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Annick Girardin

Annick Girardin
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Minister of Overseas Territories
Assumed office
17 May 2017
Prime Minister Édouard Philippe
Preceded by Ericka Bareigts
Personal details
Born (1964-08-03) 3 August 1964 (age 52)
Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Political party Radical Party of the Left

Annick Girardin (born 3 August 1964 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine) is a French government minister and a former member of the National Assembly of France. She represented the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, from 2007 to 2014 before being appointed Junior Minister for Development and Francophonie in April 2014 in the Valls Cabinet. Following the election of President Emmanuel Macron in May 2017, she was appointed Minister of Overseas France in the new Philippe Government.

She is a member of the Radical Party of the Left (PRG).

Annick Girardin is Vice-President of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie's French section. She is also a member of the PRG's Executive Board since 2012.

Annick Girardin has been a member of Territorial Council of Saint Pierre and Miquelon since 2000. She was also a Municipal councillor of Saint-Pierre from 18 March 2001 to 15 February 2002.

In the French legislative elections that took place on 9 June and 16 June 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, Annick Girardin was the candidate for the Radical Party of the Left in the Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon constituency. Obtaining 14.8% of the vote on 9 June, she was eliminated from the second round.


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