Cécile Duflot
French politician (born 1975)
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- Cécile Duflot ( French pronunciation: [se.
- She has been a government minister, a member of the National Assembly, and political party leader.
- Following the victory of François Hollande in the 2012 presidential election, she was appointed Minister of Territorial Equality and Housing (French: Ministre de l'Egalité des Territoires et du Logement ) in the Ayrault Cabinet from 2012 to 2014.
- leader) of Europe Ecology – The Greens, a position she held from November 2006; with Jean-Luc Bennahmias, she was the only Green leader to have served two consecutive terms.
- On 5 April 2018, she announced her departure from politics to lead Oxfam France starting on 15 June.
Cécile Duflot (French pronunciation: [se.sil dy.flo]; born 1 April 1975) is a French non-governmental organisation (NGO) leader and former politician. She has been a government minister, a member of the National Assembly, and political party leader.
She served as the National Secretary of the green parties (2006-2010) and Europe Ecology – The Greens (2010-2012). Following the victory of François Hollande in the 2012 presidential election, she was appointed Minister of Territorial Equality and Housing (French: Ministre de l'Egalité des Territoires et du Logement) in the Ayrault Cabinet from 2012 to 2014. Until June 2012, she was Party Secretary (i.e. leader) of Europe Ecology – The Greens, a position she held from November 2006; with Jean-Luc Bennahmias, she was the only Green leader to have served two consecutive terms. In May 2012, she announced her resignation from this role.
On 5 April 2018, she announced her departure from politics to lead Oxfam France starting on 15 June. In 2022, she was appointed to the National Consultative Ethics Committee (Comité consultatif national d'éthique) for life sciences and health.
Personal life
Duflot was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne, the eldest daughter of a railway unionist and a physics and chemistry teacher (who was herself also a unionist). Duflot spent her childhood and adolescence in the district of Montereau-Fault-Yonne, specifically in the Montereau-Surville district, where she attended the Lycée André-Malraux, before returning to her native town, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, in the early 1990s. She is a town planner by profession, a graduate of the ESSEC Business School (French Business School), and holds a master's degree in geography.
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