Yves J�go is a French politician, member of the French National Assembly for the third constituency of Seine-et-Marne and Mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne. He is the general delegate of the Union of Democrats and Independents, since the party?s creation in October 2012. He is also vice president of the Radical Party and president of the Communaut� de communes des deux fleuves. He was appointed Secretary of State for Overseas in the government of Fran�ois Fillon on 18 March 2008. J�go was the Minister in charge during the 2009 French Caribbean general strikes, in which the strikers were protesting against high living costs and particularly the costs of food and fuel. As he undertook the dismantling of monopolies, his role was the subject of controversy. He was replaced by Marie-Luce Penchard on 23 June 2009 and was not given another portfolio. J�go has been an MP since 2002, and mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne since 1995. He was the spokesman for the Union for a Popular Movement, when the party was ruling. He is also founder and president of a local party Mieux Vivre Ensemble, formerly known as Mouvement des Seine-et-Marnais. 

April 17th, 1961 in Besançon (Age 63)