Sylvie Goulard | |
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Deputy Governor of the Banque de France | |
In office 17 January 2018 – 2 December 2022 | |
Governor | François Villeroy de Galhau |
Preceded by | Denis Beau |
Succeeded by | Agnès Bénassy-Quéré |
Minister of the Armed Forces | |
In office 17 May 2017 – 21 June 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe |
Preceded by | Jean-Yves Le Drian |
Succeeded by | Florence Parly |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 7 June 2009 – 17 May 2017 | |
Constituency | West France (2009–2014) South-East France (2014–2017) |
Personal details | |
Born | Sylvie Grassi 6 December 1964 Marseille, France |
Political party | La République En Marche! (2017–present) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic Movement (2007–2017) |
Spouse | Guillaume Goulard |
Children | 3 |
Education | Aix-Marseille University Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
Sylvie Goulard (French pronunciation: [silvi ɡulaʁ]; born 6 December 1964) is a French politician and civil servant who served as Deputy Governor of the Banque de France from 2018 to 2022.[1][2]
Prior to this, Goulard briefly served as Minister of the Armed Forces from 17 May to 21 June 2017 in the First Philippe government.
A native of Marseille, Goulard served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for West France from 2009 until 2014. She was reelected in the 2014 election for South-East France. As an MEP she was a member of the Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs and an ALDE group coordinator, as well as a substitute member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development between 2009 and 2014 and Committee on Constitutional Affairs between 2014 and 2017. In 2010 she participated in the creation of the Euro-federalist interparliamentarian Spinelli Group. She served as a foreign affairs advisor; Goulard also is a former president of the Mouvement européen-France, the oldest pluralist association defending the European ideal. In 2017, Goulard joined the newly formed En Marche! party.[3]