
Family tree of Philippe de VILLIERS
French Minister and Secretary of state (Mitterrand Government), Activist, Syndicalist
Born Philippe LE JOLIS de VILLIERS de SAINTIGNON
French politician
Born on March 25, 1949 in Boulogne, France , France (76 years)
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He is a French aristocrat and a descendant of Prime Minister and Regent Philippe II, duc d'Orléans. As of 2007 he is a Member of the European Parliament (Independence/Democracy Group).
... Villiers was born in Boulogne in the département of Vendée, 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'Orléans. As of 2007 he is a Member of the European Parliament (Independence/Democracy Group).
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