Valérie Rabault

Valérie Rabault (French: [valeʁi ʁabo]; born 25 April 1973) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2012 elections, representing Tarn-et-Garonne.[1]

Valérie Rabault
Member of the National Assembly
for Tarn-et-Garonne's 1st constituency
Assumed office
20 June 2012
(8 years, 7 months and 12 days)
Preceded byBrigitte Barèges
President of the Socialist group in the National Assembly
Assumed office
11 April 2018
(2 years, 9 months and 21 days)
Preceded byOlivier Faure
Member of the Municipal council of Montauban
Assumed office
4 April 2014
(6 years, 9 months and 28 days)
Personal details
Born (1973-04-25) 25 April 1973
L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyPS
EducationLycée Louis-le-Grand
Alma materÉcole des ponts ParisTech
OccupationEngineer

Early life and career

Rabault attended the École des ponts ParisTech from 1994-1998. She entered the private sector as a construction manager and then became involved in project financing. She then practiced her professional activity in the banking sector by becoming an inspector at Société Générale, then in 2003, was recruited by BNP Paribas London in the risk monitoring teams. In 2005, she joined Paris and, from 2010, became head of risk planning in the Equity and Commodities division of BNP Paribas Investment Bank. She resigned in June 2012 after her election to the National Assembly.[2]

Political career

Career in local politics

Rabault became a member of the Socialist Party in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, she was a member of the London PS section. Back in France, she joined the Federal Council of PS section of Tarn-et-Garonne in 2006. In 2012, at the Toulouse Congress, she was elected 1st Federal Secretary of the Socialist Party of Tarn-et-Garonne.

Since the 2014 municipal elections, Rabault has been a member of Montauban's municipal council.[3]

Member of the National Assembly, 2012–present

After the vote of the militants, Rabault was appointed by the Socialist Party as candidate in the French legislative elections of 2012 in the 1st constituency of Tarn-et-Garonne. She was elected on 17 June 2012.[4] She is a member and elected in 2012 Vice-President of the Finance, General Economy and Budget Committee of the French National Assembly. In April 2014, she refused to enter the Government Manuel Valls as Secretary of State for Trade.[5] Instead, she succeeded Christian Eckert as the parliament's general rapporteur on the national budget, making her the first woman in that position.

In 2017, Rabault was in charge of the economy and finance policies of Vincent Peillon's campaign for the Socialist Party presidential primary. She was also a member of his political campaign committee.[6]

In 2017 She is re-elected deputy of Tarn-et-Garonne against Pierre Mardegan, candidate of En Marche!.[7] She supports Olivier Faure's candidacy for the position of first secretary of the Socialist Party for the party's congress, which takes place at the beginning of 2018.

On July 8, 2017, Rabault joined the Socialist Party's national leadership.[8]

On 11 April 2018 Rabault became the chairwoman of the socialist group in the National Assembly, becoming the first woman president of a parliamentary group in France.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Mme Valérie Rabault". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. "Montauban. Valérie Rabault : "Ce que je dis, je le fais"" (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. "Le Conseil Municipal". Montauban (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. "Législatives. Grand chelem pour V. Rabault et S. Pinel" (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. "Valérie Rabault succède à Olivier Faure à la tête du groupe Nouvelle Gauche" (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. "Primaire à gauche. Peillon détaille son organigramme de campagne" (in French). Ouest-France. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. Fabrice Valery (18 June 2017). "Législatives : la socialiste Valérie Rabault réélue dans le Tarn-et-Garonne" (in French). france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  8. "Le Parti socialiste a désigné sa direction collégiale provisoire" (in French). Le Monde. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  9. "Législatives : Valérie Rabault, nouvelle présidente des députés PS" (in French). Le Figaro. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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