Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: French Mpf Meps Serving 1994-1999, French Mpf Meps Serving 1999-2004, French Mpf Meps Serving 2004-2009, Philippe de Villiers, Patrick Louis, Paul-Marie Coteaux. Excerpt: Viscount Philippe Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon, known as Philippe de Villiers, born on March 25, 1949) is a French politician. He was the Mouvement pour la France nominee for the French presidential election of 2007. He received 2.23% of the vote, putting him in sixth place. As only the top two candidates advance to the second round of voting, he was eliminated from the race. Before and after the election, Villiers has been internationally notable for his criticism of Islam in France. Villiers was born in Boulogne in the dpartement of Vende, France. He received a Master's Degree in law in 1971, graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies in 1973, and graduated from the National School of Administration in 1978. After university, Villiers became a successful entrepreneur. He created Puy du Fou, one of the most visited themeparks in France, as a living showcase for its history. The themepark includes a replica medieval city with the 'Gallo-Roman Stadium', a coliseum designed by Villiers to stoke patriotic feeling by recreating Gallic rebellions against Imperial Rome. He is a French aristocrat and a descendant of Prime Minister and Regent Philippe II, duc d'Orlans. As of 2007 he is a Member of the European Parliament (Independence/Democracy Group). He is 1.85 meters tall. Philippe de Villiers, May 2005.From 1976 to 1978, Villiers served as a top civil servant in the Chirac administration. In 1981, he resigned his post as sub-prefect because he did not want to serve the government of the Socialist President Franois Mitterrand. In 1986-1987, he briefly ser... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=575989