Roselyne Bachelot

Bachelot was born as Roselyne Narquin on 24 December 1946 in Nevers, France.[1] Her father Jean Narquin, was a résistant and gaullist député, and her mother Yvette Le Dû, a native from Gourin, both dentists. She has a brother, Jean-Yves Narquin, who ran for the European Parliament as a member of the National Front in 2015.[2]

Bachelot received a Doctorate in Pharmacy.[1]

Bachelot served as a Member of the European Parliament for the west of France. She was a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. She also was a substitute on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, a member of the delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Israel.

Bachelot was the French Minister for Health and Sports until 14 November 2010. Since French ministers cannot be members of Parliament, she was forced to give up her seat in the European Parliament.

She encouraged the National Assembly of France to change the legal age to purchase alcohol in France from 16 to 18; the new law took effect in July 2009.[3][4] In 2009, Roselyne Bachelot ordered 94 million vaccines for the French Government (and an option on 34 million additional vaccines in 2010) to fight against the H1N1 influenza virus. Less than 10% of French population (about 6 million people) had been vaccinated by the end of the winter.

In November 2010, Bachelot was appointed Minister of Social Affairs alongside Marie-Anne Montchamp and Claude Greff in the third François Fillon government. She was supposed to reform the public healthcare system for elderly people, but, due to the budgetary restrictions made necessary by the 2008-2012 global recession, she had to abandon any reform project. After the victory of François Hollande at the French presidential election in 2012, she was replaced by Marisol Touraine. She announced that she would support former Prime Minister François Fillon for the Presidency of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Since 2012, Bachelot has been a contributor in the French adaptation of The View alongside to former evening news anchor Laurence Ferrari and others.

In March 2016, Bachelot commented on Rafael Nadal's 2012–2013 injury stating: "On sait à peu près que la fameuse blessure de Rafael Nadal qui a entraîné sept mois d’arrêt de compétition est très certainement due à un contrôle positif."[5][6] In response Nadal sued Bachelot over her comments in April 2016.[7] The case was won by Nadal in November 2017 with Bachelot ordered to pay him 12,000 Euros.[8]

• French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS]), Vice-President of the Board of Directors[9]

Bachelot is a long-time supporter of same-sex marriage, and defied her party by speaking on the Assembly floor in favor of passing the PACs in 1999.[10]

She is married to Jacques Bachelot.[2] Her brother-in-law, François Bachelot, served in the National Assembly from 1986 to 1988 as a member of the National Front.[2]

Governmental functions

• Minister for Solidarity and Social Cohesion: 2010–2012.
• Minister of Health, Youth Affairs and Sports: 2007–2010.
• Minister of Environment, Ecology and Sustainable Development: 2002–2004.

Electoral mandates

European Parliament

• Member of European Parliament: 2004–2007 (Became minister in 2007, and reelected member of the National Assembly of France in 2007).

National Assembly of France

• Member of the National Assembly of France for Maine-et-Loire (1st constituency) : 1988–2002 (Became minister in 2002) / Reelected in 2007, but she became minister. Elected in 1988, reelected in 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007.

Regional Council

• Vice-president of the Regional Council of Pays-de-la-Loire : 2001–2004.
• Regional councillor of Pays-de-la-Loire: 1986–2007 (Resignation). Reelected in 1992, 1998, 2004.

General Council

• General councillor of Maine-et-Loire: 1982–1988.

• Since 2014 : Les pieds dans le plat on Europe 1
• Since Fall 2015 : Les Grosses Tetes on RTL