Marylise Lebranchu (French pronunciation: [maʁiliz ləbʁɑ̃ʃy]; born 25 April 1947 in Loudéac, Côtes-d'Armor) is a French politician of the Socialist Party who served as Minister of the Reform of the State and of Decentralisation under Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

Marylise Lebranchu
Marylise Lebranchu in 2015
Minister of the Reform of the State
In office
16 May 2012 – 11 February 2016
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Manuel Valls
Preceded byValérie Pécresse
Succeeded byAnnick Girardin
Questeur of the National Assembly
In office
26 June 2007 – 19 June 2012
PresidentBernard Accoyer
Preceded byDidier Migaud
Succeeded byPhilippe Briand
Minister of Justice
In office
18 October 2000 – 6 May 2002
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterLionel Jospin
Preceded byÉlisabeth Guigou
Succeeded byDominique Perben
Secretary of State for small and medium size businesses, Trade, Arts and Crafts, and Consumption
In office
4 June 1997 – 19 October 2000
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterLionel Jospin
Preceded byJean-Pierre Raffarin
Succeeded byFrançois Patriat
Member of the National Assembly of France
In office
12 March 2016 – 20 June 2017
Preceded byGwenegan Bui
Succeeded bySandrine Le Fleur
Parliamentary groupSER
ConstituencyFinistère's 4th constituency
In office
19 June 2002 – 21 July 2012
Preceded byYvon Abiven
Succeeded byGwenegan Bui
Parliamentary groupSER
ConstituencyFinistère's 4th constituency
In office
1 June 1997 – 4 July 1997
Preceded byArnaud Cazin d'Honincthun
Succeeded byYvon Abiven
Parliamentary groupSOC
ConstituencyFinistère's 4th constituency
Personal details
Born
Marylise Perrault

(1947-04-25) 25 April 1947 (age 77)
Loudéac, France
Political partyPS
SpouseJean Lebranchu
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Rennes

Political career

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Lebranchu served a Minister Delegate in charge of SMEs, Trade, Crafts, Liberal Professions and Consumer Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lionel Jospin from 1997 to 2002. In 1999, she lifted the French government's ban on sales of Coke, Sprite and Fanta produced at Coca-Cola Enterprises' Dunkirk site.[1] From 2000 to 2002, Lebranchu served as Minister of Justice.

Lebranchu then served as a member of the National Assembly of France, representing Finistère's 4th constituency from 1997 to 2012. During that time, she was part of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group.[2] She served on the Committee for Economic Affairs (2002–2007) and the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Force (2007–2012).[3]

In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Lebranchu endorsed Martine Aubry as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.[4]

On 16 May 2012, Lebranchu was named Minister of the Reform of the State and of Decentralization in the first Cabinet of French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls.[5] In this capacity, she drafted a plan in 2014 for measured wage civil service pay rises covering the 2017-2020 period.[6]

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Lebranchu publicly endorsed Benoît Hamon as the party's candidate for the presidential election later that year.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Craig R. Whitney (25 June 1999) Coke Bottling Site in France Is Given Clean Bill of Health New York Times.
  2. ^ "Liste Définitive des Députés Élus à L'issue des Deux Tours" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  3. ^ Marylise Lebranchu National Assembly of France.
  4. ^ Estelle Gross (6 July 2011), Primaire : qui soutient qui au PS ? L'Obs.
  5. ^ Thierry Lévêque (16 May 2012) Marylise Lebranchu, une proche d'Aubry à la Réforme de l'Etat Reuters.
  6. ^ Emmanuel Jarry and Brian Love (30 September 2015) French premier says will override opponents of civil service pay reform Reuters.
  7. ^ Gérard Bon (23 January 2017) Aubry et ses proches appellent à voter Hamon Reuters.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Justice
2000–2002
Succeeded by