Sylvie Goulard
| Sylvie Goulard | |
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| Minister of the Armed Services | |
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In office 17 May 2017 – 19 June 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe |
| Preceded by | Jean-Yves Le Drian |
| Succeeded by | Florence Parly |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office 25 June 2014 – 17 May 2017 |
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| Constituency | South-East France |
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In office 7 June 2009 – 25 June 2014 |
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| Constituency | West France |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 December 1964 Marseille, France |
| Political party |
Democratic Movement (Before 2016) En Marche! (2016–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Guillaume Goulard |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Aix-Marseille University Institute of Political Studies, Paris National School of Administration, Strasbourg |
Sylvie Goulard (born 6 December 1964 in Marseille) is a French politician. She was appointed Minister of the Armed Services on 17 May 2017, in the First Government of Edouard Philippe. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for the West region of France in the 2009 European elections. She was reelected in 2014 for the South-East region of France. As an MEP she is a member of the Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs, and ALDE group coordinator, as well as a substitute member of the Committee for Constitutional Affairs. In 2010 she participated in the creation of the Euro-federalist interparliamentarian Spinelli Group. She served as a foreign affairs advisor, and former president of the , the oldest pluralist association defending the European ideal.
In 2016, Goulard joined the newly formed En Marche! party.
On 17 May 2017, Goulard was appointed Minister of the Armed Forces in the first Philippe Government. On 20 June 2017, she decided to quit the government amid the investigation into the MoDem's potentially fictitious employment of parliamentary assistants initiated earlier that month.
Goulard graduated with a law degree from the Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III and studied at both Sciences Po (Paris) and the Ecole nationale d'administration (ENA). Between 2005 and 2009 she taught at the College of Europe in Bruges. She speaks fluent English, German and Italian.
As a political advisor to Romano Prodi when he was President of the European Commission, from 2001 to 2004, Goulard followed the work of the Convention presided by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing which was primarily made up of members of national parliaments, who had been charged by the European Council to draft a European constitution.
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