Ségolène Royal
| Ségolène Royal | |
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| Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy | |
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Assumed office 2 April 2014 |
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| Prime Minister |
Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Preceded by | Philippe Martin |
| President of the Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes | |
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In office 30 March 2004 – 21 April 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Élisabeth Morin |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Macaire |
| Minister of the Environment and Way of Life | |
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In office 2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Preceded by | Brice Lalonde |
| Succeeded by | Michel Barnier |
| Deputy of the National Assembly for Deux-Sèvres' 2nd constituency |
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In office 19 June 2002 – 19 June 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
| Succeeded by | Delphine Batho |
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In office 2 April 1993 – 4 July 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
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In office 23 June 1988 – 2 May 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Proportional representation |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Marché |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Marie-Ségolène Royal 22 September 1953 Dakar, French West Africa (now Senegal) |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Domestic partner | François Hollande (1978–2007) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
Nancy 2 University Institut d'études politiques, Paris École nationale d'administration, Strasbourg |
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| Website | Official Facebook |
Marie-Ségolène Royal, known as Ségolène Royal (pronounced: [se.ɡɔ.lɛn ʁwa.jal]; born 22 September 1953), is a French politician and prominent member of the Socialist Party.
She was President of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council from 2004 to 2014. She was the Socialist candidate in the 2007 presidential election, becoming the first woman in France to be nominated as a presidential candidate by a major party. She 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. Candidate for the PS nomination for President in 2012, she lost the Socialist Party presidential primary in 2011. She failed in her attempt to win a seat in the National Assembly in the June 2012 parliamentary elections.
François Hollande, the current President of France, is the father of her four children. She was appointed by him to the vice-Chair directorship of the Banque Publique d'Investissement (BPI) in 2013. She has served as Minister for Ecology since 2014, in the Valls then Cazeneuve cabinets.
Ségolène Royal was born in the military base of Ouakam, Dakar, French West Africa (now Senegal) on 22 September 1953, the daughter of Hélène Dehaye and Jacques Royal, a former artillery officer and aide to the mayor of Chamagne (Vosges).
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