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{{Infobox Politician
{{Infobox Politician
| name = Valérie Fourneyron
| name = Valérie Fourneyron
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| caption = Valérie Fourneyron, January 2013.
| caption = Valérie Fourneyron, January 2013.
| office1 = [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy]]
| office1 = [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy]]
| term_start1 = {{Start date|2014|4|9}}
| term_start1 = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|4|9}}
| president1 = [[François Hollande]]
| president1 = [[François Hollande]]
| primeminister1 = [[Manuel Valls]]
| primeminister1 = [[Manuel Valls]]
| predecessor1 = [[Sylvia Pinel]]<br /> <small>(Crafts, Trade and Tourism)</small><br />[[Benoît Hamon]]<br /> <small>(Social Economy)</small>
| predecessor1 = [[Sylvia Pinel]]<br /> <small>(Crafts, Trade and Tourism)</small><br />[[Benoît Hamon]]<br /> <small>(Social Economy)</small>
| office2 = [[Minister of Sports (France)|Minister of Sports, Youth, Popular Education and Community Life]]
| office2 = [[Minister of Sports (France)|Minister of Sports, Youth, Popular Education and Community Life]]
| term_start2 = {{Start date|2012|5|16}}
| term_start2 = {{Start date|df=yes|2012|5|16}}
| term_end2 = {{Start date|2014|3|31}}
| term_end2 = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|3|31}}
| president2 = [[François Hollande]]
| president2 = [[François Hollande]]
| primeminister2 = [[Jean-Marc Ayrault]]
| primeminister2 = [[Jean-Marc Ayrault]]
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| successor2 = [[Najat Vallaud-Belkacem]]
| successor2 = [[Najat Vallaud-Belkacem]]
| office3 = Member of the [[National Assembly of France|National Assembly]]<br>for Seine-Maritime's 1st constituency
| office3 = Member of the [[National Assembly of France|National Assembly]]<br>for Seine-Maritime's 1st constituency
| term_start3 = {{Start date|2007|6|20}}
| term_start3 = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|6|20}}
| term_end3 = {{Start date|2012|7|21}}
| term_end3 = {{Start date|df=yes|2012|7|21}}
| predecessor3 = [[Patrick Herr]]
| predecessor3 = [[Patrick Herr]]
| successor3 = [[Pierre Léautey]]
| successor3 = [[Pierre Léautey]]
| office4 = Mayor of [[Rouen]]
| office4 = Mayor of [[Rouen]]
| term_start4 = {{Start date|2008|3|9}}
| term_start4 = {{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|9}}
| term_end4 = {{Start date|2012|6|27}}
| term_end4 = {{Start date|df=yes|2012|6|27}}
| predecessor4 = [[Pierre Albertini]]
| predecessor4 = [[Pierre Albertini]]
| successor4 = Yvon Robert
| successor4 = Yvon Robert
| office5 = General Councillor for the administrative district of [[Rouen]]-5
| office5 = General Councillor for the administrative district of [[Rouen]]-5
| term_start5 = {{Start date|2004|3|29}}
| term_start5 = {{Start date|df=yes|2004|3|29}}
| term_end5 = {{Start date|2008|3|16}}
| term_end5 = {{Start date|df=yes|2008|3|16}}
| predecessor5 = Richard Picot
| predecessor5 = Richard Picot
| successor5 = Christine Rambaud
| successor5 = Christine Rambaud
| office6 = Regional Councillor of [[Upper Normandy]] Regional Council
| office6 = Regional Councillor of [[Upper Normandy]] Regional Council
| term_start6 = {{Start date|1998|3|16}}
| term_start6 = {{Start date|df=yes|1998|3|16}}
| term_end6 = {{Start date|2007|7|1}}
| term_end6 = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|7|1}}
| successor6 = Laurence Tison
| successor6 = Laurence Tison
| birth_name = Valérie Absire
| birth_name = Valérie Absire
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1959|10|4}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|10|4}}
| birth_place = [[Le Petit-Quevilly]], [[Seine-Maritime]] ([[France]])
| birth_place = [[Le Petit-Quevilly]], Seine-Maritime (France)
| nationality = [[Image:Flag of France.svg|18px]] [[French (people)|French]]
| nationality = [[Image:Flag of France.svg|18px]] French
| parti = [[Parti socialiste (France)|French Socialist Party]]
| parti = [[Parti socialiste (France)|French Socialist Party]]
| job = [[Medical practitioner]]
| job = [[Medical practitioner]]
}}
}}
'''Valérie Fourneyron''' ({{IPA-fr|va.le.ʁi fur.ne.rɔ̃}} ; born October 4, 1959) is a French politician. She is a member of the [[French Socialist Party]] and she was a former member of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] and mayor of [[Rouen]]. Since 9 April 2014, Valérie Fourneyron is the [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy]] in [[Manuel Valls]]'s Cabinet.
'''Valérie Fourneyron''' ({{IPA-fr|va.le.ʁi fur.ne.rɔ̃}} ; born 4 October 1959) is a French politician. She is a member of the [[French Socialist Party]] and she was a former member of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] and mayor of [[Rouen]]. Since 9 April 2014, Valérie Fourneyron is the [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy]] in [[Manuel Valls]]'s Cabinet.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Born to a middle-class tanner family of the area of [[Rouen]], Valérie Absire grew up in a family with conservative views, which she shared as a teenager. At 14, she supported [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] during the 1974 presidential campaign. This support was later used against her on various occasions by local political opponents. In the 1980s, her political views shifted to the left.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.lemonde.fr/municipales-cantonales/article/2008/03/11/valerie-fourneyron-une-pour-tous_1021570_987706.html Valérie Fourneyron, Une pour Tous], ''Le Monde'', 11 March 2008.</ref><ref>{{fr}} [http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/histoires-de-familles_498842.html Histoires de Familles], ''L’Express'', 6 June 2002.</ref>
Born to a middle-class tanner family of the area of [[Rouen]], Valérie Absire grew up in a family with conservative views, which she shared as a teenager. At 14, she supported [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] during the 1974 presidential campaign. This support was later used against her on various occasions by local political opponents. In the 1980s, her political views shifted to the left.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.lemonde.fr/municipales-cantonales/article/2008/03/11/valerie-fourneyron-une-pour-tous_1021570_987706.html Valérie Fourneyron, Une pour Tous], ''Le Monde'', 11 March 2008.</ref><ref>{{fr}} [http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/histoires-de-familles_498842.html Histoires de Familles], ''L'Express'', 6 June 2002.</ref>


According to the French National Medical Council (Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins), she is a medical practitioner. From 1984 to 1989, she was a sport doctor in the teaching hospital of [[Rouen]] (CHU de Rouen) and then she became a medical inspector (Médecin Inspecteur Régional Jeunesse et Sports - MIRJS).
According to the French National Medical Council (Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins), she is a medical practitioner. From 1984 to 1989, she was a sport doctor in the teaching hospital of [[Rouen]] (CHU de Rouen) and then she became a medical inspector (Médecin Inspecteur Régional Jeunesse et Sports – MIRJS).


In 1989, she joined the [[Minister of Sports (France)|Ministry of Sports]] where she was in charge of both the organisation and monitoring of the national sports medicine program and of the coordination of the Team Physicians of national sports teams. As part of her duties, Valérie Fourneyron helped draft the 1989 Anti-Doping Act. From 1991 to 1995, she was head physician of the regional center of sport medicine in Sotteville-lès-Rouen and [[Team physician|Team Physician]] of the French volleyball team. She was also Team Physician of the [[Rouen Hockey Élite 76]].<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.economie.gouv.fr/biographie-valerie-fourneyron Valérie Fourneyron Official Biography], [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Minister of the Economy]].</ref>
In 1989, she joined the [[Minister of Sports (France)|Ministry of Sports]] where she was in charge of both the organisation and monitoring of the national sports medicine program and of the co-ordination of the Team Physicians of national sports teams. As part of her duties, Valérie Fourneyron helped draft the 1989 Anti-Doping Act. From 1991 to 1995, she was head physician of the regional center of sport medicine in Sotteville-lès-Rouen and [[Team physician]] of the French volleyball team. She was also Team Physician of the [[Rouen Hockey Élite 76]].<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.economie.gouv.fr/biographie-valerie-fourneyron Valérie Fourneyron Official Biography], [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Minister of the Economy]].</ref>


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
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She became politically active in 1995 when [[Yvon Robert]], the Socialist candidate for the [[Rouen]] City Council, asked her to join his team. From 1995 to 2001, Valérie Fourneyron was first deputy-mayor in charge of sports and then first deputy-mayor in charge of city policy, health and security. In 1998, she was a member of an interdepartmental group that prepared a report on sports medicine and doping and she collaborated with the working group in charge of writing the new legislation regarding doping.
She became politically active in 1995 when [[Yvon Robert]], the Socialist candidate for the [[Rouen]] City Council, asked her to join his team. From 1995 to 2001, Valérie Fourneyron was first deputy-mayor in charge of sports and then first deputy-mayor in charge of city policy, health and security. In 1998, she was a member of an interdepartmental group that prepared a report on sports medicine and doping and she collaborated with the working group in charge of writing the new legislation regarding doping.


During the 1998 regional election, she became vice-president of sports when she was elected to the Upper Normandy Regional Council as part of the left-wing coalition led by Alain Le Vern. She was re-elected in 2004 and remained vice-president. When she was elected to the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]], she resigned from her seat in the Regional Council on July 1, 2007.
During the 1998 regional election, she became vice-president of sports when she was elected to the Upper Normandy Regional Council as part of the left-wing coalition led by Alain Le Vern. She was re-elected in 2004 and remained vice-president. When she was elected to the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]], she resigned from her seat in the Regional Council on 1 July 2007.
She represented the [[French Socialist Party]] in the 2002 legislative election. She faced the outgoing MP [[Patrick Herr]], representing the right party [[UMP]], in Seine-Maritime's first constituency. She narrowly lost in the second round by 520 votes. After the campaign, she said that she was hurt by the harsh attacks against her: “I was accused of being a bad mother because I didn't stop my political career when I lost one of my sons in a scooter accident. But my children are the reasons why I decided to keep going.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/valerie-fourneyron-la-battante_473660.html Valérie Fourneyron, la battante], ''L’Express'', 24 January 2008.</ref>”
She represented the [[French Socialist Party]] in the 2002 legislative election. She faced the outgoing MP [[Patrick Herr]], representing the right party [[UMP]], in Seine-Maritime's first constituency. She narrowly lost in the second round by 520 votes. After the campaign, she said that she was hurt by the harsh attacks against her: “I was accused of being a bad mother because I didn't stop my political career when I lost one of my sons in a scooter accident. But my children are the reasons why I decided to keep going.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/valerie-fourneyron-la-battante_473660.html Valérie Fourneyron, la battante], ''L'Express'', 24 January 2008.</ref>”


After the 2004 General Council election, she was general councillor for the canton of Rouen-5. She resigned from her position as a municipal representative.
After the 2004 General Council election, she was general councillor for the canton of Rouen-5. She resigned from her position as a municipal representative.
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Valérie Fourneyron was chosen for a second time by the [[French Socialist Party]] for the 2007 legislative election. She beat the [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]] candidate Bruno Devaux in the second round and she was elected with 55.16% of votes.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/076/07654001.html 2007 Legislative Election Results], [[Minister of the Interior (France)|French Interior Ministry]]</ref> The former MP Patrick Herr had decided not to campaign for this election. At the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]], she became vice-president of the [[Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left|SRC]] in charge of sports.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/tribun/fiches_id/335543.asp French National Assembly Official Biography], [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]</ref>
Valérie Fourneyron was chosen for a second time by the [[French Socialist Party]] for the 2007 legislative election. She beat the [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]] candidate Bruno Devaux in the second round and she was elected with 55.16% of votes.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/076/07654001.html 2007 Legislative Election Results], [[Minister of the Interior (France)|French Interior Ministry]]</ref> The former MP Patrick Herr had decided not to campaign for this election. At the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]], she became vice-president of the [[Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left|SRC]] in charge of sports.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/tribun/fiches_id/335543.asp French National Assembly Official Biography], [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]</ref>


In 2008, she campaigned for the municipal election in [[Rouen]]. On March 9, she led a left-wing coalition and won against outgoing mayor [[Pierre Albertini]] in the first round, with 55.79% of the votes.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Municipales/elecresult__municipales_2008/(path)/municipales_2008/076/076540.html 2008 City Council Election Results], [[Minister of the Interior (France)|French Interior Ministry]]</ref> On this occasion, she became one of the few women to lead a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants. Other women who are mayors of cities this large include [[Hélène Mandroux]], [[Maryse Joissains]], [[Martine Aubry]], [[Adeline Hazan]], [[Dominique Voynet]], and [[Huguette Bello]]. She joined the association of mayors of major French cities (Association des Maires de Grandes Villes de France - AMGVF) where she was in charge of sports-related issues.
In 2008, she campaigned for the municipal election in [[Rouen]]. On 9 March, she led a left-wing coalition and won against outgoing mayor [[Pierre Albertini]] in the first round, with 55.79% of the votes.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Municipales/elecresult__municipales_2008/(path)/municipales_2008/076/076540.html 2008 City Council Election Results], [[Minister of the Interior (France)|French Interior Ministry]]</ref> On this occasion, she became one of the few women to lead a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants. Other women who are mayors of cities this large include [[Hélène Mandroux]], [[Maryse Joissains]], [[Martine Aubry]], [[Adeline Hazan]], [[Dominique Voynet]], and [[Huguette Bello]]. She joined the association of mayors of major French cities (Association des Maires de Grandes Villes de France – AMGVF) where she was in charge of sports-related issues.


In July 2011, she joined [[Martine Aubry]]'s campaign team, representing the [[French Socialist Party]] in the 2012 presidential election. Along with athlete [[Yohann Diniz]], Valérie Fourneyron was responsible for sports-related issues.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.paris-normandie.fr/detail_article/articles/PN-535591/valerie-fourneyron-derriere-aubry-535591#.U0rYF615O2g Valérie Fourneyron supports Martine Aubry], ''Paris-Normandie'', 15 July 2011.</ref> After the primary election, [[François Hollande]] included her in his campaign team, putting her in charge of sports-related issues for the 2012 presidential election.<ref>{{fr}} [http://m.tendanceouest.com/actualite-9-39548-valerie-fourneyron-rejoint-equipe-de-campagne-de-hollandesa-reaction.html Valérie Fourneyron joins François Hollande’s Campaign Team], ''Tendance Ouest'', 16 November 2011.</ref>
In July 2011, she joined [[Martine Aubry]]'s campaign team, representing the [[French Socialist Party]] in the 2012 presidential election. Along with athlete [[Yohann Diniz]], Valérie Fourneyron was responsible for sports-related issues.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.paris-normandie.fr/detail_article/articles/PN-535591/valerie-fourneyron-derriere-aubry-535591#.U0rYF615O2g Valérie Fourneyron supports Martine Aubry], ''Paris-Normandie'', 15 July 2011.</ref> After the primary election, [[François Hollande]] included her in his campaign team, putting her in charge of sports-related issues for the 2012 presidential election.<ref>{{fr}} [http://m.tendanceouest.com/actualite-9-39548-valerie-fourneyron-rejoint-equipe-de-campagne-de-hollandesa-reaction.html Valérie Fourneyron joins François Hollande’s Campaign Team], ''Tendance Ouest'', 16 November 2011.</ref>


On 16 May 2012, she was appointed [[Minister of Sports (France)|Minister of Sports, Youth, Popular Education and Community Life]]. [[Pierre Léautey]] replaced her as alternate MP after her re-election on June 17, 2012.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/076/07601540.html 2012 Legislative Election Results], [[Minister of the Interior (France)|French Interior Ministry]]</ref> One of [[François Hollande]]'s 60 campaign promises was to prohibit MPs from holding multiple elected positions simultaneously, so this forced Valérie Fourneyron to resign from the [[Rouen]] city council.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.paris-normandie.fr/article/rouen/crea-lapres-fabius Crea : its future after Laurent Fabius’ nomination] ''Paris-Normandie'', 18 May 2012.</ref> Yvon Robert took took over her position on 27 June 2012.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.paris-normandie.fr/detail_article/articles/PN-770664/rouen-yvon-robert-de-retour-aux-manettes-770664#.U0x7Ql7Vsb8 Yvon Robert is back as Mayor of Rouen.] ''Paris-Normandie'', 9 July 2012.</ref>
On 16 May 2012, she was appointed [[Minister of Sports (France)|Minister of Sports, Youth, Popular Education and Community Life]]. [[Pierre Léautey]] replaced her as alternate MP after her re-election on 17 June 2012.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/076/07601540.html 2012 Legislative Election Results], [[Minister of the Interior (France)|French Interior Ministry]]</ref> One of [[François Hollande]]'s 60 campaign promises was to prohibit MPs from holding multiple elected positions simultaneously, so this forced Valérie Fourneyron to resign from the [[Rouen]] city council.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.paris-normandie.fr/article/rouen/crea-lapres-fabius Crea : its future after Laurent Fabius’ nomination] ''Paris-Normandie'', 18 May 2012.</ref> Yvon Robert took took over her position on 27 June 2012.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.paris-normandie.fr/detail_article/articles/PN-770664/rouen-yvon-robert-de-retour-aux-manettes-770664#.U0x7Ql7Vsb8 Yvon Robert is back as Mayor of Rouen.] ''Paris-Normandie'', 9 July 2012.</ref>


After [[Jean-Marc Ayrault]]’s resignation as a Prime Minister, Valérie Fourneyron is appointed as [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy]] in [[Manuel Valls]]'s Cabinet on April 9, 2014.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028839315 New Government announcement, April 9, 2014], [[Journal officiel de la République française|JORF]] n°0085 of 10 April 2014, {{p.|6560}}.</ref>
After [[Jean-Marc Ayrault]]'s resignation as a Prime Minister, Valérie Fourneyron is appointed as [[Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)|Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy]] in [[Manuel Valls]]'s Cabinet on 9 April 2014.<ref>{{fr}} [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028839315 Décret du 9 avril 2014 relatif à la composition du Gouvernement], [[Journal officiel de la République française|JORF]] n°0085 of 10 April 2014, {{p.|6560}}.</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 01:59, 15 May 2014

Valérie Fourneyron
Valérie Fourneyron, January 2013.
Valérie Fourneyron, January 2013.
Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 April 2014 (2014-04-09)
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterManuel Valls
Preceded bySylvia Pinel
(Crafts, Trade and Tourism)
Benoît Hamon
(Social Economy)
Minister of Sports, Youth, Popular Education and Community Life
In office
16 May 2012 (2012-05-16) – 31 March 2014 (2014-03-31)
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded byDavid Douillet (Sports)
Luc Chatel (Youth and Community Life)
Succeeded byNajat Vallaud-Belkacem
Member of the National Assembly
for Seine-Maritime's 1st constituency
In office
20 June 2007 (2007-06-20) – 21 July 2012 (2012-07-21)
Preceded byPatrick Herr
Succeeded byPierre Léautey
Mayor of Rouen
In office
9 March 2008 (2008-03-09) – 27 June 2012 (2012-06-27)
Preceded byPierre Albertini
Succeeded byYvon Robert
General Councillor for the administrative district of Rouen-5
In office
29 March 2004 (2004-03-29) – 16 March 2008 (2008-03-16)
Preceded byRichard Picot
Succeeded byChristine Rambaud
Regional Councillor of Upper Normandy Regional Council
In office
16 March 1998 (1998-03-16) – 1 July 2007 (2007-07-01)
Succeeded byLaurence Tison
Personal details
Born
Valérie Absire

(1959-10-04) 4 October 1959 (age 65)
Le Petit-Quevilly, Seine-Maritime (France)

Valérie Fourneyron (French pronunciation: [va.le.ʁi fur.ne.rɔ̃] ; born 4 October 1959) is a French politician. She is a member of the French Socialist Party and she was a former member of the National Assembly and mayor of Rouen. Since 9 April 2014, Valérie Fourneyron is the Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy in Manuel Valls's Cabinet.

Early life

Born to a middle-class tanner family of the area of Rouen, Valérie Absire grew up in a family with conservative views, which she shared as a teenager. At 14, she supported Valéry Giscard d'Estaing during the 1974 presidential campaign. This support was later used against her on various occasions by local political opponents. In the 1980s, her political views shifted to the left.[1][2]

According to the French National Medical Council (Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins), she is a medical practitioner. From 1984 to 1989, she was a sport doctor in the teaching hospital of Rouen (CHU de Rouen) and then she became a medical inspector (Médecin Inspecteur Régional Jeunesse et Sports – MIRJS).

In 1989, she joined the Ministry of Sports where she was in charge of both the organisation and monitoring of the national sports medicine program and of the co-ordination of the Team Physicians of national sports teams. As part of her duties, Valérie Fourneyron helped draft the 1989 Anti-Doping Act. From 1991 to 1995, she was head physician of the regional center of sport medicine in Sotteville-lès-Rouen and Team physician of the French volleyball team. She was also Team Physician of the Rouen Hockey Élite 76.[3]

Political career

She became politically active in 1995 when Yvon Robert, the Socialist candidate for the Rouen City Council, asked her to join his team. From 1995 to 2001, Valérie Fourneyron was first deputy-mayor in charge of sports and then first deputy-mayor in charge of city policy, health and security. In 1998, she was a member of an interdepartmental group that prepared a report on sports medicine and doping and she collaborated with the working group in charge of writing the new legislation regarding doping.

During the 1998 regional election, she became vice-president of sports when she was elected to the Upper Normandy Regional Council as part of the left-wing coalition led by Alain Le Vern. She was re-elected in 2004 and remained vice-president. When she was elected to the National Assembly, she resigned from her seat in the Regional Council on 1 July 2007. She represented the French Socialist Party in the 2002 legislative election. She faced the outgoing MP Patrick Herr, representing the right party UMP, in Seine-Maritime's first constituency. She narrowly lost in the second round by 520 votes. After the campaign, she said that she was hurt by the harsh attacks against her: “I was accused of being a bad mother because I didn't stop my political career when I lost one of my sons in a scooter accident. But my children are the reasons why I decided to keep going.[4]”

After the 2004 General Council election, she was general councillor for the canton of Rouen-5. She resigned from her position as a municipal representative.

Valérie Fourneyron was chosen for a second time by the French Socialist Party for the 2007 legislative election. She beat the UMP candidate Bruno Devaux in the second round and she was elected with 55.16% of votes.[5] The former MP Patrick Herr had decided not to campaign for this election. At the National Assembly, she became vice-president of the SRC in charge of sports.[6]

In 2008, she campaigned for the municipal election in Rouen. On 9 March, she led a left-wing coalition and won against outgoing mayor Pierre Albertini in the first round, with 55.79% of the votes.[7] On this occasion, she became one of the few women to lead a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants. Other women who are mayors of cities this large include Hélène Mandroux, Maryse Joissains, Martine Aubry, Adeline Hazan, Dominique Voynet, and Huguette Bello. She joined the association of mayors of major French cities (Association des Maires de Grandes Villes de France – AMGVF) where she was in charge of sports-related issues.

In July 2011, she joined Martine Aubry's campaign team, representing the French Socialist Party in the 2012 presidential election. Along with athlete Yohann Diniz, Valérie Fourneyron was responsible for sports-related issues.[8] After the primary election, François Hollande included her in his campaign team, putting her in charge of sports-related issues for the 2012 presidential election.[9]

On 16 May 2012, she was appointed Minister of Sports, Youth, Popular Education and Community Life. Pierre Léautey replaced her as alternate MP after her re-election on 17 June 2012.[10] One of François Hollande's 60 campaign promises was to prohibit MPs from holding multiple elected positions simultaneously, so this forced Valérie Fourneyron to resign from the Rouen city council.[11] Yvon Robert took took over her position on 27 June 2012.[12]

After Jean-Marc Ayrault's resignation as a Prime Minister, Valérie Fourneyron is appointed as Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, Tourism and Social Economy in Manuel Valls's Cabinet on 9 April 2014.[13]

References

  1. ^ Template:Fr Valérie Fourneyron, Une pour Tous, Le Monde, 11 March 2008.
  2. ^ Template:Fr Histoires de Familles, L'Express, 6 June 2002.
  3. ^ Template:Fr Valérie Fourneyron Official Biography, Minister of the Economy.
  4. ^ Template:Fr Valérie Fourneyron, la battante, L'Express, 24 January 2008.
  5. ^ Template:Fr 2007 Legislative Election Results, French Interior Ministry
  6. ^ Template:Fr French National Assembly Official Biography, National Assembly
  7. ^ Template:Fr 2008 City Council Election Results, French Interior Ministry
  8. ^ Template:Fr Valérie Fourneyron supports Martine Aubry, Paris-Normandie, 15 July 2011.
  9. ^ Template:Fr Valérie Fourneyron joins François Hollande’s Campaign Team, Tendance Ouest, 16 November 2011.
  10. ^ Template:Fr 2012 Legislative Election Results, French Interior Ministry
  11. ^ Template:Fr Crea : its future after Laurent Fabius’ nomination Paris-Normandie, 18 May 2012.
  12. ^ Template:Fr Yvon Robert is back as Mayor of Rouen. Paris-Normandie, 9 July 2012.
  13. ^ Template:Fr Décret du 9 avril 2014 relatif à la composition du Gouvernement, JORF n°0085 of 10 April 2014, p. 6560.

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