Succeeded by	Bernadette Païx
Mayor of Toulouse
In office 23 March 2001 – 29 April 2004
Preceded by	Dominique Baudis
Succeeded by	Jean-Luc Moudenc
Personal details
Born	(1953-01-01) 1 January 1953 (age 71) Lourdes, France
Political party	Centre of Social Democrats (Before 1995) Democratic Force (1995–1997) Union for French Democracy (1997–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–present)
Alma mater	Paul Sabatier University

Philippe Douste-Blazy (French pronunciation: [filip dust blazi]; born 1 January 1953) is a French United Nations official and former centre-right politician. Over the course of his career, he served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Adviser on Innovative Financing for Development in the UN and chairman of UNITAID.

He previously served as French Minister for Health (1993–1995 and 2004–2005), Minister of Culture (1995–1997) and as Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin (2005–2007). He was mayor of Lourdes 1989–2000 and mayor of Toulouse 2001–2004.

Originally a member of the Centre of Social Democrats (CDS), the Christian Democrat component of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) party, he later joined the Union for a Popular Movement.

A cardiologist by profession, he became professor at Toulouse Sciences University in 1988.