| Valérie Pécresse | |
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| Minister of the Budget | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 29 June 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | François Baroin |
| Minister of Higher Education and Research | |
| In office 18 May 2007 – 29 June 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | François Goulard |
| Succeeded by | Laurent Wauquiez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 July 1967 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Political party | Union for a Popular Movement |
| Alma mater | School of the Commercial Advanced Studies of Paris National School of Administration |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Valérie Pécresse (born 14 July 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French politician. She has been deputy of the Yvelines since May 16, 2002, Minister for Higher Education and Research from May 18, 2007 to June 2011 and is currently in charge of the budget as the Minister of the Budget since then. She is also the Government's spokeswoman.
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Pécresse is the daughter of Dominique Roux (CEO of Bolloré telecom since January 2007).
Pécresse has degrees from HEC School of Management and ÉNA.[1] She was an auditor of the Conseil d'État until 1998, when she was designated counselor of the presidence of the French Republic. She speaks French, English, Russian and Japanese.[2]
In June 2002, she was elected deputy of the Yvelines' second constituency. She was also elected regional counselor of Île-de-France in 2004. Valérie Pécresse was a national spokeswoman of the UMP, and spokeswoman of the party in the Yvelines.
On 18 May 2007, she was designated Minister of Higher Education and Research of François Fillon's second cabinet.
There, she has launched many reforms which have caused a great wave of strikes.
In 2009, the Académie de la Carpette anglaise, an organization that opposes the spread of the English language in Francophone countries, gave Pécresse the Prix de la Carpette Anglaise ("English Doormat Prize") for having refused to speak French at international meetings in Brussels, Belgium; Pécresse had stated that English was the easiest means of communication.[3]
Governmental function
Government's spokeswoman : Since June 2011.
Ministre of Budget, Public accounts and State reform : Since June 2011.
Minister of Higher Education and Research : 2007-2011.
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
Member of the National Assembly of France for Yvelines (2nd constituency) : 2002–2007 (Became minister in 2007). Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007.
Regional Council
Regional councillor of Ile-de-France : Since 2004. Reelected in 2010.
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| Preceded by François Goulard |
Minister of Higher Education and Research 2007–2011 |
Succeeded by Laurent Wauquiez |
| Preceded by François Baroin |
Minister of the Budget 2011–present |
Incumbent |
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