Emmanuelle Wargon ( ''née'' Stoléru; born 24 February 1971) is a French civil servant, politician and former lobbyist who has been serving as president of the French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) since 2022. During her political career, Wargon served as Minister Delegate for Housing in the

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of President

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from July 2020 to May 2022 and as Minister of Ecological Transition attached to the Minister for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, from 2018 to 2020, in the

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Early life and education

Wargon was born in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

on 24 February 1971, the only child of

Lionel Stoléru Lionel Guy Stoléru (22 November 1937 – 30 November 2016) was a French politician and civil servant. He was also an orchestra founder and conductor. His father, Ilie, was a Romanian immigrant from Vaslui. Stoléru was born in Nantes and atte ...

(19372016), Secretary of State in the government of

Michel Rocard Michel Rocard (; 23 August 1930 – 2 July 2016) was a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991 during which he created the ''Revenu minimum d'ins ...

under

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(19881991), and Francine Wolff (19442009)

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graduate, Paris city administrator. Emmanuelle Wargon went to

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at Lycée Molière in the

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, after completing her studies at

HEC Paris HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...

in 1992, she entered

Institut d'études politiques de Paris , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

(popularly called

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), she then graduated from

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in the same

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as future

in 1997.

Career

Career in the public sector

Wargon began her career in 1997 as an auditor attached to the

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, the administrative court charged with conducting financial and legislative audits of public institutions. In 2001, she joined the cabinet of

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, then Minister of Health, as technical advisor. A year later, she became Deputy Director of the French Agency for the Safety of Health Products ( Afssaps), an agency whose main mission was to assess health risks posed by

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. In 2006, Wargon was appointed deputy director in charge of coordination and internal control at the

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(AP-HP), before becoming in 2007 chief of staff to

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, the High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty in the government of

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, during that period that she oversaw the implementation of the active solidarity income (RSA) in 2008 and the . In 2010, Wargon was appointed secretary-general of the ministries responsible for social affairs (health, work, sport), then became general delegate for employment and vocational training (DGEFP) from 2012 to 2015, where she oversees the Youth Guarantee (mechanism for the integration of young dropouts), the reform of vocational training and the reform of social plans.

Career in the private sector

Wargon joined

Danone Danone S.A. () is a French multinational corporation, multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. Some of t ...

in 2015 as Managing Director in charge of corporate social responsibility (CSR), public affairs and communications. She coordinates Danone's commitments in the areas of health, the environment, and inclusion and is involved in issues of climate strategy and agricultural transition. It thus supports the company in transforming its relationship with society and the environment. In 2016 she became SVP of Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Integrator.

Political career

On 16 October 2018, Wargon was appointed Secretary of State to the Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition François de Rugy in the second government of Prime minister Edouard Philippe. From July 2020, Wargon was the Minister Delegate for Housing, attached to the Minister for the Ecological Transition in the

. By May 2022, she was dismissed by the incoming

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French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE)

In 2022, Wargon was appointed as president of the French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) for non-renewable six-year term.Clément Legros (17 August 2022)
L’ex-ministre Emmanuelle Wargon nommée à la tête du régulateur de l’énergie malgré l’opposition parlementaire
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''.

Personal life

Wargon is married to Mathias Wargon, an A&E doctor. They have three children.

Awards

* 2015 – Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wargon, Emmanuelle 1971 births Living people HEC Paris alumni Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni Judges of the Court of Audit (France) 21st-century French women politicians Women government ministers of France People from Neuilly-sur-Seine Politicians from Île-de-France Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite