Catherine Barbaroux
President of La République En Marche!
Acting
In office
8 May 2017 – 17 August 2017
Preceded byEmmanuel Macron
Succeeded byChristophe Castaner
Personal details
Born (1949-04-01) 1 April 1949 (age 74)
Political partyLa République En Marche!

Catherine Barbaroux (French pronunciation: [katʁin baʁbaʁu]; born 1 April 1949) is a French politician who previously served as the acting president of the political movement En Marche!, after she succeeded Emmanuel Macron following his election as President of France.

Early life

Catherine Barbaroux was born on 1 April 1949.[1] Her parents were immigrants from Spain; her grandparents worked as miners in Asturias.[2] Her father was a member of the French Communist Party.[2]

Barbaroux graduated from Sciences Po in 1975.[2]

Career

Barbaroux worked as an advisor to Trade Minister Michel Crépeau from 1981 to 1986.[2] She worked in human resources for Prisunic and Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (now known as Kering) from 1986 to 1993.[2] She worked as an advisor to Employment Ministers Martine Aubry, Élisabeth Guigou, François Fillon and Jean-Louis Borloo from 1999 to 2005.[2] She joined the regional council of Île-de-France in 2005, and she later became its director of services.[2] She was the president of the Association pour le droit à l'initiative économique (Adie), an employment organization, from 2011 to 2017.[2]

In May 2017, Barbaroux became the acting president of En Marche!.[3][4][5][6]

Personal life

Barbaroux is married, with two children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). www.adie.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Husson, Séverin (8 February 2016). "Catherine Barbaroux, le bénévolat en héritage". La Croix. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Qui est Catherine Barbaroux, la présidente par intérim de La République en marche ?". Le Figaro. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Qui est Catherine Barbaroux, présidente d'En marche ! par intérim ?". Le Monde. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. ^ Rédaction du HuffPost avec AFP (8 May 2017). "Qui est Catherine Barbaroux, la présidente par intérim d'En Marche!". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  6. ^ 02 minutes (8 May 2017). "Qui est Catherine Barbaroux, la présidente par intérim de "La République en marche"". Les Échos. France. Retrieved 9 May 2017.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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