Olivia Grégoire (born 30 September 1978) is a French politician of

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(RE) who has been serving as Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises, Trade, Crafts and Tourism under

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Emmanuel Macron since 2022. Grégoire previously served as Government Spokesperson in the

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(2022) and as Secretary of State for

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in the

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(2020–2022). She was a member of the

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for the 12th constituency of Paris between 2017 and 2020).

Early life and career

Grégoire gained a Licence in

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from

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in 1999. She graduated from Sciences Po in 2001, the same year as Emmanuel Macron, then completed a master's degree in marketing at

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in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, Grégoire worked for the press office of

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, as well as from 2005 until 2007 as an adviser and strategist for

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. Between 2007 and 2014 she worked in communications and marketing for the multinational companies

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and

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, and for the government communications agency Etalab. She founded Olicare, a communications and strategy consultancy, in 2014.

Political career

Grégoire joined Emmanuel Macron’s

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movement in March 2016, a month before it was publicly launched, and was involved in designing the movement’s policies on health-care. In the 2017 legislative elections she was elected with 56.36% of the vote, defeating Philippe Goujon of The Republicans. Within her parliamentary group, Grégoire was one of the spokespersons. She was also a member of the Finance Committee, a parliamentary committee that scrutinizes public spending. At the beginning of the term, Grégoire and Valérie Oppelt launched an informal group of around 50 LREM members in support of strengthening entrepreneurship. She was re-elected to parliament in the

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, but returned to government, and so was replaced by her substitute Fanta Berete.

Political positions

In July 2019, Grégoire voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s

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(CETA) with

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.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019)
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregoire, Olivia 1978 births Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic La République En Marche! politicians 21st-century French women politicians Politicians from Paris Women members of the National Assembly (France) Paris Nanterre University alumni Sciences Po alumni ESSEC Business School alumni Secretaries of State of France Members of Parliament for Paris Members of the Borne government