Jean-Pierre Raffarin, 53, a senator and head of the Poitou-Charentes regional council in Western France arrives at the Elysee palace May 6, 2002 [after being named by French President Jacques Chirac as his new Prime Minister. By naming Raffarin, a provincial moderate, Chirac has signalled to France's angry voters he has heard their protest against an arrogant and isolated Parisian power elite.]