Annie Genevard
Member of the National Assembly
for Doubs's 5th constituency
Assumed office
20 June 2012
Preceded byJean-Marie Binetruy
General Secretary of The Republicans
Assumed office
18 January 2023
PresidentÉric Ciotti
Preceded byAurélien Pradié
In office
13 December 2017 – 23 October 2019
PresidentLaurent Wauquiez
Preceded byBernard Accoyer
Succeeded byAurélien Pradié
Mayor of Morteau
In office
20 June 2002 – 21 July 2017
Preceded byJean-Marie Binetruy
Succeeded byCédric Bole
Personal details
Born
Annie Tharin

(1956-09-07) 7 September 1956
Audincourt, France
Political partyThe Republicans
ParentIrène Tharin (mother)
ProfessionTeacher

Annie Genevard (née Tharin, born 7 September 1956) is a French politician who has been representing the 5th constituency of the Doubs department in the National Assembly since 2012.[1] In addition to her parliamentary works, she served as secretary-general of the Republicans (LR) under party leaders Laurent Wauquiez (2017–2019) and Éric Ciotti (since 2023).[2] From 4 July 2022 until 11 December 2022, she was the ad interim party leader following the resignation of Jacob, in her role as first party vice president (French: vice-présidente déléguée), which she has held since 6 July 2021.

A teacher by occupation, Genevard was Mayor of Morteau from 2002 until 2017.

Family

A native of Audincourt, Genevard is the daughter of Irène Tharin, who served in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007, representing the fourth constituency of Doubs as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which would be renamed The Republicans in 2015. She also was the Mayor of Seloncourt from 1993 until 2015.

Political career

Genevard campaigning as party secretary-general for the 2018 Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency by-election

Genevard has been a member of the National Assembly since the 2012 legislative election, when she succeeded Jean-Marie Binetruy, whom she also succeeded as Mayor of Morteau when he entered the National Assembly. She has since been one of the chamber's six vice presidents under the leadership of François de Rugy (2017–2018) and Richard Ferrand (since 2018). She also serves von the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the study group on the Holy See.[3]

In the 2016 The Republicans primary ahead of the 2017 presidential election, Genevard endorsed François Fillon as the party's candidate for President of France.[4]

In the party's 2017 leadership election, Genevard endorsed Laurent Wauquiez as party president.[5] Following his election, she was appointed as the party's secretary-general. She left the position in 2019, as newly elected party president Christian Jacob appointed Aurélien Pradié to succeed her.[6]

At The Republicans' national convention in December 2021, she was part of the 11-member committee which oversaw the party's selection of its candidate for the 2022 presidential elections.[7]

From July to December 2022, Genevard served as the Republicans’ interim chairwoman after the resignation of Christian Jacob.[8] She declined to run in the party's leadership election and was succeeded by Éric Ciotti in December.[9] In January 2023, Ciotti appointed her to serve again as the party's secretary-general.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bruno Jeudy (24 December 2017), Qui est Annie Genevard, bras droit de Laurent Wauquiez? Paris Match.
  2. ↑ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Annie Genevard National Assembly.
  4. ↑ Ludovic Vigogne (20 April 2016), Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires L'Opinion.
  5. ↑ Ludovic Vigogne (11 October 2017), La liste des 136 parrains de Laurent Wauquiez L'Opinion.
  6. ↑ Bruno Jeudy (24 December 2017), Qui est Annie Genevard, bras droit de Laurent Wauquiez? Paris Match.
  7. ↑ Ludovic Vigogne (12 October 2021), Congrès LR: après le oui de Bertrand, les choses sérieuses commencent Les Echos.
  8. ↑ Grégoire Poussielgue (24 August 2022), La course à la présidence de LR s'accélère L'Opinion.
  9. ↑ Anthony Rivat (11 September 2022), L'Est Républicain.
  10. ↑ Anthony Rivat (21 January 2023), L'Est Républicain.
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