Catherine Barbaroux
| Catherine Barbaroux | |
|---|---|
| President of La République En Marche! Acting | |
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Assumed office 8 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Emmanuel Macron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1949 |
| Political party | La République En Marche! |
Catherine Barbaroux (born 1 April 1949) is a French politician, the acting president of the political movement En Marche!, after she succeeded Emmanuel Macron following his election as President of France.
Early life
Catherine Barbaroux was born on 1 April 1949.[1] Her parents were immigrants from Spain; her grandparents worked as miners in Asturias.[2] Her father was a member of the French Communist Party.[2]
Barbaroux graduated from Sciences Po in 1975.[2]
Career
Barbaroux worked as an advisor to Trade Minister Michel Crépeau from 1981 to 1986.[2] She worked in human resources for Prisunic and Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (now known as Kering) from 1986 to 1993.[2] She worked as an advisor to Employment Ministers Martine Aubry, Élisabeth Guigou, François Fillon and Jean-Louis Borloo from 1999 to 2005.[2] She joined the regional council of Île-de-France in 2005, and she later became its director of services.[2] She was the president of the Association pour le droit à l'initiative économique (Adie), an employment organization, from 2011 to 2017.[2]
In May 2017, Barbaroux became the acting president of En Marche!.[3][4][5][6]
Personal life
Barbaroux is married, with two children.[1]
References
- 1 2 https://www.adie.org/sites/default/files/CV/Adie_Catherine_Barbaroux_2011_1.pdf
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Husson, Séverin (8 February 2016). "Catherine Barbaroux, le bénévolat en héritage". La Croix. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ↑ "Qui est Catherine Barbaroux, la présidente par intérim de La République en marche ?". Le Figaro. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ↑ "Qui est Catherine Barbaroux, présidente d'En marche ! par intérim ?". Le Monde. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ↑ Rédaction du HuffPost avec AFP. "Qui est Catherine Barbaroux, la présidente par intérim d'En Marche!". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ↑ 02 minutes. "Qui est Catherine Barbaroux, la présidente par intérim de "La République en marche"". Les Échos. France. Retrieved 9 May 2017.