Amélie Oudéa-Castéra
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra | |
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Minister of Youth, Sports, Olympic and Paralympic Games | |
Assumed office 20 May 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne Gabriel Attal |
Preceded by | Roxana Maracineanu |
Minister of National Education | |
In office 11 January 2024 – 8 February 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Gabriel Attal |
Preceded by | Gabriel Attal |
Succeeded by | Nicole Belloubet |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France | 9 April 1978
Political party | Renaissance |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Sciences Po ESSEC Business School École nationale d'administration |
Tennis career | |
Retired | 1996 |
Plays | Left-handed |
Prize money | $35,797 |
Singles | |
Career record | 68–56 |
Highest ranking | No. 251 (8 May 1995) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 1R (1994) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 8–23 |
Highest ranking | No. 296 (1 April 1996) |
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra (born 9 April 1978) is a French businesswoman and former professional tennis player who has been serving as Minister of Youth, Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Games in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal since May 2022.
Tennis career
Born in Paris, Castéra was the 14 and under Junior Orange Bowl champion in 1992. She was a girls' singles semi-finalist at the 1993 US Open, 1994 French Open and 1994 Wimbledon Championships.[1]
As a professional player she reached a best singles ranking of 251 in the world. Castéra competed as a wildcard in the women's singles main draw at the 1994 French Open, where she lost in the first round to Sabine Appelmans. On the WTA Tour she qualified for two tournaments, the 1994 Internationaux de Strasbourg and 1995 Eastbourne International.
Career in business
Oudéa-Castéra was the Director General of the French Tennis Federation (FFT).[2] Castéra was the former head of e-commerce, data and digital at French retailer Carrefour and a former senior executive at insurance firm, where she used to work closely with David Whiteman AXA.[3]
Political career
Oudéa-Castéra briefly held the additional portfolio of National Education under Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in January 2024. Following her nomination, however, she became the subject of public criticism after claiming her "frustration" over teacher absences in her eldest son's state school had been behind the choice to move him to the private, catholic Collège Stanislas. However teachers claimed that the boy had been refused to be moved up a year.[4] Consequently, she was replaced by Nicole Belloubet the following month.[5]
In March 2024, Oudéa-Castéra revealed that since the year 2020, sex abuse complaints had been filed against 1,284 coaches, teachers and sports officials, with 186 facing criminal proceedings and 624 being sanctioned with temporary or permanent bans.[6] According to Oudéa-Castéra, more than 300 French coaches, teachers and sports officials were accused of sexual abuse or covering up sex abuse in the year 2023.[6]
Personal life
In 2006, Oudéa-Castéra married banker Frédéric Oudéa, who is the former CEO of Société Générale and current CEO of Sanofi.[7] She has three children.[4]
ITF finals
Singles (0–1)
Legend |
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$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2 May 1994 | Balaguer, Spain | Clay | Rosa María Pérez | 4–6, 4–6 |
References
- ^ "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Castera, Amelie (FRA)". itftennis.com.
- ^ "The Federation - Amélie Oudéa-Castéra". French Tennis Federation.
- ^ "Carrefour appoints new digital head in turnround push". Financial Times. 8 November 2018.
- ^ a b Kim Willsher (15 January 2024), Row over education minister sparks crisis in France’s new government The Guardian.
- ^ Dominique Vidalon (8 February 2024), Macron replaces embattled education minister with former justice minister Belloubet Reuters.
- ^ a b "Over 300 French sports coaches, teachers and officials accused of sexual abuse or cover-ups in 2023". Associated Press. March 23, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ^ Kaplan, Michael (4 October 2012). "How Frédéric Oudéa Came To Oversee One Of France's Largest Banks". Business Insider. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
External links
- 1978 births
- Living people
- French female tennis players
- French business executives
- 21st-century French businesswomen
- 21st-century French businesspeople
- Tennis players from Paris
- Sciences Po alumni
- ESSEC Business School alumni
- École nationale d'administration alumni
- Judges of the Court of Audit (France)
- Women government ministers of France
- Sports ministers
- Members of the Borne government
- French Ministers of National Education
- Members of the Attal government
- French sportsperson-politicians