Sylvie Retailleau
Retailleau in 2018
Minister of Higher Education and Research
Assumed office
20 May 2022
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Gabriel Attal
Preceded byFrédérique Vidal
President of the Paris-Saclay University
In office
2 March 2020  20 May 2022
Preceded byFrançoise Moulin Civil
Succeeded byEstelle Iacona
Personal details
Born
Sylvie Galdin

(1965-02-24) 24 February 1965
Nice, France
Political partyIndependent
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure de Cachan
Paris-Sud 11 University
ProfessionPhysicist
Sylvie Retailleau
Scientific career
ThesisEtude du transistor bipolaire npn a double heterojonction si/sige/si par simulations monte-carlo (1992)
Doctoral advisorRené Castagné

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

  1. 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.
  2. "Sylvie Retailleau". Challenges.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. Aishvarya Kavi (1 December 2022), The Full Guest List for the State Dinner New York Times.
  4. Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023), Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor Reuters.
  5. Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert Cabinet of Germany, press release of 10 October 2023.


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