Laurence Auzière-Jourdan (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Auzière; born 1977) is a French cardiologist.

Early life and education

Auzière-Jourdan was born in 1977 to André-Louis Auzière, a banker, and his wife Brigitte (''née'' Trogneux) a teacher. Her family lived in

Truchtersheim Truchtersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. On 15 July 1974, Behlenheim was merged with Truchtersheim. On 1 January 2016, the former commune Pfettisheim was merged into Truchtersheim.

, a French city near the German border, until 1991. She was a classmate of

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Ministry of Economy and Finance (France), Minister of Economics, Industr ...

at the Lycée la Providence in

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...

, France. Macron's parents first thought that their son Emmanuel was interested in Auzière-Jourdan after she remarked that there was a boy in her class who "knows everything about everything". However, Emmanuel Macron eventually married Auzière-Jourdan's mother, Brigitte Trogneux, in 2007; they had first met when Macron was a 15-year-old student in Trogneux's drama class. Auzière-Jourdan graduated from

Pierre and Marie Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University ( , UPMC), also known as Paris VI, was a public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, ...

(UPMC University of Paris VI) and completed her thesis of exercise, ''Facteurs échographiques associés à un niveau de BNP élevé chez les insuffisants cardiaques: interaction systole diastole'', in 2004. She has an older brother, Sébastien, an engineer, and a younger sister, Tiphaine, a lawyer.

Career

Auzière-Jourdan practices high-risk cardiology and vascular diseases in

Vincennes Vincennes (; ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Vincennes is famous for its castle: the Château de Vincennes. It is next to but does not include the ...

and

Nogent-sur-Marne Nogent-sur-Marne () is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a ''Subprefectures in France, sous-préfecture'' of the Val-de-Marne ''Depar ...

. She practices with cardiologists Didier Catuli and Pierre Sablon.

Political activity

She campaigned for her stepfather Emmanuel Macron during the 2017 presidential election.

Personal life

She married Guillaume Jourdan, a radiologist practicing in

Meaux Meaux () is a Communes of France, commune on the river Marne (river), Marne in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in the Functional area (France), metropolitan area of Paris, Franc ...

. They have three children.

References

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