Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research
In office 27 August 2014 – 10 May 2017
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded by	Benoît Hamon
Succeeded by	Jean-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
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Manuel Valls
Preceded by	Herself
Succeeded by	Patrick Kanner
Minister of Women's Rights, City Affairs, Youth and Sports
In office 16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded by	Catherine Vautrin (indirectly, Women's Rights) François Lamy (City Affairs) Valérie Fourneyron (Youth and Sports)
Succeeded by	Herself (City Affairs, Youth and Sports Pascale Boistard (Women's Rights)
Government's spokesperson
In office 16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded by	Valérie Pécresse
Succeeded by	Stéphane Le Foll
Member of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2021
President	Laurent Wauquiez
Constituency	Metropolis of Lyon
Deputy Mayor of Lyon (in charge of events, youth and community work
In office 21 March 2008 – 22 June 2012
Mayor	Gérard Collomb
Preceded by	Pascale Bonniel-Chalier (events) Louis Pelaez (youth and community work)
Succeeded by	Georges Képénékian (events) Anne Brugnera (youth and community work)
Member of the Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes
In office 28 March 2004 – 12 June 2008
President	Jean-Jack Queyranne
Preceded by	Bernadette Laclais (indirectly)
Succeeded by	Yvon Deschamps
Member of the General Council of the Rhône department
In office 16 March 2008 – 31 December 2014
President	Michel Mercier Danielle Chuzeville
Preceded by	Jean Flacher
Succeeded by	Canton suppressed
Constituency	Canton 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 party	Socialist Party
Spouse	Boris Vallaud ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	Louis-Adel Vallaud Nour-Chloé Vallaud
Alma mater	Sciences Po
Profession	Jurist

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]