Valérie Pécresse
Valérie Pécresse | |
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Pécresse in 2022 | |
| President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France | |
| Assumed office 18 December 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Paul Huchon |
| Minister of the Budget | |
| In office 29 June 2011 – 10 May 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | François Baroin |
| Succeeded by | Jérôme Cahuzac |
| Government Spokesperson | |
| In office 29 June 2011 – 15 May 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | François Baroin |
| Succeeded by | Najat Vallaud-Belkacem |
| Minister of Higher Education and Research | |
| In office 18 May 2007 – 29 June 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | François Goulard |
| Succeeded by | Laurent Wauquiez |
| Member of the National Assembly for Yvelines's 2nd constituency | |
| In office 20 June 2012 – 20 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Yves Vandewalle |
| Succeeded by | Pascal Thévenot |
| In office 19 June 2002 – 19 July 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Franck Borotra |
| Succeeded by | Yves Vandewalle |
| Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France | |
| Assumed office 2 April 2004 | |
| President | Jean-Paul Huchon Herself |
| Constituency | Yvelines |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Valérie Anne Émilie Roux 14 July 1967 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Political party | LR (2015–2019; since 2021) SL (since 2017) |
| Other political affiliations | RPR (until 2002) UMP (2002–2015) |
| Spouse |
Jérôme Pécresse
(m. 1994) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent | Dominique Roux (father) |
| Relatives | Louis Bertagna (maternal grandfather) |
| Education | Lycée Sainte-Geneviève |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris École nationale d'administration |
Valérie Anne Émilie Pécresse (French pronunciation: [valeʁi pekʁɛs] ⓘ; née Roux [ʁu] ⓘ; 14 July 1967) is a French politician who has been the President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France since 2015. A member of The Republicans, she previously served as Minister of Higher Education and Research from 2007 to 2011 and Minister of the Budget and Government Spokeswoman from 2011 to 2012 under Prime Minister François Fillon. Pécresse represented the 2nd constituency of Yvelines in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2012 until 2016.
Pécresse was voted as the Republicans' nominee for the 2022 French presidential election, defeating Éric Ciotti in the party primary. She came fifth in the election with 4.8% of the vote, the worst result in the history of her party or its Gaullist predecessors.