Valérie Pécresse

Valérie Pécresse
Valérie Pécresse
President of the Regional Council; of Île-de-France
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 December 2015
Preceded by	Jean-Paul Huchon
Minister of the Budget
	In office; 29 June 2011 – 10 May 2012
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	François Baroin
Succeeded by	Jérôme Cahuzac
Government Spokeswoman
	In office; 29 June 2011 – 15 May 2012
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	François Baroin
Succeeded by	Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Minister of Higher Education and Research
	In office; 18 May 2007 – 29 June 2011
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	François Goulard
Succeeded by	Laurent Wauquiez
Member of the National Assembly; for Yvelines's 2nd constituency
	In office; 20 June 2012 – 20 January 2016
Preceded by	Yves Vandewalle
Succeeded by	Pascal Thévenot
	In office; 19 June 2002 – 19 July 2007
Preceded by	Franck Borotra
Succeeded by	Yves Vandewalle
Personal details
Born	Valérie Roux; 14 July 1967 (age 57); Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Political party	The Republicans (2015–2019, since 2021); Soyons libres (since 2017)
Other political; affiliations	Rally for the Republic (until 2002); Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
Spouse(s)	Jérôme Pécresse (m. 1994)
Children	3
Education	Lycée Sainte-Geneviève
Alma mater	HEC Paris; École nationale d'administration

Valérie Pécresse (French pronunciation: [valeʁi pekʁɛs]; born Roux, 14 July 1967) is a French politician. She is the President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France since 2015. She is a member of The Republicans (LR). She was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2016.

Pécresse was Minister of Higher Education and Research from 2007 to 2011 and Minister of Budget and Government Spokeswoman from 2011 to 2012 during the François Fillon government.

In July 2021, Pécresse announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2022 presidential election.^[1]^[2] In December 2021, she won the Republican nomination.^[3] She came in fifth place in the election, winning 4.78% of the vote.

Bibliography

"Miss Oradour", in Hallier en roue libre, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Ed., 2022, p.72.ISBN 978 2 35055 305 4

References

↑ Kayali, Laura (2021-07-22). "Head of Paris region announces presidential bid". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
↑ "Conservative Les Républicains forgo primary to choose candidate at party convention". France 24. 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
↑ Regny, Diane (4 December 2021). "Présidentielle: Valérie Pécresse investie candidate Les Républicains après sa victoire au congrès" (in French). BFM TV. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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[1] Kayali, Laura (2021-07-22). "Head of Paris region announces presidential bid". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-11-19.

[2] "Conservative Les Républicains forgo primary to choose candidate at party convention". France 24. 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2021-11-19.

[3] Regny, Diane (4 December 2021). "Présidentielle: Valérie Pécresse investie candidate Les Républicains après sa victoire au congrès" (in French). BFM TV. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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