Prisca Thévenot

Prisca Thévenot (born 1 March 1985) is a French politician of Renaissance who has been serving as State Secretary for Youth and National Universal Service in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since July 2023.[1]

Prisca Thévenot
Secretary of State for Youth and National Universal Service
Assumed office
20 July 2023
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
MinisterGabriel Attal
Preceded bySarah El Haïry
Member of the National Assembly
for Hauts-de-Seine's 8th constituency
In office
22 June 2022 – 20 August 2023
Preceded byJacques Maire
Succeeded byVirginie Lanlo
Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France
Assumed office
2 July 2021
PresidentValérie Pécresse
Personal details
Born (1985-03-01) 1 March 1985
Strasbourg, France
Political partyRenaissance
Alma materEmlyon Business School

Thevenot previously served as spokesperson for La République en Marche from November 2020. She was elected Member of Parliament for Hauts-de-Seine's 8th constituency in the 2022 French legislative election.

Early life and education

Thevenot was born in Strasbourg to Mauritian parents who settled in France at the end of the 1970s to pursue university studies. In 1987 the family moved to the Paris region.

Thevenot completed a Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles at the Lycée catholique Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague and continued her studies at the EM Lyon Business School from which she graduated in 2009.[2][3]

Political career

In the 2017 French legislative election Thevenot contested Seine-Saint-Denis's 4th constituency, but was defeated by incumbent Communist MP Marie-George Buffet.[4]

In November 2020, Thevenot was appointed spokesperson for La République en Marche with Maud Bregeon.[5]

In June 2021, Thevenot was elected regional councillor of the Regional Council of Île-de-France for Seine-Saint-Denis during the 2021 French regional elections, on the list carried by Laurent Saint-Martin.[6]

In the 2022 French legislative election, Thevenot was a candidate in Hauts-de-Seine's 8th constituency for Ensemble. She won the most votes in the first round, and was elected deputy in the second round with 65.75% of the vote, against Annie Larroque Comoy (LFI - NUPES).[7][8] She became a member of the Social Affairs Committee in the National Assembly.[9]

In July 2023, Thevenot was appointed State Secretary for Youth and National Universal Service in the Borne government.[1]

Personal life

Thevenot is married with two children.[10][11][12]

See also

References
  1. "Remaniement : Prisca Thevenot nommée secrétaire d'Etat à la jeunesse et au service national universel". Le Monde.fr (in French). 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. "Législatives: vos nouveaux députés - Site de la ville de Meudon". meudon.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. "Chloroville #196 - été 2022". calameo.com. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. "Née de parents mauriciens, elle est candidate aux législatives françaises". lexpress.mu. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. "LREM désigne deux nouvelles porte-parole". L'Obs (in French). 23 November 2020.
  6. "Résultats des élections régionales 2021". interieur.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. "Les résultats du second tour des élections législatives dans la 8e circonscription des Hauts-de-Seine". Le Monde (in French). June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  8. "Elections législatives 2022". www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  9. "Composition de la commission des affaires sociales". Assemblée nationale. 1 July 2022..
  10. "Thevenot Prisca". Région Île-de-France (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  11. "Née de parents mauriciens, elle est candidate aux législatives françaises". lexpress.mu. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  12. "France: Prisca Thevenot, La Mauricienne de 37 Ans sera candidat pour les législatives". Le Matinal (in French). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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