Ségolène Royal
Ségolène Royal | |
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Royal in 2012 | |
| Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy | |
| In office 2 April 2014 – 10 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Preceded by | Philippe Martin |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Hulot (Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition) |
| President of the Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes | |
| In office 30 March 2004 – 21 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Élisabeth Morin |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Macaire |
| Minister delegate for Families, Children and People with Disabilities | |
| In office 20 March 2000 – 6 May 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Martine Aubry |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Mattei |
| Minister delegate for School Teaching | |
| In office 4 June 1997 – 27 March 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Françoise Hostalier (Secretary of State for School Teaching) |
| Succeeded by | Xavier Darcos (Minister of Labour, Social Relations, Families, Solidarity and the Cities) |
| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Preceded by | Brice Lalonde |
| Succeeded by | Michel Barnier |
| Member of the National Assembly for Deux-Sèvres's 2nd constituency | |
| In office 19 June 2002 – 19 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
| Succeeded by | Delphine Batho |
| In office 2 April 1993 – 4 July 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
| In office 23 June 1988 – 2 May 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency re-established |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
| Departmental Councillor of Deux-Sèvres | |
| In office 2 April 1992 – 27 March 1998 | |
| Constituency | Canton of La Mothe-Saint-Héray |
| Ambassador of France for the Arctic and Antarctica | |
| In office 1 September 2017 – 24 January 2020 | |
| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Preceded by | Michel Rocard |
| Succeeded by | Olivier Poivre d'Arvor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie-Ségolène Royal 22 September 1953 Dakar, French West Africa (present-day Senegal) |
| Political party | Independent (2017–2021; 2023–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PS (1978–2017; 2021–2023) |
| Domestic partner | François Hollande (1978–2007) |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Gérard Royal (brother) |
| Alma mater | Nancy 2 University Sciences Po ÉNA |
| Signature | |
| Website | Official Facebook |
Ségolène Royal (French: [seɡɔlɛn ʁwajal] ⓘ; born Marie-Ségolène Royal; 22 September 1953) is a French politician who took part in the 2007 French presidential election, losing to Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round. She was the first woman in France's history to reach the second round in a presidential election.
Royal was president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council from 2004 to 2014. She won the 2006 Socialist Party primary, becoming the first woman in France to be nominated as a presidential candidate by a major party. In the subsequent 2007 presidential election, she earned further distinction as the first woman to qualify for the second round of a presidential election, but ultimately lost to Nicolas Sarkozy.
In 2008, Royal narrowly lost to Martine Aubry in the Socialist Party's election for First Secretary at the Party's twenty-second national congress. She lost the Socialist Party presidential primary in 2011, and failed in an attempt to win a seat in the National Assembly in the June 2012 parliamentary elections.
She has four children with François Hollande, the former president, and was appointed by him to the vice-chair directorship of the Banque Publique d'Investissement (BPI) in 2013. She served as Minister for Ecology from 2014 to 2017, in the Valls, then Cazeneuve cabinets.