Geneviève Darrieussecq

Geneviève Darrieussecq (French pronunciation: [ʒənvjɛv daʁjøsɛk]; born 4 March 1956) is a French physician and politician of Democratic Movement (MoDem) who served as Minister of Health in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in 2024^[1] and as Minister for People with Disabilities in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2023.^[2] From 2017 to 2022, she was the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex.

Geneviève Darrieussecq
Darrieussecq in 2017
Minister of Health and Access to Care
In office 21 September 2024 – 23 December 2024
Prime Minister	Michel Barnier
Preceded by	Catherine Vautrin
Succeeded by	Catherine Vautrin
Member of the National Assembly for Landes's 1st constituency
In office 21 August 2023 – 21 October 2024
Preceded by	Fabien Lainé
Succeeded by	Fabien Lainé
In office 21 June 2022 – 4 August 2022
Preceded by	Fabien Lainé
Succeeded by	Fabien Lainé
In office 21 June 2017 – 21 July 2017
Preceded by	Florence Delaunay
Succeeded by	Fabien Lainé
Minister Delegate for People with Disabilities
In office 4 July 2022 – 20 July 2023
Prime Minister	Élisabeth Borne
Preceded by	Damien Abad
Succeeded by	Fadila Khattabi
Minister Delegate for Remembrance and Veterans
In office 6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022
Prime Minister	Jean Castex
Preceded by	Herself (as Secretary of State)
Succeeded by	Patricia Mirallès
Secretary of State to the Ministry of Armed Forces
In office 21 June 2017 – 6 July 2020
Prime Minister	Édouard Philippe
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Herself (as Minister Delegate)
Member of the regional council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2021
Member of the departmental council of Landes
In office 29 March 2015 – 28 June 2017
Member of the regional council of Aquitaine
In office 4 April 2004 – 6 December 2015
Mayor of Mont-de-Marsan
In office 21 March 2008 – 7 July 2017
Preceded by	Philippe Labeyrie
Succeeded by	Charles Dayot
Member of the municipal council of Mont-de-Marsan
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2008
Personal details
Born	Geneviève Lafitte (1956-03-04) 4 March 1956 (age 69) Peyrehorade, Landes, France
Political party	MoDem (2007–present)
Other political affiliations	UDF (2004–2007)
Spouse	Marcel Darrieussecq
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Bordeaux
Occupation	Doctor • Politician

Career

Visit of Geneviève Darrieussecq at the École polytechnique in 2017

Career in local politics

Darrieussecq was the mayor of Mont-de-Marsan (2008-2017).^[3]

Career in national politics

In 2010, François Bayrou included Darrieussecq in his shadow cabinet; in this capacity, Darrieussecq served as opposition counterpart to Minister of Health Roselyne Bachelot ahead of the 2012 French presidential election.^[4]

In the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Darrieussecq endorsed Alain Juppé as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.^[5]

In 2017 Darrieussecq was elected to the National Assembly from Landes's 1st constituency.^[6][3]

On 21 June 2017 Darrieussecq was appointed Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly in the Second Philippe government. Fabien Lainé succeeded her in the National Assembly and Charles Dayot succeeded her as mayor of Mont-de-Marsan (on 7 July 2017). Contexte's newspaper notes that "Geneviève Darrieussecq is discreet with Florence Parly at the Ministry of the Armed Forces. She had a specific mission letter: to her "the human", when the minister takes care of the material. The memory, the youth, the training, the service of health of the armies, the durable development in the armies, the family plan are her first subjects of concern. But she must keep abreast of the rest, to be able to answer in case of Parly's absence.^[7]

Since 2023, Darrieussecq has been part of the French delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where she serves on the Science and Technology Committee and the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group.^[8]