Xavier Bertrand

Xavier Bertrand
Bertrand in 2023
President of the Regional Council
of Hauts-de-France
Assumed office
4 January 2016
Preceded by
Mayor of Saint-Quentin
In office
4 October 2010 – 14 January 2016
Preceded byPierre André
Succeeded byFrédérique Macarez
Minister of Labour, Employment and Health
In office
14 November 2010 – 10 May 2012
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Secretary-General of the Union for a Popular Movement
In office
5 December 2008 – 17 November 2010
Preceded byPatrick Devedjian
Succeeded byJean-François Copé
Minister of Labour, Social Relations and Solidarity
In office
18 May 2007 – 15 January 2009
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Preceded byJean-Louis Borloo (Labour, Social Cohesion and Housing)
Succeeded byBrice Hortefeux (Labor, Social Relations, Family, Solidarity and the City)
Minister of Health and Solidarity
In office
2 June 2005 – 26 March 2007
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterDominique de Villepin
Preceded byPhilippe Douste-Blazy (Health and Sports)
Succeeded by
  • Philippe Bas (Solidarity, Health and the Family)
  • Roselyne Bachelot (Health, Solidarity, Social Security, the Elderly, Handicapped Persons and the Family)
Member of the National Assembly for the
Aisne's 2nd constituency
In office
19 June 2002 – 12 January 2016
Preceded byOdette Grzegrzulka
Succeeded byJulien Dive
Departmental Councillor of Aisne
In office
27 March 1998 – 19 June 2002
PresidentJean-Pierre Balligand
Yves Daudigny
Personal details
Born
Xavier René Louis Bertrand

(1965-03-21) 21 March 1965 (age 59)
Châlons-sur-Marne, France
Political partyLR (2015–2017; 2021–2024)
Other political
affiliations
RPR (1981–2002)
UMP (2002–2015)
Spouse(s)Isabelle Dubois (divorced)
Emmanuelle Gontier
(m. 1998; div. 2014)

Vanessa Williot
(m. 2018)
Children5
Alma materUniversity of Reims Champagne-Ardenne

Xavier René Louis Bertrand (French pronunciation: [ɡzavje bɛʁˈtʁɑ̃] ; born 21 March 1965) is a French politician. Previously, he was president of the regional council of Hauts-de-France since the 2015 regional elections.[1]

Earlier in his career, Bertrand was Minister of Health from 2005 to 2007 in Dominique de Villepin's government under President Jacques Chirac, then served as Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Solidarity from 2007 to 2009 and as Minister of Labour, Employment and Health from 2010 to 2012.[2] He played a leading role in Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign in 2007. He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, later the Republicans, until 11 December 2017, when he announced that was "definitively leaving" the party after Laurent Wauquiez was elected the leader of the party.[3]

  1. ^ https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/gouvernement/direct-nouveau-premier-ministre-macron-poursuit-ses-consultations-bertrand-et-cazeneuve-tiennent-la-corde_LN-202409040046.html
  2. ^ "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés : M. Xavier Bertrand" (in French). Assemblée nationale. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  3. ^ Loïc Le Clerc (11 December 2017). "Alors que Laurent Wauquiez est au 20h de TF1, Xavier Bertrand annonce sur France 2 qu'il quitte Les Républicains". Europe 1. Retrieved 11 December 2017.