Gilles de Robien

| birth_place = Cocquerel, France | party = UDF | education = Lycée Hoche }} Vicomte Gilles de Robien (; born 10 April 1941) is a French politician and former government minister.

The son of Count Jean de Robien by his wife Éliane Le Mesre de Pas, he is descended from the noble Breton family de Robien.

In 1989, de Robien was elected Mayor of Amiens, being re-elected for two further terms. However, in the French municipal elections of 2008, he was defeated by Gilles Demailly of the French Socialist Party.

De Robien served as French Minister for Education from August 2005 to May 2007, and as a Deputy from 1996 to 2007. Provided by Wikipedia