Caroline Cayeux (born 1 November 1948) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister for Relations with Local Authorities in the

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between July 2022 and November 2022. Prior to joining the government, Cayeux served as

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Political career

Cayeux became Departmental President of Oise for the Rally for the Republic in 1998, after the incumbent, Jean-François Mancel was forced to resign for entering into an electoral and political alliance with the far-right FN. Cayeux defeated the incumbent

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Mayor of Beauvais

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in the

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election and was re-elected with 58% in 2008 against Sylvie Houssin of the PS. Cayeux was defeated as a RPR dissident candidate in the

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and as a candidate on the UMP list in the 2004 Senate election. She became regional councilor of

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in 2004, on the UMP-UDF list of

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. Cayeux was the only candidate for the UMP nomination in

for the 2010 regional elections and will thus be the UMP's top candidate.

Controversy

In 2018, Cayeux made international news playing an April Fools' Day prank via social media, claiming that furniture giant

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would be bringing 4,000 new jobs to Beauvais; the prank was not well received across social media Following Cayeux's appointment to the Borne government, more than 100 French public figures signed an open letter denouncing her opposition to a 2013 law for

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and adoption which Cayeux had called a "caprice" and "plan that goes against nature".Layli Foroudi (16 July 2022)
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cayeux, Caroline 1948 births Living people Politicians from Paris Rally for the Republic politicians The Republicans (France) politicians The Social Right French Senators of the Fifth Republic Mayors of places in Hauts-de-France Women mayors of places in France 20th-century French women politicians 21st-century French women politicians Women members of the Senate (France) Senators of Oise Members of the Borne government