Catherine Barbaroux

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 75)
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

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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

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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

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Barbaroux is married, with two children.[1]

References

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  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)