Ségolène Royal
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Marie-Ségolène Royal (French: [seɡɔlɛn ʁwajal] ⓘ; born 22 September 1953) is a French politician who was the Socialist Party candidate for the Presidency of France in the 2007 election.
Ségolène Royal | |
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 Royal in 2012 | |
| Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy | |
| In office 2 April 2014 – 10 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Preceded by | Philippe Martin |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Hulot (Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition) |
| President of the Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes | |
| In office 30 March 2004 – 21 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Élisabeth Morin |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Macaire |
| Minister delegate for Families, Children and People with Disabilities | |
| In office 20 March 2000 – 6 May 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Martine Aubry |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Mattei |
| Minister delegate for School Teaching | |
| In office 4 June 1997 – 27 March 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Françoise Hostalier (Secretary of State for School Teaching) |
| Succeeded by | Xavier Darcos (Minister of Labour, Social Relations, Families, Solidarity and the Cities) |
| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Preceded by | Brice Lalonde |
| Succeeded by | Michel Barnier |
| Member of the National Assembly for Deux-Sèvres's 2nd constituency | |
| In office 19 June 2002 – 19 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
| Succeeded by | Delphine Batho |
| In office 2 April 1993 – 4 July 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
| In office 23 June 1988 – 2 May 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency re-established |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
| Member of the Deux-Sèvres General Council for La Mothe-Saint-Héray | |
| In office 2 April 1992 – 27 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Griffault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie-Ségolène Royal (1953-09-22) 22 September 1953 (age 70)[1] Dakar, French West Africa (present-day Senegal) |
| Political party | Socialist Party (1978–2017) |
| Domestic partner | François Hollande (1978–2007) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Nancy 2 University Sciences Po ÉNA |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official Facebook |
Royal was president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council from 2004 to 2014. She won the 2006 Socialist Party primary, becoming the first woman in France to be nominated as a presidential candidate by a major party. In the subsequent 2007 presidential election, she earned further distinction as the first woman to qualify for the second round of a presidential election, but ultimately lost to Nicolas Sarkozy.
In 2008, Royal narrowly lost to Martine Aubry in the Socialist Party's election for First Secretary at the Party's twenty-second national congress. She lost the Socialist Party presidential primary in 2011, and failed in an attempt to win a seat in the National Assembly in the June 2012 parliamentary elections.
She has four children with François Hollande, the former president, and was appointed by him to the vice-chair directorship of the Banque Publique d'Investissement (BPI) in 2013. She served as Minister for Ecology from 2014 to 2017, in the Valls, then Cazeneuve cabinets.