Florence Parly
French politician (born 1963)
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- Florence Marie Jeanne Parly ( French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃s paʁli] ; born 8 May 1963) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Armed Forces under President Emmanuel Macron from 2017 to 2022.
- Career An alumna of Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration, Parly was appointed budgetary affairs advisor to Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in 1997.
- In office until 6 May 2002, she seconded Christian Sautter, then Laurent Fabius at the Ministry of Finance.
- In 2014, Parly moved on to become director-general of SNCF Voyageurs until 2017.
- Following the nomination, she resigned from all her board positions; her husband Martin Vial withdrew from his position on the board of Thales Group.
Florence Marie Jeanne Parly (French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃s paʁli]; born 8 May 1963) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Armed Forces under President Emmanuel Macron from 2017 to 2022. A former member of the Socialist Party (PS), she previously served as Secretary of State for the Budget from 2000 to 2002 under President Jacques Chirac.
Career
An alumna of Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration, Parly was appointed budgetary affairs advisor to Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in 1997. She became Secretary of State for the Budget in his government on 3 January 2000. In office until 6 May 2002, she seconded Christian Sautter, then Laurent Fabius at the Ministry of Finance.
She ran in Yonne's 1st constituency as a Socialist in the 2002 legislative election, but was defeated in the second round by Jean-Pierre Soisson of the Union for a Popular Movement.
After briefly serving as a member of the Regional Council of Burgundy for Yonne from 2004 to 2006, holding a vice presidency under François Patriat, Parly worked at Air France as deputy general director from 2006 until 2014, where she was in charge of passenger activity at Orly Airport and stopovers in France.
In 2014, Parly moved on to become director-general of SNCF Voyageurs until 2017.
Minister of the Armed Forces
Parly was named Minister of the Armed Forces on 21 June 2017 after Sylvie Goulard was forced to resign due to an ongoing investigation of her party.
Following the nomination, she resigned from all her board positions; her husband Martin Vial withdrew from his position on the board of Thales Group.
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