Geneviève Darrieussecq

Geneviève Darrieussecq
Darrieussecq in 2017
Secretary of State of the Armed Forces
In office
21 June 2017 – 20 May 2022
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Jean Castex
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPatricia Mirallès
Member of the National Assembly for Landes's 1st constituency
Assumed office
21 August 2023
Preceded byFabien Lainé
In office
21 June 2022 – 4 August 2022
Preceded byFabien Lainé
Succeeded byFabien Lainé
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 July 2017
Preceded byFlorence Delaunay
Succeeded byFabien Lainé
Member of the Regional council of Aquitaine
Assumed office
2 July 2021
In office
4 April 2004 – 6 December 2015
Mayor of Mont-de-Marsan
In office
21 March 2008 – 7 July 2017
Preceded byPhilippe Labeyrie
Succeeded byCharles Dayot
Member of the Mont-de-Marsan City Council
Assumed office
21 March 2008
Personal details
Born
Geneviève Darrieussecq

(1956-03-04) 4 March 1956 (age 68)
Peyrehorade, Landes, France
Political partyMoDem (2007–present)
Other political
affiliations
UDF (2004–2007)
Alma materUniversity of Bordeaux
OccupationDoctorPolitician

Geneviève Darrieussecq (born 4 March 1956) is a French physician and politician of Democratic Movement (MoDem) who served as Minister for People with Disabilities in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2023.[1]

From 2017 to 2022, Darrieussecq served as the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex.

Career

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Visit of Geneviève Darrieussecq at the École Polytechnique in 2017

Career in local politics

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Darrieussecq was the mayor of Mont-de-Marsan (2008-2017).[2]

Career in national politics

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In 2010, François Bayrou included Darrieussecq in his shadow cabinet; in this capacity, Darrieussecq served as opposition counterpart to Minister of Health Roselyne Bachelot ahead of the 2012 French presidential election.[3]

In the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Darrieussecq endorsed Alain Juppé as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.[4]

In 2017 Darrieussecq was elected to the National Assembly from Landes's 1st constituency.[5][2]

On 21 June 2017 Darrieussecq was appointed Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly in the Second Philippe government. Fabien Lainé succeeded her in the National Assembly and Charles Dayot succeeded her as mayor of Mont-de-Marsan (on 7 July 2017). Contexte's newspaper notes that "Geneviève Darrieussecq is discreet with Florence Parly at the Ministry of the Armed Forces. She had a specific mission letter: to her "the human", when the minister takes care of the material. The memory, the youth, the training, the service of health of the armies, the durable development in the armies, the family plan are her first subjects of concern. But she must keep abreast of the rest, to be able to answer in case of Florence Parly's absence.[6]

Since 2023, Darrieussecq has been part of the French delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where she serves on the Science and Technology Committee and the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Claire Gatinois (4 July 2022), Remaniement : Damien Abad finalement écarté du gouvernement Le Monde.
  2. ^ a b Par Jeanne Travers. "Landes : qui est Geneviève Darrieussecq, votre nouvelle députée ? - France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine" (in French). France3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. ^ Rodolphe Geisler (September 20, 2010), François Bayrou se dote d'un «Shadow Cabinet» Le Figaro.
  4. ^ Alexandre Lemarié and Matthieu Goar (October 13, 2016), Alain Juppé recueille le soutien des centristes de l’UDI pour la primaire de la droite Le Monde.
  5. ^ Landes, Sudouest fr (18 June 2017). "Législatives : Darrieussecq, première femme élue députée dans les Landes". Sud Ouest.fr. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  6. ^ Samuel Le Goff, Simon Prigent, Diane de Fortanier and Hortense Goulard (22 March 2018). "Les attributions informelles des secrétaires d'État " sans attribution "" (in French). Contexte. Retrieved 29 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Geneviève Darrieussecq NATO Parliamentary Assembly.