Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem | |
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| Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research | |
| In office 27 August 2014 – 10 May 2017 | |
| President | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Preceded by | Benoît Hamon |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Michel Blanquer (National Education) Frédérique Vidal (Higher Education and Research) |
| Minister of City Affairs, Youth and Sports | |
| In office 2 April 2014 – 25 August 2014 | |
| President | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls |
| Preceded by | Herself |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Kanner |
| Minister of Women's Rights, City Affairs, Youth and Sports | |
| In office 16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014 | |
| President | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| Preceded by | Catherine Vautrin (indirectly, Women's Rights) François Lamy (City Affairs) Valérie Fourneyron (Youth and Sports) |
| Succeeded by | Herself (City Affairs, Youth and Sports Pascale Boistard (Women's Rights) |
| Government's spokesperson | |
| In office 16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014 | |
| President | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| Preceded by | Valérie Pécresse |
| Succeeded by | Stéphane Le Foll |
| Member of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2021 | |
| President | Laurent Wauquiez |
| Constituency | Metropolis of Lyon |
| Deputy Mayor of Lyon (in charge of events, youth and community work | |
| In office 21 March 2008 – 22 June 2012 | |
| Mayor | Gérard Collomb |
| Preceded by | Pascale Bonniel-Chalier (events) Louis Pelaez (youth and community work) |
| Succeeded by | Georges Képénékian (events) Anne Brugnera (youth and community work) |
| Member of the Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes | |
| In office 28 March 2004 – 12 June 2008 | |
| President | Jean-Jack Queyranne |
| Preceded by | Bernadette Laclais (indirectly) |
| Succeeded by | Yvon Deschamps |
| Member of the General Council of the Rhône department | |
| In office 16 March 2008 – 31 December 2014 | |
| President | Michel Mercier Danielle Chuzeville |
| Preceded by | Jean Flacher |
| Succeeded by | Canton suppressed |
| Constituency | Canton of Lyon-XIII |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Najat Belkacem 4 October 1977 Rif, Bni Chiker, Nador, Morocco |
| Nationality | Moroccan French |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Louis-Adel Vallaud Nour-Chloé Vallaud |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po |
| Profession | Jurist |
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (French pronunciation: [naʒat valo bɛlkasɛm]; Arabic: نجاة فالو بلقاسم; Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⵊⴰⵜ ⴱⵍⵇⴰⵙⵎ; born 4 October 1977) is a Moroccan-born French former politician and jurist. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), she served in a number of ministerial positions during the presidency of François Hollande. Vallaud-Belkacem was the first woman to serve as Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research, holding the position from 2014 to 2017 under Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve.
In 2014, opinion polling found Vallaud-Belkacem to be among the most popular politicians in the country. Since 2020, she has been the director of the One Campaign in France.