Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2012
Preceded by	Guy Malherbe
Constituency	Essonne 4
In office 19 July 2002 – 19 July 2007
Preceded by	Pierre-André Wiltzer
Succeeded by	Guy Malherbe
Mayor of Longjumeau
In office 22 March 2008 – 25 February 2013
Preceded by	Bernard Nieuviaert
Succeeded by	Sandrine Gelot-Rateau
Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing
In office 14 November 2010 – 22 February 2012
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Jean-Louis Borloo
Succeeded by	François Fillon
Personal details
Born	(1973-05-14) 14 May 1973 Paris, France
Political party	Union for a Popular Movement
Alma mater	École Polytechnique Collège des Ingénieurs

Nathalie Geneviève Marie Kosciusko-Morizet (French pronunciation: ​[nataˈli kosjysˈko moʁiˈzɛ]) (born 14 May 1973), often referred to by her initials NKM, is a French politician, current deputy of the 4th electoral constituency of Essonne. She is mayor of Longjumeau and a candidate for mayor of Paris in the local elections in 2014.

Education and political career

She graduated from the École Polytechnique and the Collège des Ingénieurs.

As a 29-year-old, she was elected a deputy member of the French National Assembly in 2002, representing the department of Essonne, to the south of Paris, serving out the term for Pierre-André Wiltzer who was appointed deputy minister. She was reelected in 2007 and 2012.

She was elected mayor of Longjumeau (Essonne) in March 2008.

In 2007, she became a minister in the French government responsible for the environment. Then in 2009 she became secretary of state with responsibility for Forward Planning, Assessment of Public Policies and Development of the Digital Economy, before being appointed Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing in November 2010.

In 2012, she left her position as minister to become spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy during his presidential reelection campaign.

In February 2013 she announced she would be a candidate for mayor of Paris in the 2014 local elections. She will face among others Rachida Dati in the UMP primary election. The polls have Kosciusko-Morizet as a favourite to win the primary. She is endorsed by François Fillon.^[1]

Although close to Jacques Chirac throughout his presidency, she is a strong advocate of green issues, and can be described as a part of the "blue ecologists" group.

In an interview to the Daily Telegraph in March 2013, she said she had "a lot of admiration" for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.^[1]

On June 3, 2013 she won UMP's primaries for the office of Mayor of Paris with 58.16% of the vote.

Family

She comes from a political family with Polish roots (from Józef Tomasz Kościuszko [1743–1789], brother of the famous Tadeusz Kościuszko). Her grandfather, Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet (born Kosciusko 1913–1994), was an academic, a member of the French Resistance during the war, a Gaullist politician and former French ambassador in US whose father-in-law, André Morizet, was a socialist senator and mayor of Boulogne-Billancourt. Her father François Kosciusko-Morizet (b. 1940) is the current mayor of Sèvres. She is also the sister of Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet (b. 1977), one of the founders of Priceminister.com, the third ranked e-commerce site in France. According to genealogists, she is also related to Lucrezia Borgia from her mother side, the Treuille family.^[2]

She is married to Jean-Pierre Philippe and has two sons, born in 2005 and 2009.

Political positions

Governmental functions

Secretary of State for Ecology : 2007–2009.

Secretary of State and Prospective Development of the Digital Economy : 2009–2010.

Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing: November 2010 – February 2012 (She resigned from government to become spokeswoman of Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign).

Electoral mandates

National Assembly of France

Member of the National Assembly of France for Essonne (4th constituency) : 2002–2007 (Became secretary of State in 2007). Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007.

Regional Council

Regional councillor of Ile-de-France : 2004–2010 (She resigned in November 2010). Reelected in 2010.

Municipal Council

Mayor of Longjumeau : Since 2008.

Municipal councillor of Longjumeau : Since 2008.

Agglomeration Community Council

Vice-president of the Europ'Essonne Agglomeration Community Council : Since 2008.

Member of the Europ'Essonne Agglomeration Community Council : Since 2008.

References

Sources

• Mme Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Assemblée nationale (French)
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