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Sylvie Retailleau

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Sylvie Retailleau
Retailleau in 2018
Minister of Higher Education and Research
In office
20 May 2022 – 21 September 2024
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Gabriel Attal
Preceded byFrédérique Vidal
Succeeded byPatrick Hetzel
President of the Paris-Saclay University
In office
2 March 2020 – 20 May 2022
Preceded byFrançoise Moulin Civil [fr]
Succeeded byEstelle Iacona
Personal details
Born
Sylvie Galdin

(1965-02-24) 24 February 1965 (age 59)
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 government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal since 20 May 2022.[1] She served as president of Paris-Sud University from 2016 to 2022.

Early life and education

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Retailleau was born on 24 February 1965 in Nice, as Sylvie Valérie Galdin.[2]

Career

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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]

In December 2023, Retailleau considered to resign from government after the latter had proposed controversial new legislation on France's immigration rules, but her request was refused by President Macron.[6]

She is of no relation to fellow French politician Bruno Retailleau.

References

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  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.
  6. ^ Loi « immigration » : la ministre de l’enseignement supérieur a présenté sa démission, qui a été « refusée », annonce son entourage Le Monde, 21 December 2023.