Biography of the Higher Education and Research Minister - Mme Valérie Pécresse
Born on 14 July 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine)
Education
Graduate of the Ecole des hautes études commerciales (HEC) in 1988
Graduate of the Ecole nationale d’administration (ENA), “Condorcet” Year
Career
Auditeure [junior officer] at the Conseil d’Etat, 1992-1998
Adviser responsible for forward planning and IT at the Presidency of the Republic, 1998
Elective offices
National Assembly Deputy for Yvelines since 2002: member of the National Assembly Cultural, Family and Social Affairs Committee, and the National Assembly delegation for women’s rights and equal opportunities for men and women. Re-elected in 2007
Member of Ile-de-France Regional Council
Political offices
Deputy General Secretary of the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP), in charge of the in-house think-tank since 2002
UMP spokeswoman since 2004
Other offices
Parliamentary representative on the strategic planning board of the Observatoire de l’emploi public [public sector employment monitoring centre]
Most recently published work
Être une femme politique…c’est pas si facile ! Editions L’Archipel, 2007
Source: Prime Minister’s website