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Roselyne Bachelot

Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin
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Minister for Health and Sports
Ministre de la Santé et des Sports
In office
18 May 2007 – 13 November 2010
President Nicolas Sarkozy
Prime Minister François Fillon
Preceded by Philippe Bas
Constituency Maine-et-Loire
Minister for the Environment
Ministre de l'Écologie et du Développement durable
In office
6 May 2002 – 31 March 2004
President Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin,
Dominique de Villepin
Preceded by Yves Cochet
Succeeded by Serge Lepeltier
Personal details
Born Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin
(1946-12-24) 24 December 1946 (age 70)
Nevers, France
Political party UMP
Spouse(s) Jacques Bachelot
Alma mater University of Angers, France
Profession Pharmacist

Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, generally known as Roselyne Bachelot (born 24 December 1946 in Nevers, Nièvre), is a French politician, former Minister of Solidarity and Social Cohesion, and a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's Party.

Roselyne Bachelot was born as Roselyne Narquin was born on December 24, 1946 in Nevers, France. Her father Jean Narquin, was a résistant and gaullist député, and her mother Yvette Le Dû, a native from Gourin, both dentists. She has a brother, Jean-Yves Narquin, who ran for the European Parliament as a member of the National Front in 2015.

Bachelot received a Doctorate in Pharmacy.

She was the French Minister for Health and Sports until 14 November 2010. Since French ministers cannot be members of Parliament, she has been forced to give up her seat as Member of the European Parliament for the west of France. She used to sit on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. She also was a substitute on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, a member of the delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Israel.


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