Florence Parly | |
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Minister of the Armed Services | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe |
Preceded by | Sylvie Goulard |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 May 1964 Boulogne-Billancourt, France | (age 60)
Political party | Socialist Party |
Alma mater | Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
Florence Parly (born May 8, 1963) is a French politician, who is serving as Minister of the Armed Forces in the Second Philippe Government, under President Emmanuel Macron.
Early career[]
Parly served as junior budget minister in the Socialist government of Prime Minister Lionel Jospin between 2000 and 2002.[1][2]
Parly worked at Air France as deputy general director, before moving to become director-general of SNCF Voyageurs until 2017.[3] She also served on the boards of French companies Altran, Ingenico and Zodiac Aerospace.[4]
Minister of the Armed Forces[]
Parly was named Minister of the Armed Forces on 21 June 2017 after Sylvie Goulard was forced to resign due to investigation of her party.[5] Following the nomination, she resigned from all her board positions; and her husband Martin Vial withdrew from his position on the board of Thales Group.[6]
Shortly after taking office, Parly ordered an investigation into allegations brought forward by the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchainé according to which the acting head of the French Air Force allegedly borrowed a Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet at weekends to fly from his base in Bordeaux to his home in Provence.[7]
References[]
- ↑ Kim Willsher (June 21, 2017), Macron appoints new faces to senior roles after four ministers resign The Guardian.
- ↑ France's Macron Brings Corporate Background to Cabinet Shake-up France's Macron Brings Corporate Background to Cabinet Shake-up Voice of America, June 21, 2017.
- ↑ Romain Herreros Journaliste politique (17 February 2013). "Qui est Florence Parly, la nouvelle ministre des Armées?". Huffingtonpost.fr. http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2017/06/21/qui-est-florence-parly-la-nouvelle-ministre-des-armees_a_22528514/. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ↑ Matthieu Protard and Mathieu Rosemain (June 26, 2017), Head of French state holding agency asks to be replaced at Thales board Reuters.
- ↑ Press, Associated. "French President Macron has named former executive Florence Parly as defense chief in government reshuffle". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/french-president-macron-has-named-former-executive-florence-parly-as-defense-chief-in-government-reshuffle/2017/06/21/dce137f6-56a6-11e7-840b-512026319da7_story.html. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ↑ Matthieu Protard and Mathieu Rosemain (June 26, 2017), Head of French state holding agency asks to be replaced at Thales board Reuters.
- ↑ Rory Mulholland (June 28, 2017), French air force commander under investigation for allegedly using fighter jet to fly to Provence home Daily Telegraph.
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