Brigitte Bourguignon: age, legislative, previous functions

Who is Brigitte Bourguignon new Minister of Health

Brigitte Bourguignon is the new Minister of Health in the government of Elisabeth Borne. In the event of defeat in the June 2022 legislative elections, she will have to resign from her post as Minister of Health. Portrait.

[Mise à jour le 23 mai 2022 à 10h03] The new government of Emmanuel Macron, freshly re-elected, was unveiled on Friday May 20. On the proposal of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, Brigitte Bourguignon is appointed Minister of Health and Prevention. She succeeds Olivier Véran who becomes Minister Delegate in charge of Parliament and Democratic Life. “Thank you to Olivier Véran for all he has accomplished in this beautiful ministry, she said during the May 20 handover in the evening. I am going today to get down to building, with the territories, the professionals and our citizens, the solutions that will transform our healthcare system and develop prevention.” Olivier Véran told him wished “Good luck” on his account Twitter : “I leave today the ministry of the crisis, the Ministry of French daily life, with pride. A ministry that has monopolized the attention, the concerns, the fears, sometimes the fears, but also the hope of an entire country.” Brigitte Bourguignon is also candidate for the June 2022 legislative elections in Pas-de-Calais. In the event of defeat, she will have to resign from her new post as Minister of Health according to the rules imposed by Emmanuel Macron since 2017, put in place in 2007 by Nicolas Sarkozy.

How old is Brigitte Bourguignon?

Brigitte Bourguignon was born on March 21, 1959 in Boulogne-sur-Mer in the Pas-de-Calais. She has 63 years old.

What were Brigitte Bourguignon’s previous functions?

She was Deputy Mayor of Boulogne-sur-Mer in charge of the fight against exclusion, people with disabilities and early childhood from 2001 to 2012. She is National Secretary of the Socialist Party responsible for sport in 2008. In 2012, she was elected deputy PS of the 6th constituency of Pas-de-Calais. From 2014 to 2018, she is Municipal councilor at the city of Marquise (Pas de Calais). In 2017she joined the ranks of Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche party and was then expelled from the Socialist Party. She had joined in 1987. She remains a member of the 6and constituency of Pas-de-Calais from 2017 to 2020 but under the LaREM label. Brigitte Bourguignon is elected President of the Social Affairs Commission of the National Assembly June 29, 2017. In June 2020, she was appointed president of the commission of inquiry into the health crisis at the National Assembly. In July 2020she is named Minister Delegate to Olivier Véran in charge of Autonomy. She takes charge of issues related to “old age”, in particular support for the elderly at home, the fight against their isolation and the modernization of retirement homes. She is named the May 20, 2022 Minister of Health and Prevention under the second term of Emmanuel Macron and takes the place of Olivier Véran.

Is she standing in the June legislative elections?

The Elysée has made it known that the ministers who present in the legislative elections of June 2022 and come out losers will have to leave their new positions. This rule was enacted by Emmanuel Macron in 2017. It was put in place in 2007 by Nicolas Sarkozy. Brigitte Bourguignon is one of them since she is candidate in the 6th constituency of Pas-de-Calais.

What is Brigitte Bourguignon’s Twitter account?

Brigitte Bourguignon has a twitter account since February 2012: @BrigBourguignon. She is followed by more than 28,000 subscribers.

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