Would Geneviève Darrieussecq be like a phoenix? In the parliamentary elections held last June, when she faced the New Popular Front candidate Marie-Laure Lafargue and Véronique Fossey (RN) in the first constituency of Landes, we saw that she was defeated, in any case, by a good opponent. The 68-year-old MP, who is outgoing, finally won at the last minute with 56.78% of the vote and blocked the far right by taking advantage of the withdrawal of the NFP candidate in the second round.
Then in July he was approached for a time in the National Assembly Perch. And now he is expected to be called to the government by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, who is responsible for one of the most emblematic portfolios, the health portfolio. An area that the now retired former allergist knows well.
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This will be the fourth time Landaise has been called to Paris. He took his first steps after being named Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Armed Forces in the government of Édouard Philippe, responsible for veterans and memories, following the election of Emmanuel Macron as President in 2017. “It is an area that interests me very much and excites me. I will bring out all the energy that is in me,” he said on the evening of his appointment to “Sud Ouest”.
She was promoted to ministerial delegate with the same portfolio in the Jean Castex government from 2020 to 2022, then appointed ministerial delegate for disabled people in the Élisabeth Borne government until the reshuffle in the summer of 2023. She was eventually replaced by Fadila Hattabi. Geneviève Darrieussecq resumed her duties as a deputy until the dissolution of the National Assembly last June.
Geneviève Darrieussecq has strong local roots in the Landes since she was first elected mayor of Mont-de-Marsan in 2008, ending decades of socialist rule. She was re-elected in 2014. La Montoise also served on the Regional Council for several years before handing over the reins to Charles Dayot, who was first appointed to the government in 2017.
