Marisol Touraine
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Government of France Minister of Social Affairs |
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Assumed office 16 May 2012 |
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| President | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister |
Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls |
| Preceded by | Roselyne Bachelot |
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Government of France Minister of Health |
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Assumed office 16 May 2012 |
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| President | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister |
Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls |
| Preceded by | Roselyne Bachelot |
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7 March 1959 Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
Marisol Touraine (French pronunciation: [ma.ʁi.sɔl tu.ʁɛn]; born 7 March 1959) is a French politician. She serves as Minister of Social Affairs and Health under Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and under Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
Marisol Touraine was born on 7 March 1959 in Paris. She graduated from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. She studied at the École Normale Supérieure, where she specialised in economic and social issues. She also attended Harvard University but did not receive a degree. She is fluent in Spanish.
She served as a member of the National Assembly of France for Indre-et-Loire (3rd constituency) from 1997 to 2002 for the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche political party. She was defeated in the second round in 2002 by Jean-Jacques Descamps (UMP). She regained the district in June 2007 with a small majority (50.22%), and served until 2012.
She has been counselor general for Indre-et-Loire since 2001. She served as Vice-President of the General Council of Indre-et-Loire from 2008 to 2011, and as its President from 2011 to 2012, when she resigned. She has served as General councillor of Indre-et-Loire since 1998, having been re-elected in 2004 and in 2011.
On 16 May 2012, Touraine was named by Prime Minister of France Jean-Marc Ayrault as Minister of Health and Social Affairs. The designation was accepted by President of France François Hollande, in line with tradition.
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