Olivia Grégoire | |
Office: | Minister Delegate for Small and Medium Enterprise, Trade, Craft and Tourism |
President: | Emmanuel Macron |
Primeminister: | Élisabeth Borne |
Predecessor: | Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne |
Term Start: | 4 July 2022 |
Office2: | Government Spokesperson |
Term Start2: | 20 May 2022 |
Term End2: | 4 July 2022 |
President2: | Emmanuel Macron |
Primeminister2: | Élisabeth Borne |
Predecessor2: | Gabriel Attal |
Successor2: | Olivier Véran |
Office3: | Secretary of State for Social Economy |
President3: | Emmanuel Macron |
Primeminister3: | Jean Castex |
Predecessor3: | Martine Pinville |
Term Start3: | 27 July 2020 |
Term End3: | 20 May 2022 |
Office4: | Member of the National Assembly for Paris's 12th constituency |
Term Start4: | 21 June 2017 |
Term End4: | 26 August 2020 |
Predecessor4: | Philippe Goujon |
Successor4: | Marie Silin |
Birth Date: | 30 September 1978 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Party: | Renaissance |
Alma Mater: | Paris Nanterre University Sciences Po ESSEC Business School |
Olivia Grégoire (pronounced as /fr/; born 30 September 1978) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE)[1] who has been serving as Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises, Trade, Crafts and Tourism under President Emmanuel Macron since 2022.[2]
Grégoire previously served as Government Spokesperson in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne (2022) and as Secretary of State for Social Economy in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022). She was a member of the National Assembly for the 12th constituency of Paris between 2017 and 2020.[3]
After a khâgne in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Grégoire gained a Licence in history from Paris Nanterre University in 1999. She graduated from Sciences Po in 2001, the same year as Emmanuel Macron, then completed a master's degree in marketing at ESSEC Business School in 2002.[4]
From 2002 to 2005, Grégoire worked for the press office of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, as well as from 2005 until 2007 as an adviser and strategist for Health Minister Xavier Bertrand.[5] [6] Between 2007 and 2014 she worked in communications and marketing for the multinational companies DDB Worldwide, Havas and Saint-Gobain, and for the government communications agency Etalab. She founded Olicare, a communications and strategy consultancy, in 2014.[6]
Grégoire joined Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche! movement in March 2016, a month before it was publicly launched, and was involved in designing the movement’s policies on health-care.[4] In the 2017 legislative elections she was elected with 56.36% of the vote, defeating Philippe Goujon of The Republicans.[7]
Within her parliamentary group, Grégoire was one of the spokespersons. She was also a member of the Finance Committee, a parliamentary committee that scrutinizes public spending.[8] At the beginning of the term, Grégoire and Valérie Oppelt launched an informal group of around 50 LREM members in support of strengthening entrepreneurship.[9]
She was re-elected to parliament in the 2022 French legislative election, but returned to government, and so was replaced by her substitute Fanta Berete.[10]
In July 2019, Grégoire voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[11]