Aurélien Rousseau, former chief of staff of Elisabeth Borne at Matignon, will be appointed Minister of Health to replace François Braun, learned Europe 1 from sources familiar with the matter, confirming information from BFMTV. Before joining the Prime Minister’s office last year, this 47-year-old enarque had headed the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency.
From his experience at the ARS, he drew an essay, published in September, (“The injury and the rebound, in the black box of the State in the face of the crisis”, Odile Jacob editions) to tell “how things of the State are played out, decisions are made”. Coming from the left, he previously worked in the cabinet of the former mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe, then with the Socialist Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve.
He was to join the Caisse des dépôts et consignations
A historian by training and enarque attached to the Council of State, Aurélien Rousseau had been appointed director of cabinet of Elisabeth Borne on May 17, 2022. He had recently asked to leave his post and was to join the Caisse des dépôts et consignations in July.
He is married to Marguerite Cazeneuve (not related to Bernard Cazeneuve, editor’s note), pension specialist and former adviser to the Elysée Palace, who became number two (deputy director) of the National Health Insurance Fund. His father-in-law is the deputy Jean-René Cazeneuve, rapporteur of the budget, and his name has circulated to take the ministry of Public Accounts now orphaned by Gabriel Attal, gone to National Education. It is finally another deputy of the majority, Thomas Cazenave, who will inherit the post.