Brigitte Macron

Brigitte Macron
Spouse of the President of the French Republic
Assumed office
14 May 2017
President Emmanuel Macron
Preceded by Valérie Trierweiler (2014/partner)
Personal details
Born Brigitte Marie-Claude Trogneux
(1953-04-13) 13 April 1953
Amiens, Somme, France
Spouse(s) André-Louis Auzière (m. 1974; div. 2006)
Emmanuel Macron (m. 2007)
Relations Jean-Michel Macron (father-in-law)
Children 3
Parents Simone Pujol
Jean Trogneux
Residence Élysée Palace
Occupation High school teacher

Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron (French pronunciation: ​[bri.ʒit ma.ʁi klodə ma.kʁɔ᷉]; née Trogneux, pronounced [tʁɔ.ɲø], previously Auzière, French pronunciation: ​[o.zjɛːʁ]; born 13 April 1953) is the wife and former high school teacher of Emmanuel Macron, the President of the French Republic.[1] In 2015, to help support her husband in his political career, she ended her career as a teacher of literature at the elite lycée Saint-Louis de Gonzague in Paris.[2]

Early life and education

Jean Trogneux shop, Saint-Quentin, 2012

Brigitte Macron was born Brigitte Marie-Claude Trogneux in Amiens, France. Her parents were Simone (née Pujol; 1910–1998) and Jean Trogneux (1909–1994), the owners of the five-generation Chocolaterie Trogneux,[3] founded in 1872 in Amiens.[4] The company, now known as Jean Trogneux,[5] is run by her nephew, Jean-Alexandre Trogneux.[3] She was the youngest of her parents' six children.[6]

Career

Brigitte Auzière taught literature at the Collège Lucie-Berger in Strasbourg in the 1980s.[7] By the 1990s, she taught French and Latin at Lycée la Providence, a Jesuit high school in Amiens. It was at that high school that she and Emmanuel Macron first met.[8] He attended her literature classes and she was in charge of the theater class he attended.[9] Their romance was not typical as she was his senior by 24 years and 8 months, and Macron has described it as "a love often clandestine, often hidden, misunderstood by many before imposing itself".[10]

Politics

Brigitte Auzière ran for the city council of Truchtersheim in 1989, but lost.[7] It would be the only time she would run for office.[7]

In 2017, Brigitte Macron played an active role in her husband's presidential campaign; a top adviser was quoted as saying that "her presence is essential for him".[11] Macron stated that upon his winning of the French presidency, his wife "will have the role that she always had with me, she will not be hidden".[12]

Personal life

On 22 June 1974, she married the banker André-Louis Auzière, with whom she had three children: Sébastien Auzière (born 1975), an engineer, Dr Laurence Auzière-Jourdan (born in 1977), a cardiologist and Tiphaine Auzière (born in 1984), a lawyer.[13] They resided in Truchtersheim until 1991, when they moved to Amiens.[7] She divorced Auzière in 2006 and married Macron in 2007.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Brigitte Trogneux – La biographie de Brigitte Trogneux avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr (in French). Média Prisma. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Brigitte Macron, l'ex-prof de français qui pourrait entrer à l'Elysée". leparisien.fr. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 Lévy-Frébault, Tiphaine (25 June 2015). "Qui est Brigitte Trogneux, l'épouse d'Emmanuel Macron?". L'Express. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Arras : la chocolaterie Trogneux va déménager sur la place des Héros". La Voix du Nord. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Homepage". Jean Trogneux. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Brigitte TROGNEUX – Fraternelle : l'encyclopédie biographique de l'Homo erectus – Geneanet". gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Hartzer, Renaud (8 May 2017). "Brigitte Macron a fait ses premiers pas en politique... en Alsace". France 3 Grand Est. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Druckerman, Pamela (2 February 2017). "Sex and the French Elections". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "France's Macron defied parental veto on schoolboy love affair with teacher". Reuters. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  10. ↑ Persio, Sofia Lotto (6 February 2017). "Emmanuel Macron: From teacher's pet to teacher's husband to President of France?". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "The Singular Woman Behind France’s Front-Runner". Bloomberg.com. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  12. ↑ Pithers, Ellie. "How Brigitte Macron Is Redefining First Lady Dressing". British Vogue. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Brigitte Macron". Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  14. ↑ Gerber, Louis. "Emmanuel Macron the new French minister of the economy". www.cosmopolis.ch. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  15. ↑ VIDEO. Les images du mariage d'Emmanuel Macron temps de Brigitte Trogneux diffusées. Le Parisien (22 November 2016).
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