Sylvie Retailleau

Sylvie Retailleau
Retailleau in 2018
Minister of Higher Education and Research
Assumed office
20 May 2022
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Gabriel Attal
Preceded byFrédérique Vidal
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.

  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.