Three weeks after the appointment of the ministers of the Castex government, eleven Secretaries of State were, in turn, appointed Sunday July 26 by the Elysee Palace, on the proposal of the Prime Minister.
Five of them were already part of the previous government. Appointed during the first government Philippe, Sophie Cluzel remains Secretary of State for disabled people. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne retains its State Secretariat dedicated to tourism, to French people living abroad and to the French-speaking world. On the front line during debates on l’application StopCovid, Cédric O retains his post of Secretary of State responsible for the digital transition and electronic communications. Laurent Pietraszewski is still responsible for pensions and health at work, just like Adrien Taquet, who remains Secretary of State for Children and Families.
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Six other personalities make their entrance
In addition to these five people, six new personalities are entering the government.
- Clément Beaune, responsible for European affairs
Long advisor to Emmanuel Macron, Clément Beaune becomes Secretary of State for European Affairs. He had already been sensed for this Secretary of State in May 2019, after the departure of Nathalie Loiseau, but Amélie de Montchalin had then been preferred to her. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris, enarque promotion Willy Brandt (2007-2009), he has been advising the Head of State since 2014 on European issues. He entered the government a few days after having actively participated in the European summit, “Historical” according to Emmanuel Macron, where the 27 states of the European Union have agreed on a recovery plan of 750 billion euros.
- Bérangère Abba, in charge of biodiversity
Elected in 2017 for the first time to the Assembly, the deputy LREM Bérangère Abba succeeded Luc Chatel in this constituency of Haute-Marne. She is a member of the commission sustainable development and regional planning and was the national thematic referent “ecological transition” for La République en Marche. At the start of the legislature, she became a member of the national council for ecological transition. She also participated in the parliamentary commission of inquiry on the safety and security of nuclear installations. She also chairs the National Assembly study group devoted to national parks and regional natural parks. She had signed a Tribune in The world claiming that “Ecology is at the heart of Act II of the five-year term”.
- Nathalie Elimas, in charge of priority education
Modem Member of Val-d’Oise, Nathalie Elimas has been appointed Secretary of State in charge of priority education. Former lawyer converted into teaching and school principal, she became involved in politics during the 2007 presidential campaign, alongside François Bayrou. Member of the Social Affairs Commission of the National Assembly, she has also been a regional councilor for Ile-de-France since 2015.
- Sarah El Haïry, in charge of youth and engagement
Modem MP, Sarah El Haïry (Loire-Atlantique), is appointed Secretary of State for Youth and Engagement with the Minister of Education. After the first hours of activism spent at the UMP, she joined the centrist party in 2014. Supported by La République en Marche, she beat the socialist Michel Ménard, elected since 2007, and had indicated that she was planning to quit her job as a sales manager in a cooperative society to devote herself fully to her position as a member of Parliament. She has since been elected municipal councilor of Nantes. In the National Assembly, the deputy sat on the finance committee. In November 2018, she was rapporteur on a bill aimed at improving the treasuries of associations. Last June, it submitted to the government a report entitled “For French philanthropy”.
- Olivia Grégoire, responsible for the social, solidarity and responsible economy
Spokesperson for the LREM group in the National Assembly, the deputy for Paris Olivia Grégoire is also vice-president of the finance committee and president of the special commission to examine the Pacte law (the law relating to the growth and transformation of enterprises). Founder of a business strategy consulting firm for SMEs and start-ups, Olivia Grégoire has long been involved with the liberal right and the center right. It went through the ministerial cabinets of Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Xavier Bertrand.
- Joël Giraud, in charge of rurality
Former general budget rapporteur on the wish of the President of the Republic, the deputy LREM (Hautes-Alpes) Joël Giraud is named secretary of state in charge of rurality. A former senior official, who himself passed through Bercy via Tracfin, an anti-money laundering body, Joël Giraud is a leftist radical who joined early in La République en Marche. He was for 28 years (from 1989 to 2017) mayor of L’Argentière-la-Bessée, a town of more than 2,000 inhabitants.
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