Philippe Douste-Blazy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Philippe Douste-Blazy

French politician

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1953

Place of Birth: Lourdes, Occitania, France

Profession: physician, politician, diplomat, cardiologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Philippe Douste-Blazy (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 of profession he became Professor at Toulouse Sciences University in 1988.