Jean-Paul Jauffret

Jean-Paul Jauffret (born August 22, 1930 in Bordeaux) is a French businessman, politician and tennis player, eldest son of a well-known French tennis family.[1][2]

For other uses, see Jauffret.
Jean-Paul Jauffret
Born (1930-08-22) August 22, 1930
Bordeaux, France
NationalityFrench
Other namesJPJ
OccupationVintner
Deputy mayor of Bordeaux
Known forTennis player
Businessman
President of CIVB
RelativesFrançois Jauffret (brother)
Loïc Courteau (nephew)
AwardsLégion d'honneur
National Order of Merit

Jauffret was several times world veteran team champion and French cadet champion in 1946.

He is one of the most respected figures of Bordeaux wine[3] during the 2nd half of the 20th century. He devotes an important part of his life to the wine industry: among other things, he runs the wine trading house CVBG-Dourthe-Kressmann and creates in 1981 the Vinexpo exhibition.[4][5] He is elected president of the CIVB and later elected Perpetual member of the Bordeaux Wine Academy.

He also got involved in politics and in 1995, he became Alain Juppé's finance assistant at the Bordeaux town hall, after which the city benefits from a better financial situation and decreases its own debt[1] and subsequently gets closer to the wine industry,[6] by relaunching the wine festival in 1998, which has been abandoned since 1909.[7]

Professional career
  • CEO of the wine trading house CVBG-Dourthe-Kressmann
  • 1981 : Creates the Vinexpo exhibition, worldwide exhibition taking place every second year in the city of Bordeaux.
  • 1981–1996 : President of Vinexpo.
  • since 1996 : Honorary President of Vinexpo, of the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux and the Banque Populaire du Sud-Ouest local bank.
  • 1995–2007: President of the mixed economy company Gaz de Bordeaux (Bordeaux Gas).[8]
  • President of the Banque Populaire du Sud-Ouest local bank.
  • Member of the Bordeaux Wine Academy.[9]
  • Honorary consul of Hungary

Sports career

Electoral mandates
  • 1995–2008 : Deputy mayor of Bordeaux, in charge of public finance and budget.
  • Judge at the commercial court of Bordeaux.

During the 2006 elections, he gets a vote from the Socialist Party-Communist Party opposition.[11]

Personal life

Jean-Paul Jauffret is the brother of François Jauffret, professional tennis player, who holds the record for selection to the France Davis Cup team. He is a nine-time France Champion and wins several international titles in the '60s and '70s. His nephew Loïc Courteau has been the trainer of Amélie Mauresmo and Julien Benneteau.

He is married to Huguette Dourthe and father of four girls.

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See also

References
  1. "Jean-Paul Jauffret". lesechos.fr (in French). January 28, 2003. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Villa Primrose Bordeaux – L'histoire de la Villa Primrose Bordeaux". www.villaprimrose.com. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  3. Kauffmann, Vladimir. "CVBG Dourthe-Kressmann : Bordeaux N°1". Revue Vinicole Internationale – RVI (in French). Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  4. Vincent Noce (November 17, 2000). "Sous le signe du tonneau". liberation.fr (in French). Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  5. Maurice Beaudoin (June 20, 2009). "Bordeaux : le rendez-vous des vins du monde entier". lefigaro.fr (in French). Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  6. Noce, Vincent (November 1, 2000). "Sous le signe du tonneau". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  7. Olivier Costa (December 15, 2005). "Un régime sectoriel, le territoire et le travail politique : le cas du Conseil interprofessionnel des vins de Bordeaux" (in French). Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  8. "Gaz de Bordeaux se repose sur la ville". www.20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  9. Xavier Dorsemaine (October 24, 2012). "Les Jauffret, service gagnant". sudouest.fr (in French). Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  10. "André Marion". www.tcbordeaux.com (in French). Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  11. Figaro, Le (October 1, 2006). "A Bordeaux, Juppé retrouve son fauteuil de maire". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved June 25, 2020.


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