Roger Karoutchi

Roger Karoutchi
First Vice-president of the Senate
Assumed office
6 October 2020
PresidentGérard Larcher
Preceded byPhilippe Dallier
Member of the French Senate
for Hauts-de-Seine
Assumed office
1 October 2011
Secretary of State for the Relations with the Parliament
In office
18 May 2007  23 June 2009
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Preceded byHenri Cuq
Succeeded byHenri de Raincourt
Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France
In office
1992–2015
PresidentMichel Giraud
Jean-Paul Huchon
Personal details
Born (1951-08-26) 26 August 1951
Casablanca, Morocco
Political partyUMP
The Republicans
Alma materSciences Po Aix

Roger Karoutchi (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe kaʁutʃi]; born 26 August 1951) is a French teacher and politician who has been serving as the first Vice President of the French Senate since 2020. He previously served as the French Ambassador to the OECD and as Secretary of State to the French Prime Minister, with responsibility for Relations with Parliament.