Annie Genevard (née Tharin, 7 September 1956) is a French politician who has represented the
5th constituency of the
Doubs
Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.[department
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Government and military
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in the
National Assembly
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since
2012
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. She served as secretary-general of
The Republicans (LR) from 2017 to 2019 under successive party leaders
Laurent Wauquiez
Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez (; born 12 April 1975) is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes since 2016. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 following the ...
and
Christian Jacob.
Since 4 July 2022, she has been ''ad interim'' party leader following the resignation of Jacob, in her role as first party vice president (French: ''vice-présidente déléguée''), which she has held since 6 July 2021.
A teacher by occupation, Genevard was
Mayor
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of
Morteau
Morteau () is a commune, in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France.
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from 2002 until 2017.
Family
A native of
Audincourt
Audincourt () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
History
Audincourt belonged to the County of Montbéliard which became part of France in 1793, during the French Revolutionary Wars.
...
, Genevard is the daughter of
Irène Tharin
Irène Tharin (18 July 1938 – 7 August 2016) was a French politician who served as Member of Parliament for Doubs's 4th constituency from 2002 to 2007.
She was Mayor of Seloncourt from 1993 to 2001.
Personal life
Her daughter Annie Genevar ...
, who served in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007, representing the
fourth constituency of
Doubs
Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.[Union for a Popular Movement
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, which would be renamed
The Republicans in 2015. She also was Mayor of
Seloncourt from 1993 until 2015.
Political career
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Genevard has been a member of the National Assembly since the
2012 legislative election, when she succeeded
Jean-Marie Binetruy, whom she also succeeded as Mayor of
Morteau
Morteau () is a commune, in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France.
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when he entered the National Assembly. She has since been one of the chamber's six vice presidents under the leadership of
François de Rugy
François Henri Goullet de Rugy (; born 6 December 1973) is a French politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2018 and Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition from 2018 to 2019.
Since 2007, he has repres ...
(2017–2018) and
Richard Ferrand
Richard Ferrand (; born 1 July 1962) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as President of the National Assembly from 2018 to 2022. He had served as a member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th const ...
(since 2018). She also serves von the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the study group on the
Holy See
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.
In the
2016 The Republicans primary ahead of the
2017 presidential election, Genevard endorsed
François Fillon
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as the party's candidate for
President of France
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.
In the party’s
2017 leadership election, Genevard endorsed
Laurent Wauquiez
Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez (; born 12 April 1975) is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes since 2016. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 following the ...
as party president. Following his election, she was appointed as the party's secretary-general. She left the position in 2019, as newly-elected party president
Christian Jacob appointed
Aurélien Pradié
Aurélien Pradié (born 14 March 1986) is a French politician who has represented the 1st constituency of the Lot department in the National Assembly since 2017. He has also held a seat in the Regional Council of Occitania since 2021, previousl ...
to succeed her.
At the Republicans’ national convention in December 2021, Genevard was part of the 11-member committee which oversaw the
party’s selection of its candidate for the
2022 presidential elections.
[Ludovic Vigogne (12 October 2021)]
Congrès LR: après le oui de Bertrand, les choses sérieuses commencent
''L'Opinion
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''.
See also
*
2017 French legislative election
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References
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1956 births
Living people
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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Union for a Popular Movement politicians
The Republicans (France) politicians
20th-century French women politicians
21st-century French women politicians
Politicians from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
People from Doubs
Women members of the National Assembly (France)
Franche-Comté Regional Councillors
Mayors of places in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic