Laure Darcos

Laure Darcos (born Laure Driant 27 November 1970 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French politician. She is elected senator from Essonne during the senatorial elections of 2017.

Laure Darcos
Member of the French Senate for Essonne
Assumed office
1 October 2017
Personal details
Born
Laure Driant

(1970-11-27) 27 November 1970
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyThe Republicans
Spouse(s)Xavier Darcos
Alma materPanthéon-Sorbonne University

Life

Laure Driant is the great granddaughter of Colonel Émile Driant and also a descendant of Georges Ernest Boulanger.[1]

She obtained a degree in history from Paris-Sorbonne University (1993), before taking classes at the École du Louvre from 2005 to 2007. She is a graduate of IFA / Sciences Po Paris, where she obtained a certificate (2015).

In 1990, she began her career as a trainee in the Le Quotidien de Paris, then in two political communication agencies (Modus Vivendi and P.O.L.I.S.). In 1994, she became the parliamentary assistant of Pierre Lequiller. From 1995 to 1997, she joined the cabinet of François Bayrou, Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research. From 1997 to 1998, she was then in charge of the mission of the director of the book and reading, Jean-Sebastien Dupuit, before becoming parliamentary attaché of Xavier Darcos, senator of the Dordogne from 1998 to 2002. She was Assistant Chief of Staff to Xavier Darcos, while he is Minister of National Education.

She then joined the corporate world, as director of institutional relations for the Hachette Livre group from (2009 to 2016, member of the Hachette Group's France Executive Committee (since 2013).[2] and vice-president of the Digital Commission of the National Union of Publishing.

During the 2015 departmental elections, she was elected county councilor of Essonne (canton of Gif-sur-Yvette), then member of the permanent commission of the departmental council of Essonne.

She ran for the 2017 parliamentary elections in the 5th constituency of Essonne[3][4] where she lost to the mathematician Cédric Villani, the candidate of La République En Marche!.[5]

She was elected Senator of Essonne during the senatorial elections of 2017, on September 24, 2017. In the Senate, she is a member of the Committee on Culture, Education and Communication.

In February 2018, she joined the organization chart of Libres !, the movement with spokesperson Valérie Pécresse.[6]

Awards
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References
  1. "Laure, sa " cure de jouvence "". Le Point.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. "Laure Darcos quitte le groupe Hachette Livre pour la politique" (in French). Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. "Sénatrices de l'Essonne : Laure Darcos, de l'ombre à la lumière". leparisien.fr (in French). 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. "Laure Darcos intègre le Comité exécutif France du groupe Hachette". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. "Le mathématicien Cédric Villani élu dans l'Essonne". RTL.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  6. "Florence Portelli et Maël de Calan rejoignent Valérie Pécresse à Libres!". FIGARO (in French). 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  7. décret du Ministre de l’Éducation nationale G. de Robien du 22 février 2006
  8. décret du Ministre de la Culture Frédéric Mitterrand du 7 mars 2012

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