Valérie Fourneyron

Valérie Fourneyron
Fourneyron in 2013
State Secretary for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy
In office
9 April 2014 (2014-04-09)  14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterManuel Valls
Preceded bySylvia Pinel
(Crafts, Trade and Tourism)
Benoît Hamon
(Social Economy)
Minister of Sports, Youth, Popular Education and Community Life
In office
16 May 2012 (2012-05-16)  31 March 2014 (2014-03-31)
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded byDavid Douillet (Sports)
Luc Chatel (Youth and Community Life)
Succeeded byNajat Vallaud-Belkacem
Member of the National Assembly
for Seine-Maritime's 1st constituency
In office
20 June 2007 (2007-06-20)  21 July 2012 (2012-07-21)
Preceded byPatrick Herr
Succeeded byPierre Léautey
Mayor of Rouen
In office
9 March 2008 (2008-03-09)  27 June 2012 (2012-06-27)
Preceded byPierre Albertini
Succeeded byYvon Robert
General Councillor for the administrative district of Rouen-5
In office
29 March 2004 (2004-03-29)  16 March 2008 (2008-03-16)
Preceded byRichard Picot
Succeeded byChristine Rambaud
Regional Councillor of Upper Normandy Regional Council
In office
16 March 1998 (1998-03-16)  1 July 2007 (2007-07-01)
Succeeded byLaurence Tison
Personal details
Born
Valérie Absire

(1959-10-04) 4 October 1959
Le Petit-Quevilly, France
Political partySocialist Party
ProfessionPhysician

Valérie Fourneyron (French pronunciation: [valeʁi fuʁneʁɔ̃]; born 4 October 1959) is a former French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as chair of the board of the International Testing Agency (ITA) since 2017. She previously served as Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls from 2014 until 2017. She was also a member of the National Assembly and the Mayor of Rouen.