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Sylvie Retailleau | |||||||||||
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Retailleau in 2018 | |||||||||||
Minister of Higher Education and Research | |||||||||||
In office 20 May 2022 – 21 September 2024 | |||||||||||
Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne Gabriel Attal | ||||||||||
Preceded by | Frédérique Vidal | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Patrick Hetzel | ||||||||||
President of the Paris-Saclay University | |||||||||||
In office 2 March 2020 – 20 May 2022 | |||||||||||
Preceded by | Françoise Moulin Civil [fr] | ||||||||||
Succeeded by | Estelle Iacona | ||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||
Born | Sylvie Galdin (1965-02-24) 24 February 1965 (age 59) Nice, France | ||||||||||
Political party | Independent | ||||||||||
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure de Cachan Paris-Sud 11 University | ||||||||||
Profession | Physicist | ||||||||||
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Sylvie Retailleau (née Galdin; born 24 February 1965) is a French physicist and politician who has been serving as Minister of Higher Education in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal since 20 May 2022. She served as president of Paris-Sud University from 2016 to 2022.
Early life and education
Retailleau was born on 24 February 1965 in Nice, as Sylvie Valérie Galdin.
Career
On 1 December 2022, Retailleau was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden in honor of President Emmanuel Macron at the White House.
In October 2023, Retailleau participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Macron.
In December 2023, Retailleau considered to resign from government after the latter had proposed controversial new legislation on France's immigration rules, but her request was refused by President Macron.
She is of no relation to fellow French politician Bruno Retailleau.
References
- Monod, Olivier. "Avec Sylvie Retailleau, le ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche change de tête, pas de ligne". Libération (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- "Sylvie Retailleau". Challenges.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- Aishvarya Kavi (1 December 2022), The Full Guest List for the State Dinner New York Times.
- Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023), Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor Reuters.
- Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert Cabinet of Germany, press release of 10 October 2023.
- Loi « immigration » : la ministre de l’enseignement supérieur a présenté sa démission, qui a été « refusée », annonce son entourage Le Monde, 21 December 2023.
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