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]
2024 legislative election[edit]
In the 2024 French legislative election, he stood under the label of Place Publique as a candidate of the New Popular Front in Yvelines's 7th constituency. In an interview with L'Express, he said he was stunned even more by Macron's denunciations of the New Popular Front's program than by the threat of the far-right, arguing that the president's statements were sowing the seeds for the success of the National Rally by giving it "ideological legitimacy" due to his relativisation of the united left and far-right. Rousseau also reaffirmed that he would support all "republican candidates" opposed to the RN in the second round.[11]
Personal life[edit]
Rousseau is in a relationship with Marguerite Cazeneuve. In 2020, the couple's son was born.[12]
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.
- ^ Pérou, Olivier (20 June 2024). "Aurélien Rousseau : "Je n'accepte pas que Macron m'impose ce 'moi ou le chaos'"". L'Express. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ Chloé Hecketsweiler and Solenn de Royer (17 April 2021), Covid-19 : les « tristes printemps » d’Aurélien Rousseau Le Monde.