Ericka Bareigts

Ericka Bareigts
Minister of Overseas France
In office
30 August 2016 – 10 May 2017
President François Hollande
Prime Minister Manuel Valls
Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded by George Pau-Langevin
Succeeded by Annick Girardin
Member of the National Assembly for Réunion's 1st constituency
Assumed office
17 June 2012
Preceded by René-Paul Victoria
Personal details
Born (1967-04-16) 16 April 1967
Saint-Denis, Réunion
Nationality French
Political party Socialist Party
Alma mater University of La Réunion
Pantheon-Sorbonne University

Ericka Bareigts (born 16 April 1967 in Saint-Denis, Réunion) is a French politician and was nominated French minister of Overseas in August 2016.

Early life

Ericka Bareigts was born on 16 April 1967 in Saint-Denis, Réunion.[1][2] She graduated from the University of La Réunion, where she received a bachelor of laws, followed by the Pantheon-Sorbonne University, where she received a master of law.[2]

Career

Bareigts worked as a civil servant.[2]

Bareights joined the Socialist Party at the age of thirty.[2][3] She was elected as second vice mayor of her hometown, Saint-Denis, in 2008.[3] She has served as a member of the National Assembly since 2012.[1] In 2015, she proposed a bill to replace traditional Roman Catholic holidays like Christmas and Easter to local holidays in La Reunion.[4] The bill was rejected.[4]

Bareigts has served as Secretary of Real Equality under Prime Minister Manuel Valls since February 2016.[2] She is in charge of economic equality between Metropolitan France and the French Overseas regions.[2] Shortly after her appointment, Le Monde published an article suggesting her official title was unclear.[5]

On 28 March 2017, during the 2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Bareigts and fellow minister Matthias Fekl were sent to the overseas department by Prime Minister Cazeneuve, pledging a €1 billion investment in infrastructure.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mme Ericka Bareigts". Assemblee Nationale. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haddad, Marie-Pierre (February 11, 2016). "Remaniement ministériel : Audrey Azoulay, Ericka Bareigts... Qui sont les nouveaux ministres qui entrent au gouvernement ?". RTL. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Ericka BAREIGTS". Parti socialiste. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Quand Ericka Bareigts voulait remplacer les jours fériés catholiques". Valeurs actuelles. February 12, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mais que signifie donc ce secrétariat d'Etat à " l'égalité réelle " ?". Le Monde. February 13, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ "France dispatches ministers to French Guiana after social unrest". Reuters. March 28, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2018.


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