Amélie Oudéa-Castéra

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Amélie Oudéa-Castéra
Oudéa-Castéra in 2017
Minister of Youth, Sports, Olympic and Paralympic Games
Assumed office
20 May 2022
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Gabriel Attal
Preceded byRoxana Maracineanu
Minister of National Education
In office
11 January 2024 – 8 February 2024
Prime MinisterGabriel Attal
Preceded byGabriel Attal
Succeeded byNicole Belloubet
Personal details
Born (1978-04-09) 9 April 1978 (age 46)
Paris, France
Political partyRenaissance
Spouse
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(m. 2006)​
Children3
Alma materSciences Po
ESSEC Business School
École nationale d'administration
Tennis career
Retired1996
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$35,797
Singles
Career record68–56
Highest rankingNo. 251 (8 May 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open1R (1994)
Doubles
Career record8–23
Highest rankingNo. 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

Personal life[edit]

In 2006, Oudéa-Castéra married banker Frédéric Oudéa, who is the former CEO of Société Générale and current CEO of Sanofi.[6] She has three children.[4]

ITF finals[edit]

Singles (0–1)[edit]

Legend
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 2 May 1994 Balaguer, Spain Clay Spain Rosa María Pérez 4–6, 4–6

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Castera, Amelie (FRA)". itftennis.com.
  2. ^ "The Federation - Amélie Oudéa-Castéra". French Tennis Federation.
  3. ^ "Carrefour appoints new digital head in turnround push". Financial Times. 8 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b Kim Willsher (15 January 2024), Row over education minister sparks crisis in France’s new government The Guardian.
  5. ^ Dominique Vidalon (8 February 2024), Macron replaces embattled education minister with former justice minister Belloubet Reuters.
  6. ^ 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[edit]

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