Approached and then received by the secretary general of the Elysée to occupy the post of Prime Minister, Véronique Bédague would have finally refused the post according to Le Parisien. Aged 58, this enarque has a great experience in the private sector also within several ministries.
Who will succeed Jean Castex? Since his re-election, Emmanuel Macron works hard to find his replacement. And according to our colleagues from Parisian this Friday, April 29, it could have been a woman, the first since Edith Cresson in 1991. Indeed, according to the newspaper, the post of Prime Minister was offered to Veronique Bedaguewho “been received at length in the middle of the week by the secretary general of the Élysée, Alexis Kohler”. An interview during which the Head of State would himself “passed a head“. Véronique Bédague would have finally declined the proposal.
Aged 58, this enarque “listed on the left“yet benefited from extensive experience in the private sector, but also in ministries. In 1990, she was appointed to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. She then worked at the IMF, then at the International Monetary Fund in Washington in the United States. From 2000 to 2002, she held the position of technical advisor to the cabinet of Laurent Fabius, then Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry. In 2002, she was appointed Director of Finance of the town hall of Paris then general secretary of the town hall under the mandate of Bertrand Delanoë in 2008.
Véronique Bédague current number 2 of Nexity
But it is above all for his position as chief of staff of Manuel Valls at Matignon, from 2014 to 2016, that Véronique Bédague made herself known. Le Parisien also recalls that she was the “first and only womanto be appointed to this position. She is currently number 2 of the French real estate giant Nexity.
Véronique Bédague also stood out on April 16, thanks to a column published in the Journal du dimanche. In it, she called on the future government to rethink housing. She pleaded in particular in favor of a sovereign ministry of the City of tomorrow, to replace the Ministry of Housing, adding that, according to her, housing is a real social project which, if well carried out, would have an impact on “purchasing power, education, environment, employment, aging.”
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