Catherine Vautrin

Catherine Vautrin
Vautrin in 2022
Minister of Labour, Health, Solidarity, and Families
Assumed office
23 December 2024
Prime MinisterFrançois Bayrou
Preceded byAstrid Panosyan (Labour)
Geneviève Darrieussecq (Health)
Paul Christophe (Solidarity)
Agnès Canayer (Families)
In office
11 January 2024  21 September 2024
Prime MinisterGabriel Attal
Preceded byOlivier Dussopt (Labour)
Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo (Health)
Aurore Bergé (Solidarity)
Succeeded byAstrid Panosyan (Labour)
Geneviève Darrieussecq (Health)
Paul Christophe (Solidarity)
Minister of Partnership with Territories and Decentralization
In office
21 September 2024  23 December 2024
Prime MinisterMichel Barnier
Preceded byChristophe Béchu (Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion)
Caroline Cayeux (Minister of Relations with Local Authorities)
Succeeded byFrançois Rebsamen
Minister Delegate for Social Cohesion and Parity
In office
2 June 2005  15 May 2007
Prime MinisterDominique de Villepin
Preceded byNelly Olin (Social Cohesion)
Nicole Ameline (Parity)
Succeeded byNajat Vallaud-Belkacem
Vice President of the National Assembly
In office
26 September 2008  20 June 2017
PresidentBernard Accoyer
Claude Bartolone
Member of the National Assembly
for Marne's 2nd constituency
In office
20 June 2007  20 June 2017
Preceded byPhilippe Feneuil
Succeeded byAina Kuric
In office
19 June 2002  30 April 2004
Preceded byJean-Claude Étienne
Succeeded byArnaud Robinet
President of Grand Reims
In office
14 April 2014  16 January 2024
Preceded byAdeline Hazan
Succeeded byArnaud Robinet
Personal details
Born (1960-07-26) 26 July 1960
Reims, France
Political partyRenaissance (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
Rally for the Republic (1980–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
The Republicans (2015–2019)
Independent (2019–2024)
Spouse
Jean-Louis Pennaforte
(m. 2001)
Children1
Alma materParis Descartes University

Catherine Vautrin (French pronunciation: [katʁin votʁɛ̃]; born 26 July 1960) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister of Labour, Health, Solidarity, and Families in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou since 2024.

Vautrin briefly served as Minister of Partnership with Territories and Decentralization in the Barnier government from September to December 2024 and as Minister of Labour, Health, and Solidarity in the Attal government from January to September 2024. Vautrin represented the 2nd constituency of Marne in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2004 and 2007 to 2017.