Nathalie Loiseau

Nathalie Loiseau
Minister for European Affairs
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Prime Minister Édouard Philippe
Preceded by Marielle de Sarnez
Director of the École nationale d'administration
In office
3 October 2012 – 21 June 2017
Preceded by Bernard Boucault
Succeeded by Patrick Gérard
Personal details
Born (1964-06-01) 1 June 1964
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nationality French
Alma mater Sciences Po
Inalco

Nathalie Loiseau (born 1 June 1964) is a French diplomat and academic administrator. She was the director of the École nationale d'administration (ENA) from 2012 to 2017. Since 21 June 2017, she serves as the French Minister for European Affairs.

Early life

Nathalie Loiseau was born on 1 June 1964 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.[1][2][3] Her father was a corporate consultant in mergers and acquisitions.[1]

Loiseau graduated from Sciences Po.[1][3] She also studied Chinese language at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales.[4]

Career

Nathalie Loiseau with Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra, 2017

Loiseau joined the French foreign service in 1986.[1][2] She served as a diplomat in Indonesia from 1990 to 1992.[2] She was an advisor to Foreign Minister Alain Juppé in 1993-1995.[1][2] She later served diplomatic missions in Dakar, Senegal and Rabat, Morocco.[3] She served as the Communications Director at the Embassy of France, Washington, D.C. from 2002 to 2007.[1][3] She was the head of Human Resources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2011, and as its chief of staff from 2011 to 2012.[1][2]

Loiseau was the director of the École nationale d'administration (ENA) between 2012 and 2017.[3] On 21 June 2017, she succeeded Marielle de Sarnez as the French Minister for European Affairs.[5]

Personal life

Loiseau is married, and she has four children.[1][3] She is a Roman Catholic, and a feminist.[1]

Works

  • Loiseau, Nathalie (2014). Choisissez tout. Paris: JC Lattès. ISBN 9782709644846. OCLC 892945168.
  • Loiseau, Nathalie (2017). La démocratie en BD. Paris: Casterman. ISBN 9782203132337.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nivelle, Pascale (25 November 2012). "Nathalie Loiseau. Femme d'Etat". Libération. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Peiron, Denis (13 March 2015). "À la tête de l'ENA, Nathalie Loiseau bouscule les conformismes". La Croix. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kauffmann, Sylvie (8 September 2015). "Nathalie Loiseau, directrice de l'ENA, choisit carrière et vie privée". Le Monde. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Actimage (5 October 2012). "Mme Nathalie LOISEAU, ministre plénipotentiaire, est nommée directrice de l'École nationale d'administration" (in French). Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA). Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Paolini, Esther (21 June 2017). "Nathalie Loiseau, de l'ENA aux Affaires européennes". Le Figaro. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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