His return to political life did not go unnoticed. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem confirmed in an exclusive interview with our colleagues from the regional press, The Dauphiné Libéré, Progress and The mountain which is “candidate as head of the list for the regional elections in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes” for the Socialist Party. This announcement was not a real surprise. It is true that the former Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research in the government of Manuel Valls, under the presidency of François Hollande, from 2014 to 2017, well prepared this return. Through advertisements distilled in the media. In January 2021, she did not hide in an interview with France Info, that a candidacy for this election was indeed “a hypothesis“.
In February 2021, the former minister gave a long interview to the Sunday newspaper without going forward. She also slightly kicked in touch about her candidacy for the regional: “You noticed that the outgoing president is not yet a candidate. So I am neither more nor less than he.“Boris Vallaud’s wife nevertheless asserted do everything for “building the union of the left“ and get involved on his “only territory of election“.
⋙ Discover the physical evolution of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem retired from political life after her defeat in the 2017 parliamentary elections. She had not been idle, however. Far from there. In January 2018, she became director of the collection One more reason in Fayard and President of the Strategic Council at Tent, a foundation that aims to improve the lives of millions of refugees around the world. Between February 2018 and December 2019, she joined the research institute Ipsos as CEO Global Affairs. While becoming, since January 2019, associate professor at Political science. And to continue, with the post of director France of The One, an NGO that fights extreme poverty and disease, since April 2020.
She takes the opportunity to get her driving license
A real bulimia of work. What to add a few lines on an already full CV. Four years away from political life, although not totally with a deputy husband, four years of reflection. Time for the mother of twins Nour and Louis to take time for herself, despite a busy schedule. As mentioned Paris Match, in its newsstand edition on April 1, 2021, the one that has always fought for women took the opportunity to shed ten kilos. And by the way, to get his driving license. There it is, ready to set off again on the roads of an electoral campaign. Not without risk since she contracted the Covid-19 virus, a week after starting. The battle promises to be complicated and she is ready to fight it.
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