Elisabeth Guigou

Elisabeth Guigou (2013)

Élisabeth Guigou (born August 6, 1946 in Marrakech , Morocco ; born Vallier ) is a French politician and belongs to the Parti socialiste (PS).

Life

Her political commitment began in the 1960s, first as part of the Convention des Institutions Républicaines (Commission for the Reform of the Republican Institutions), then in the Parti socialiste unifié (PSU) and finally in the PS. She is a graduate of the ENA , graduating from 1974 Simone Weil . She began her career in 1982 in the advisory group of Jacques Delors , before moving to François Mitterrand in the Elysée Palace at the instigation of Hubert Védrine . During cohabitation in 1986 she was appointed Secretary General of the inter-ministerial committee for European economic affairs.

She was entrusted with various tasks in EC and EU economic policy, eventually focusing on Central and Eastern Europe. From 1990 to 1993 she held the post of Minister Delegate for European Affairs, to them in the European elections in 1994 to the European Parliament moved in.

In 1997 elected MP for the Vaucluse department , Lionel Jospin entrusted her with the post of Minister of Justice . After reshuffling the Jospin cabinet in October 2000, she moved to the office of Minister for Social Affairs. In an attempt in 2001 to become mayor of Avignon , she failed because of Marie-Josée Roig, then changed the constituency and ran for the Seine-Saint-Denis department in 2002 .

In addition, Guigou worked alongside Martine Aubry for the agir contre l'Exclusion (FACE) foundation . She also founded her own group for employers with Europartenaires , a feminist lobby group with Femmes d'Europe and is represented on the board of directors of Jacques Delors' Notre Europe Foundation .

She vigorously campaigned for approval of the referendum on the European Constitution . However, a majority of their constituencies voted against the draft and thus the general line of the socialists.

In June 2017 it was when, after a fifteen-year term MPs voted.

Élisabeth Guigou is married to the economist Jean-Louis Guigou, a former advisor to Michel Rocard ; their son Edouard was born in 1980.

Education

• License in Modern French Language and Literature
• Postgraduate degree in American literature
• Diploma from the Institute of Political Science of Aix-en-Provence (IEP Aix)
• Basic studies in economics
• Graduated from ENA

Career

• 1974–1979: Senior position within the Ministry of Finance
• 1979–1981: Financial attaché at the French Embassy in Great Britain
• 1981–1982: Office manager for the country groups Europe, America and Asia, within the management of the Treasury
• 1982: Expert advisor to Jacques Delors as Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance
• 1982–1988: Expert advisor in the General Secretariat of the Élysée Palace, responsible for international business, foreign trade, European affairs and the preparation of summits
• 1985–1990: General Secretary of the inter-ministerial committee for economic questions on European cooperation
• 1988–1990: Commissioner at the side of the President
• 1994–1997: President of the Europartenaires Association

Ministerial functions

• 1990–1993: Delegate Minister, in charge of European issues, subordinate to the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1997–2000: Justice Minister in the government of Lionel Jospin
• 2000–2002: Minister for Labor and Solidarity in the government of Lionel Jospin

Electoral mandates

• 1992–1998: Member of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
• 1994–1997: MEPs
• 1997: Member of Parliament for the Vaucluse department - resignation to take over government functions
• 2002–2017: MP for the Seine-Saint-Denis department

Functions within the National Assembly

• during the XII. Legislative period (2002 to 2007):
  • Member of the Commission for Cultural Issues
  • Deputy Chairwoman of the Delegation of the National Assembly to the European Union
  • Member of the Advisory Board on Religious Symbols in Schools
  • Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Group on Friendly Relations between France and the United States
  • Vice-chair of the parliamentary group on friendly relations between France and Morocco
  • Member of the parliamentary group for the cultivation of friendly relations and study group with an international focus between France and China
  • Member of the parliamentary group for the cultivation of friendly relations and study group with an international focus between France and Cuba
  • Member of the parliamentary group for the cultivation of friendly relations and study group with international orientation between France and Egypt
• during the XIV legislative period (2012 to 2017):
  • Seine-Saint-Denis MP (6th constituency)
  • President of the 'Commission des affaires étrangères de l'Assemblée nationale'

literature

• Elisabeth Guigou , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 45/2002 of October 28, 2002, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely available)

Web links

Commons : Élisabeth Guigou  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Interview with Élisabeth Guigou in September 2008 CVCE
• Entry for Élisabeth Guigou in the database of Members of the European Parliament
• Élisabeth Guigou on the side of the French National Assembly