Catherine Vautrin

French politician (born 1960) Catherine VautrinMinister of the Armed Forces and Veterans AffairsIncumbentAssumed office 12 October 2025Prime MinisterSébastien LecornuPreceded bySébastien Lecornu (interim)Bruno Le MaireMinister of Labour, Health, Solidarity and FamiliesIn office23 December 2024 – 12 October 2025Prime MinisterFrançois BayrouSébastien LecornuPreceded byAstrid Panosyan (Labour)Geneviève Darrieussecq (Health)Paul Christophe (Solidarity)Agnès Canayer (Families)Succeeded byJean-Pierre Farandou (Labour, Solidarity) Stéphanie Rist (Health, Families)In office11 January 2024 – 21 September 2024Prime MinisterGabriel AttalPreceded byOlivier Dussopt (Labour)Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo (Health)Aurore Bergé (Solidarity)Succeeded byAstrid Panosyan (Labour)Geneviève Darrieussecq (Health)Paul Christophe (Solidarity)Minister of Partnership with Territories and DecentralizationIn office21 September 2024 – 23 December 2024Prime MinisterMichel BarnierPreceded byChristophe Béchu (Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion) Caroline Cayeux (Relations with Local Authorities)Succeeded byFrançois RebsamenMinister Delegate for Social Cohesion and ParityIn office2 June 2005 – 1