Annie Marguerite Alice Genevard (; née Tharin, 7 September 1956) is a French politician who has served as Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty in the successive governments of

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and

François Bayrou François René Jean Lucien Bayrou (; born 25 May 1951) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since December 2024. He has presided over the European Democratic Party (EDP) since 2004 and the Democratic Movement (France ...

since 2024. Genevard has represented the 5th constituency of the

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since

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. In addition to her parliamentary service, she has been secretary-general of The Republicans (LR) under party leaders

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(2017–2019) and

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(2023–present). From 4 July 2022 until 11 December 2022, she was the ''ad interim'' party leader following the resignation of Christian Jacob, in her role as first party vice president (French: ''vice-présidente déléguée''), which she had held since 6 July 2021. A teacher by occupation, Genevard was also

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from 2002 until 2017.

Family

A native of

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, Genevard is the daughter of Irène Tharin, who served in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007, representing the fourth constituency of

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, which would be renamed The Republicans in 2015. She also was the Mayor of

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from 1993 until 2015.

Political career

Member of the National Assembly, 2012–2024

Genevard has been a member of the National Assembly since the 2012 legislative election, when she succeeded Jean-Marie Binetruy, whom she also succeeded as Mayor of

when he entered the National Assembly. She has since been one of the chamber's six vice presidents under the leadership of

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(2017–2018) and

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(since 2018). She also serves von the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the study group on the

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. In the 2016 The Republicans primary ahead of the 2017 presidential election, Genevard endorsed

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as the party's candidate for

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. In the party's 2017 leadership election, Genevard endorsed

as party president. Following his election, she was appointed as the party's secretary-general. She left the position in 2019, as newly elected party president Christian Jacob appointed

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to succeed her. At The Republicans' national convention in December 2021, she was part of the 11-member committee which oversaw the party's selection of its candidate for the 2022 presidential elections. From July to December 2022, Genevard served as the Republicans’ interim chairwoman after the resignation of Christian Jacob. She declined to run in the party's leadership election and was succeeded by

in December. In January 2023, Ciotti appointed her to serve again as the party's secretary-general.

Career in government

Genevard was appointed minister of agriculture and food sovereignty in Michel Barnier's government on 21 September 2024. She retained the position in François Bayrou's government on 23 December 2024.

References

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Family

Political career

Member of the National Assembly, 2012–2024

Career in government

See also

References