Aurélien Rousseau
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Aurélien Rousseau | |
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| Minister of Health and Prevention | |
| In office 20 July 2023 – 20 December 2023 | |
| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne |
| Preceded by | François Braun |
| Succeeded by | Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo |
| Chief of Staff of Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 17 May 2022 – 17 July 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne |
| Preceded by | Nicolas Revel |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Denis Combrexelle |
| Director of the Regional Agency for Health of Île-de-France | |
| In office 2018–2021 | |
| Preceded by | Christophe Devys |
| Succeeded by | Amélie Verdier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 June 1976 Alès, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse | Marguerite Cazeneuve |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | ÉNA |
Aurélien Rousseau (born 25 June 1976) is a French civil servant and politician who has briefly served as Minister of Health and Prevention in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2023.[1]
From May 2022 to July 2023, Rousseau served as Borne's chief of staff;[2] he resigned from that position effective on 17 July 2023.
On 20 December 2023, he resigned as Health Minister in response to the passage of a controversial immigration bill backed by his government.
Early life and education[edit]
Rousseau grew up in Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas.[3]
Career[edit]
In 1999, Rousseau began his career as history and geography teacher at a highschool in Seine-Saint-Denis.[4]
From 2015 to 2017, Rousseau served as deputy director of the cabinet and advisor on social affairs to successive Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve.[5]
From 2017 to 2018, Rousseau served as director of Monnaie de Paris.[6][7]
Rousseau won plaudits for running the public health authority in the Paris region during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[8]
Minister of Health, July–December 2023[edit]
In October 2023, Rousseau participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron.[9][10]
Personal life[edit]
Rousseau is in a relationship with Marguerite Cazeneuve. In 2020, the couple's son was born.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Michel Rose (20 July 2023), Macron reshuffles ministers after French riots "stunned" country Reuters.
- ^ "Aurélien Rousseau, un ex-communiste nommé directeur du cabinet d'Elisabeth Borne". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ Chloé Hecketsweiler and Solenn de Royer (17 April 2021), Covid-19 : les « tristes printemps » d’Aurélien Rousseau Le Monde.
- ^ Chloé Hecketsweiler and Solenn de Royer (17 April 2021), Covid-19 : les « tristes printemps » d’Aurélien Rousseau Le Monde.
- ^ Carole Bellemare (16 May 2017), Aurélien Rousseau, un social et un modernisateur à la Monnaie de Paris Le Figaro.
- ^ Carole Bellemare (16 May 2017), Aurélien Rousseau, un social et un modernisateur à la Monnaie de Paris Le Figaro.
- ^ Étienne Goetz and Isabelle Couet (31 January 2018), Le nouveau PDG de la Monnaie de Paris veut insuffler une « culture de la rentabilité » Les Echos.
- ^ Michel Rose (20 July 2023), Macron reshuffles ministers after French riots "stunned" country Reuters.
- ^ Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023), Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor Reuters.
- ^ Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert Cabinet of Germany, press release of 10 October 2023.
- ^ Chloé Hecketsweiler and Solenn de Royer (17 April 2021), Covid-19 : les « tristes printemps » d’Aurélien Rousseau Le Monde.