Sylvie Retailleau | |||||||||
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Minister of Higher Education and Research | |||||||||
Assumed office 20 May 2022 | |||||||||
Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne Gabriel Attal | ||||||||
Preceded by | Frédérique Vidal | ||||||||
President of the Paris-Saclay University | |||||||||
In office 2 March 2020 – 20 May 2022 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Françoise Moulin Civil | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Estelle Iacona | ||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||
Born | Sylvie Galdin 24 February 1965 Nice, France | ||||||||
Political party | Independent | ||||||||
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure de Cachan Paris-Sud 11 University | ||||||||
Profession | Physicist | ||||||||
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Sylvie Retailleau (née Galdin; born 24 February 1965) is a French physicist and politician who has been serving as Minister of Higher Education in the Borne government since 20 May 2022.[1] She served as president of Paris-Sud University from 2016 to 2022.
Early life and education
Retailleau was born on 24 February 1965 in Nice, as Sylvie Valérie Galdin.[2]
Career
On 1 December 2022, Retailleau was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden in honor of President Emmanuel Macron at the White House.[3]
In October 2023, Retailleau participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Macron.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Monod, Olivier. "Avec Sylvie Retailleau, le ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche change de tête, pas de ligne". Libération (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ↑ "Sylvie Retailleau". Challenges.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ↑ Aishvarya Kavi (1 December 2022), The Full Guest List for the State Dinner New York Times.
- ↑ 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.
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