Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research
In office
27 August 2014 – 10 May 2017
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterManuel Valls
Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded byBenoît Hamon
Succeeded byJean-Michel Blanquer
(National Education)
Frédérique Vidal
(Higher Education and Research)
Minister of City Affairs, Youth and Sports
In office
2 April 2014 – 25 August 2014
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterManuel Valls
Preceded byHerself
Succeeded byPatrick Kanner
Minister of Women's Rights, City Affairs, Youth and Sports
In office
16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded byCatherine Vautrin (indirectly, Women's Rights)
François Lamy (City Affairs)
Valérie Fourneyron (Youth and Sports)
Succeeded byHerself (City Affairs, Youth and Sports
Pascale Boistard (Women's Rights)
Government's spokesperson
In office
16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded byValérie Pécresse
Succeeded byStéphane Le Foll
Member of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Assumed office
2 July 2021
PresidentLaurent Wauquiez
ConstituencyMetropolis of Lyon
Deputy Mayor of Lyon (in charge of events, youth and community work
In office
21 March 2008 – 22 June 2012
MayorGérard Collomb
Preceded byPascale Bonniel-Chalier (events)
Louis Pelaez (youth and community work)
Succeeded byGeorges Képénékian (events)
Anne Brugnera (youth and community work)
Member of the Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes
In office
28 March 2004 – 12 June 2008
PresidentJean-Jack Queyranne
Preceded byBernadette Laclais (indirectly)
Succeeded byYvon Deschamps
Member of the General Council of the Rhône department
In office
16 March 2008 – 31 December 2014
PresidentMichel Mercier
Danielle Chuzeville
Preceded byJean Flacher
Succeeded byCanton suppressed
ConstituencyCanton of Lyon-XIII
Personal details
Born
Najat Belkacem

(1977-10-04) 4 October 1977 (age 47)[1]
Rif, Bni Chiker, Nador, Morocco
Nationality Moroccan
French
Political partySocialist Party
Spouse
(m. 2005)
ChildrenLouis-Adel Vallaud
Nour-Chloé Vallaud
Alma materSciences Po
ProfessionJurist

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (French pronunciation: [naʒat valo bɛlkasɛm]; Arabic: نجاة فالو بلقاسم; Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⵊⴰⵜ ⴱⵍⵇⴰⵙⵎ; born 4 October 1977) is a Moroccan-born French former politician and jurist. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), she served in a number of ministerial positions during the presidency of François Hollande. Vallaud-Belkacem was the first woman to serve as Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research, holding the position from 2014 to 2017 under Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve.[2]

In 2014, opinion polling found Vallaud-Belkacem to be among the most popular politicians in the country.[3] Since 2020, she has been the director of the One Campaign in France.[4]

  1. ^ "France: Moroccan-Born Myriam El Khomri Appointed Minister of Labor". Morocco World News. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ^ "France's new education minister prompts rightwing protests". The Guardian. 27 August 2014.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Abel Mestre and Sylvia Zappi (18 May 2020), Najat Vallaud-Belkacem : « C’est une forme de nouvelle lutte des classes qui se joue » Le Monde.