What is François Fillon?
{{distinguish2|the French poet [[François Villon]]}} [[File:François_Fillon_2010.jpg|thumb|François Fillon]] '''Francois Fillon''', (born 4 March 1954) is a former [[Prime Minister of France]]. He was born in [[Le Mans]]. [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] gave him the job on 17 May 2007. He resigned on 15 May 2012, following the defeat of Sarkozy in the presidential elections. In [[2017 French presidential election|2017]], Fillon ran for [[President of France]] and at some point was seen as the [[front-runner]]. However, following an [[embezzlement]] investigation his popularity decreased and lost the first round to [[Emmanuel Macron]] and [[Marine Le Pen]]. On February 24, 2020, Fillon became one of the few Prime Ministers to ever go on ![[trial]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-02-24/former-french-prime-minister-and-wife-go-on-trial-for-fraud | title=Former French prime minister and wife go on trial for alleged fraud | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=24 February 2020 }}</ref> On June 29, 2020, he was convicted of [[fraud]] and sentenced to five years in prison.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bisserbe |first1=Noemie |title=Former French Prime Minister Sentenced to Prison on Corruption Charges |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-french-prime-minister-sentenced-to-prison-on-corruption-charges-11593447376?mod=e2tw%3C/ref%3E%3Cref%3Ehttps://www.france24.com/en/20200311-prosecutors-ask-for-jail-time-for-french-ex-pm-fillon-over-fake-jobs |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=29 June 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fillon, Francois}} [[Category:French lawyers]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of France]] [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:French criminals]] [[Category:Politicians from Pays de la Loire]] [[Category:People from Le Mans]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun]]