Fleur Pellerin

Fleur Pellerin (2017)

Fleur Pellerin (maiden name Kim Jong-suk ; born August 29, 1973 in Seoul ) is a French politician of the Parti Socialiste (PS). From May 2012 to February 2016 she was a member of the government in various functions, most recently as Minister for Culture and Communication since August 2014 .

Life

After attending the Lycée franco-allemand de Buc , Fleur Pellerin, who was adopted by French nationals at the age of six months, studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (IEP de Paris) and at the École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales (ESSEC) and both graduated with a diploma . In addition, she completed an apprenticeship at the École nationale d'administration (ENA) and completed this in 2000 as a participant in the class named after the Andalusian-Arab philosopher and doctor Averroes ( Doctorate Averroès ).

After completing her training, between 2001 and 2005 she was a rapporteur for the permanent control commission of the Société de gestion des droits d'autaut (SPRD), the French collecting society for copyright and proprietor rights . This was followed by assignments abroad for the United Nations in Iraq , New York City and Geneva , before she was Vice Director of Tilder, a consulting and communications strategy company, from 2006 to 2008. In addition, she has been a lecturer at the ENA since 2006 as Maître de conférences .

After completing this activity, she became an auditor and consultant at the Court of Auditors ( Cour des comptes ) in 2009 . In addition to her professional activity, Pellerin was involved in numerous organizations and institutions and was, among other things, a member of the committee for diversity of France Télévisions , member of the board of directors of the television station of the French Senate Public Senat , member of the sanctions commission of the supervisory authority for online gambling ( Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne , ARJEL), administrator of the Fondation de Royaumont and Unis-Cité . In addition, she was President of Club XXIe siècle .

After François Hollande , on whose campaign team she was responsible for societies and the digital economy, was elected President and Jean-Marc Ayrault was appointed Prime Minister, she was appointed Assistant Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Innovation and Technology on May 17, 2012 digital economy was appointed to his cabinet and as such was subordinate to the Minister of Industry, Arnaud Montebourg . She was part of Hollande's 34-member government, half of which consists of women. She retained this position in the Ayrault II cabinet. When the Valls I cabinet was appointed, she was made State Secretary for Foreign Trade, Tourism and French Abroad in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When the Valls II government was formed, she was appointed as its successor after the previous Minister of Culture, Aurélie Filippetti, had withdrawn . During the cabinet reshuffle on February 11, 2016, she was dismissed as Minister. As a background to the dismissal, it was reported that she had not developed enough new ideas and was too technocratic in her administration.

Web links

Commons : Fleur Pellerin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the website of the French government (accessed May 31, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The new French cabinet of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has 35 members. Women make up half of the government . In: Wiener Zeitung . 17th May 2012.
2. ↑ Aureliano Tonet: Fleur Pellerin plombée par ses erreurs de communication. Le Monde (online), February 11, 2016, accessed February 12, 2016 (French).