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{{infobox Politician
| name = Aurélien Rousseau
| name = Aurélien Rousseau
| office = [[Minister of Health (France)|Minister of Health and Prevention]]
| image =
| office = [[Deputy (France)|Member]] of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]<br/>for [[Yvelines]]'s [[Yvelines's 11th constituency|11th constituency]]
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| primeminister = [[Élisabeth Borne]]
| term_start = 20 July 2023
| term_start = 18 July 2024
| term_end =
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[François Braun]]
| predecessor = [[Nadia Hai]]
| successor =
| successor =
| office2 = Chief of Staff to the [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]]
| office1 = [[Minister of Health (France)|Minister of Health and Prevention]]
| primeminister2 = Élisabeth Borne
| term_start1 = 20 July 2023
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| term_end1 = 20 December 2023
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| primeminister1 = [[Élisabeth Borne]]
| predecessor1 = [[François Braun]]
| successor1 = [[Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo]]
| office2 = [[Chief of Staff]] of [[Prime Minister of France]]
| term_start2 = 17 May 2022
| term_start2 = 17 May 2022
| term_end2 = 17 July 2023
| term_end2 = 17 July 2023
| primeminister2 = Élisabeth Borne
| predecessor2 = [[Nicolas Revel]]
| predecessor2 = [[Nicolas Revel]]
| successor2 = Jean-Denis Combrexelle
| successor2 = Jean-Denis Combrexelle
| office3 = Director of the [[:fr:Agence régionale de santé|Regional Agency for Health]] of [[Île-de-France]]
| term_start3 = 3 September 2018
| term_end3 = 9 August 2021
| predecessor3 = Christophe Devys
| successor3 = Amélie Verdier
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|06|25|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|06|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Alès]], [[French Fifth Republic|France]]
| birth_place = [[Alès]], [[French Fifth Republic|France]]
| party = [[Place Publique|PP]] (2024–present)
| alma_mater = [[École nationale d'administration]]
| alma_mater = [[École nationale d'administration]]
| partner = [[Marguerite Cazeneuve]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Marguerite Cazeneuve]]|2021}}
| image = Aurélien Rousseau.png
| children = 3
| otherparty = [[French Communist Party|PCF]] (2000–2009)<br>[[Socialist Party (France)|PS]] (2010–2017)<br>[[Renaissance (French political party)|LREM/RE]] (2017–2023)
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| caption = Rousseau in 2023
| office4 = [[Chief Executive]] of [[Monnaie de Paris]]
| term_start4 = 18 April 2017
| term_end4 = 27 November 2018
| predecessor4 = [[Christophe Beaux]]
| successor4 = Marc Schwartz
| relatives = [[Jean-René Cazeneuve]] (father-in-law)<br>[[Pierre Cazeneuve]] (brother-in-law)
}}
}}
'''Aurélien Rousseau''' (born 25 June 1976) is a French civil servant and politician who has briefly served as [[Minister of Health (France)|Minister of Health and Prevention]] in the [[Borne government|government]] of [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] [[Élisabeth Borne]] in 2023.<ref>Michel Rose (20 July 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-names-new-education-health-ministers-minor-cabinet-reshuffle-2023-07-20/ Macron reshuffles ministers after French riots "stunned" country] [[Reuters]].</ref>


'''Aurélien Rousseau''' (born 25 June 1976) is a French civil servant and politician. In May 2022, he became Chief of Staff to [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] [[Élisabeth Borne]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-17 |title=Aurélien Rousseau, un ex-communiste nommé directeur du cabinet d’Elisabeth Borne |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2022/05/17/aurelien-rousseau-un-ex-communiste-nomme-directeur-du-cabinet-d-elisabeth-borne_6126460_823448.html |access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref> He resigned as Chief of Staff to the PM, effective on 17 July 2023. 3 days later, he was appointed as [[Minister of Health (France)|Minister of Health and Prevention]] in the [[Borne government]].
From May 2022 to July 2023, Rousseau served as Borne's chief of staff;<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-17 |title=Aurélien Rousseau, un ex-communiste nommé directeur du cabinet d'Elisabeth Borne |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2022/05/17/aurelien-rousseau-un-ex-communiste-nomme-directeur-du-cabinet-d-elisabeth-borne_6126460_823448.html |access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref> he resigned from that position effective on 17 July 2023.

On 20 December 2023, he resigned as Health Minister in response to the passage of a controversial immigration bill backed by his government.

==Early life and education==
Rousseau grew up in [[Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas]].<ref>Chloé Hecketsweiler and Solenn de Royer (17 April 2021), [https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2021/04/17/covid-19-les-tristes-printemps-d-aurelien-rousseau_6077121_823448.html Covid-19 : les « tristes printemps » d’Aurélien Rousseau] ''[[Le Monde]]''.</ref>

==Career==
In 1999, Rousseau began his career as history and geography teacher at a highschool in [[Seine-Saint-Denis]].<ref>Chloé Hecketsweiler and Solenn de Royer (17 April 2021), [https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2021/04/17/covid-19-les-tristes-printemps-d-aurelien-rousseau_6077121_823448.html Covid-19 : les « tristes printemps » d’Aurélien Rousseau] ''[[Le Monde]]''.</ref>

From 2015 to 2017, Rousseau served as deputy director of the cabinet and advisor on social affairs to successive Prime Ministers [[Manuel Valls]] and [[Bernard Cazeneuve]].<ref>Carole Bellemare (16 May 2017), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/decideurs/nomination/2017/05/16/33002-20170516ARTFIG00367-aurelien-rousseau-un-social-et-un-modernisateur-a-la-monnaie-de-paris.php Aurélien Rousseau, un social et un modernisateur à la Monnaie de Paris] ''[[Le Figaro]]''.</ref>

From 2017 to 2018, Rousseau served as director of [[Monnaie de Paris]].<ref>Carole Bellemare (16 May 2017), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/decideurs/nomination/2017/05/16/33002-20170516ARTFIG00367-aurelien-rousseau-un-social-et-un-modernisateur-a-la-monnaie-de-paris.php Aurélien Rousseau, un social et un modernisateur à la Monnaie de Paris] ''[[Le Figaro]]''.</ref><ref>Étienne Goetz and Isabelle Couet (31 January 2018), [https://www.lesechos.fr/2018/01/le-nouveau-pdg-de-la-monnaie-de-paris-veut-insuffler-une-culture-de-la-rentabilite-983236 Le nouveau PDG de la Monnaie de Paris veut insuffler une « culture de la rentabilité »] ''[[Les Echos (France)|Les Echos]]''.</ref>

Rousseau won plaudits for running the public health authority in the Paris region during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in France]].<ref>Michel Rose (20 July 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-names-new-education-health-ministers-minor-cabinet-reshuffle-2023-07-20/ Macron reshuffles ministers after French riots "stunned" country] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>

===Minister of Health, July–December 2023===
In October 2023, Rousseau participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Olaf Scholz]] and [[President of France|President]] [[Emmanuel Macron]].<ref>Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-france-hold-unprecedented-cabinet-retreat-oil-creaky-eu-motor-2023-10-09/ Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref><ref>[https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/deutsch-franzoesisches-kabinett-2023-2228354 Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert] [[Cabinet of Germany]], press release of 10 October 2023.</ref>

===2024 legislative election===
In the [[2024 French legislative election]], he stood under the label of [[Place Publique]] as a candidate of the [[New Popular Front]] in [[Yvelines's 7th constituency]], winning the seat from Renaissance's [[Nadia Hai]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2024 dans les Yvelines |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-legislatives-2024/ile-de-france/yvelines/#circonscription-07 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Le Monde.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[L'Express]]'', he said he was stunned even more by Macron's denunciations of the New Popular Front's program than by the threat of the far-right, arguing that the president's statements were sowing the seeds for the success of the [[National Rally]] by giving it "ideological legitimacy" due to his relativisation of the united left and far-right. Rousseau also reaffirmed that he would support all "republican candidates" opposed to the RN in the second round.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pérou |first1=Olivier |title=Aurélien Rousseau : "Je n’accepte pas que Macron m’impose ce 'moi ou le chaos'" |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/politique/elections/aurelien-rousseau-je-naccepte-pas-que-macron-mimpose-ce-moi-ou-le-chaos-4FOCTTTYHBCK7PORQRVESTA33M/ |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=L'Express |date=20 June 2024}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Rousseau is in a relationship with [[Marguerite Cazeneuve]]. In 2020, the couple's son was born.<ref>Chloé Hecketsweiler and Solenn de Royer (17 April 2021), [https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2021/04/17/covid-19-les-tristes-printemps-d-aurelien-rousseau_6077121_823448.html Covid-19 : les « tristes printemps » d’Aurélien Rousseau] ''[[Le Monde]]''.</ref>
Rousseau is in a relationship with [[Marguerite Cazeneuve]].


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 18:37, 7 August 2024

Aurélien Rousseau
Member of the National Assembly
for Yvelines's 11th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 July 2024
Preceded byNadia Hai
Minister of Health and Prevention
In office
20 July 2023 – 20 December 2023
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byFrançois Braun
Succeeded byAgnès Firmin-Le Bodo
Chief of Staff of Prime Minister of France
In office
17 May 2022 – 17 July 2023
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byNicolas Revel
Succeeded byJean-Denis Combrexelle
Director of the Regional Agency for Health of Île-de-France
In office
3 September 2018 – 9 August 2021
Preceded byChristophe Devys
Succeeded byAmélie Verdier
Chief Executive of Monnaie de Paris
In office
18 April 2017 – 27 November 2018
Preceded byChristophe Beaux
Succeeded byMarc Schwartz
Personal details
Born (1976-06-25) 25 June 1976 (age 48)
Alès, France
Political partyPP (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations		PCF (2000–2009)
PS (2010–2017)
LREM/RE (2017–2023)
Spouse
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(m. 2021)​
Children3
RelativesJean-René Cazeneuve (father-in-law)
Pierre Cazeneuve (brother-in-law)
Alma materÉcole nationale d'administration

Aurélien Rousseau (born 25 June 1976) is a French civil servant and politician who has briefly served as Minister of Health and Prevention in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2023.[1]

From May 2022 to July 2023, Rousseau served as Borne's chief of staff;[2] he resigned from that position effective on 17 July 2023.

On 20 December 2023, he resigned as Health Minister in response to the passage of a controversial immigration bill backed by his government.

Early life and education

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Rousseau grew up in Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas.[3]

Career

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In 1999, Rousseau began his career as history and geography teacher at a highschool in Seine-Saint-Denis.[4]

From 2015 to 2017, Rousseau served as deputy director of the cabinet and advisor on social affairs to successive Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve.[5]

From 2017 to 2018, Rousseau served as director of Monnaie de Paris.[6][7]

Rousseau won plaudits for running the public health authority in the Paris region during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[8]

Minister of Health, July–December 2023

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In October 2023, Rousseau participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron.[9][10]

2024 legislative election

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In the 2024 French legislative election, he stood under the label of Place Publique as a candidate of the New Popular Front in Yvelines's 7th constituency, winning the seat from Renaissance's Nadia Hai.[11] In an interview with L'Express, he said he was stunned even more by Macron's denunciations of the New Popular Front's program than by the threat of the far-right, arguing that the president's statements were sowing the seeds for the success of the National Rally by giving it "ideological legitimacy" due to his relativisation of the united left and far-right. Rousseau also reaffirmed that he would support all "republican candidates" opposed to the RN in the second round.[12]

Personal life

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Rousseau is in a relationship with Marguerite Cazeneuve. In 2020, the couple's son was born.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Michel Rose (20 July 2023), Macron reshuffles ministers after French riots "stunned" country Reuters.
  2. ^ "Aurélien Rousseau, un ex-communiste nommé directeur du cabinet d'Elisabeth Borne". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  3. ^ Chloé Hecketsweiler and Solenn de Royer (17 April 2021), Covid-19 : les « tristes printemps » d’Aurélien Rousseau Le Monde.
  4. ^ Chloé Hecketsweiler and Solenn de Royer (17 April 2021), Covid-19 : les « tristes printemps » d’Aurélien Rousseau Le Monde.
  5. ^ Carole Bellemare (16 May 2017), Aurélien Rousseau, un social et un modernisateur à la Monnaie de Paris Le Figaro.
  6. ^ Carole Bellemare (16 May 2017), Aurélien Rousseau, un social et un modernisateur à la Monnaie de Paris Le Figaro.
  7. ^ Étienne Goetz and Isabelle Couet (31 January 2018), Le nouveau PDG de la Monnaie de Paris veut insuffler une « culture de la rentabilité » Les Echos.
  8. ^ Michel Rose (20 July 2023), Macron reshuffles ministers after French riots "stunned" country Reuters.
  9. ^ Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023), Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor Reuters.
  10. ^ Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert Cabinet of Germany, press release of 10 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2024 dans les Yvelines". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  12. ^ Pérou, Olivier (20 June 2024). "Aurélien Rousseau : "Je n'accepte pas que Macron m'impose ce 'moi ou le chaos'"". L'Express. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  13. ^ Chloé Hecketsweiler and Solenn de Royer (17 April 2021), Covid-19 : les « tristes printemps » d’Aurélien Rousseau Le Monde.
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