Long a land of ministers (Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Manuel Valls, François Lamy, etc.), Essonne had lost its splendor.
After the resignation of Amélie de Montchalin, Minister of Ecological Transition, the day after her defeat in the legislative elections in June 2022, only the president of Paris-Saclay University Sylvie Retailleau represented the department, in Higher Education and Research , a position she retains.
The deputy for the 9th constituency (Draveil/Ris-Orangis) Marie Guévenoux, 47, joins her by being appointed this Thursday evening as delegate minister responsible for Overseas Territories.
Close to Alain Madelin (Liberal Democracy) in the early 2000s, she was elected head of the young UMP in 2004 and became close to Alain Juppé, whose campaign she campaigned in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. then part of the management of François Fillon's campaign team but gave up supporting him when he was indicted.
She then joined the République en Marche, where she joined the executive office.
Elected for two terms in Essonne
Parachuted into the 9th constituency of Essonne in 2017, she was elected there with 57.9% of the vote.
As a candidate again in 2022, she beat Nadhéra Beletreche (EELV-NUPES) with 51.3% of the votes.
“Marie is one of the pillars of our movement, she is the number two of the Republic on the Move (Editor's note: she is deputy general delegate of the party),” said Élisabeth Borne, who came to support her during her campaign.
The forty-year-old thus continues her rise in the party.
On June 29, 2023, she was elected by her peers as First Quaestor of the National Assembly.
She is only the fourth woman to access this prestigious position.
In January 2023, the MP was then elected president of Renaissance en Essonne.
In her constituency, she worked on issues such as the RER D, the increase in police numbers, etc.
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Appointed within the government of Gabriel Attal, Marie Guévenoux will have to resign from her seat in the National Assembly.
It is his deputy, Éric Husson, president of USRO rugby in Ris-Orangis and involved in the associative sector for 30 years in Ris-Orangis, who should succeed him.