Nathalie Loiseau

French politician and diplomat (born 1964)

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Nathalie Lydie Jeanne Loiseau ( French: [natali lwazo] ; born 1 June 1964) is a French politician, diplomat and academic administrator who has served as a Member of European Parliament since 2019.
She was the top candidate of the La République En Marche electoral list in the 2019 European elections.
Her father was a corporate consultant in mergers and acquisitions.
In 1984, she appeared on a list of candidates for a students' union linked to the far-right Groupe Union Défense; she later said that she had agreed to this as a favor to a friend and knowing nothing about the union.
Career in diplomacy Loiseau joined the French foreign service in 1986.

Nathalie Lydie Jeanne Loiseau (French: [natali lwazo]; born 1 June 1964) is a French politician, diplomat and academic administrator who has served as a Member of European Parliament since 2019. Previously she was director of the École nationale d'administration (ENA) from 2012 to 2017 and served as the French Minister for European Affairs from 21 June 2017 to 27 March 2019. She was the top candidate of the La République En Marche electoral list in the 2019 European elections.

Early life

Nathalie Loiseau was born on 1 June 1964 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Her father was a corporate consultant in mergers and acquisitions.

Loiseau graduated from Sciences Po in 1983. In 1984, she appeared on a list of candidates for a students' union linked to the far-right Groupe Union Défense; she later said that she had agreed to this as a favor to a friend and knowing nothing about the union. She also studied Chinese language at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales.

Career in diplomacy

Loiseau joined the French foreign service in 1986. She served as a diplomat in Indonesia from 1990 to 1992. She was an advisor to Foreign Minister Alain Juppé from 1993 to 1995. She later served diplomatic missions in Dakar, Senegal and Rabat, Morocco. She served as the Communications Director at the Embassy of France, Washington, D.C. from 2002 to 2007. She was the head of Human Resources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2011, and as its chief of staff from 2011 to 2012.

Loiseau was the director of the École nationale d'administration (ENA) between 2012 and 2017.