Élisabeth Guigou
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Élisabeth Guigou
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| Assumed office 19 June 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Véronique Neiertz |
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| In office 18 October 2000 – 5 May 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Martine Aubry |
| Succeeded by | François Fillon |
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| In office 4 June 1997 – 1 October 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Jacques Toubon |
| Succeeded by | Marylise Lebranchu |
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| In office 3 October 1990 – 29 March 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Édith Cresson |
| Succeeded by | Alain Lamassoure |
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| In office 19 July 1994 – 5 July 1997 |
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| Born | August 6, 1946 (1946-08-06) (age 62) Marrakesh, Morocco |
| Political party | Socialist |
| Spouse | Jean-Louis Guigou |
| Alma mater | ENA |
Élisabeth Guigou (born Élisabeth Vallier, 6 August 1946, Marrakesh, Morocco) is a French Socialist politician.
Biography
After attending ENA, France's elite graduate school of public affairs, she worked on Jacques Delors' staff in 1982 before being hired by Hubert Védrine in François Mitterrand's . She was appointed Secretary-General of the Interminsterial Committee on European Economical Matters in 1986 during the period of cohabitation.
She first got a taste of front-line politics when she was appointed Minister of Eureopean Affairs (1990-1993), during the campaign on the Maastricht Treaty, before she was elected to the European Parliament in 1994. During 1994-1995 she was member of the Tindemans group.
In 1997, she was elected to the National Assembly in the Vaucluse département and entered incoming Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's cabinet, as Minister of Justice (1997-2000) and then as Minister of Employment (2000-2002).
She failed to be elected Mayor of Avignon and, facing possible defeat in her district, got nominated as a candidate for the National Assembly in 2002 in the heavily left-wing département of Seine-Saint-Denis. She was re-elected in 2007.
She is a founding chairwoman and co-president with Jean-Noël Jeanneney of Europartenaires, a group linking business interests with the European Union. She has also created a lobby group called Femmes d'Europe (Women of Europe) and sits on the board of directors of Jacques Delors's foundation Notre Europe (Our Europe). She campaigned for the Yes in the referendum on the 2005 Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.
She is the spouse of Jean-Louis Guigou, a professor of economics, former technical adviser to Michel Rocard and civil servant. They have one child.
Political career
Governmental function
Minister of of Employment and Solidarity : 2000-2002
Keeper of the seals, Minister of Justice : 1997-2000
Minister of European Affairs : 1990-1993
Electoral mandates
Member of the National Assembly of France for Seine-Saint-Denis : Since 2002
Member of the National Assembly of France for Vaucluse : June-July 1997 (Became minister in 1997)
Member of the European Parliament : 1994-1997 (Became minister in 1997)
Deputy-mayor of Noisy-le-Sec : Since 2008
Regional councillor of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur : 1992-2001
Studies
- Bachelor of Literature
- Master of Political Science, Institute of Political Studies of Aix-en-Provence
- Alumna of the École nationale d'administration(ENA).
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| Preceded by Jacques Toubon |
Minister of Justice 1997–2000 |
Succeeded by Marylise Lebranchu |
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