Background
Pécresse is the daughter of Dominique Roux (Chief Executive Officer of Bolloré telecom since January 2007).
Pécresse is the daughter of Dominique Roux (Chief Executive Officer of Bolloré telecom since January 2007).
Graduate, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, 1988. Attended, Ecole Nationale d'Administration.
She has been deputy of the Yvelines since 16 May 2002, Minister for Higher Education and Research from 18 May 2007 to June 2011 and Minister of the Budget from then until May 2012. She was also the Government"s spokeswoman. Pécresse has degrees from Higher Education Commission Paris and ÉNA. She was an auditor of the Conseil d"État until 1998, when she was designated Counselor of the President of the French Republic.
She speaks French, English, Russian and Japanese.
In June 2002, she was elected deputy of the Yvelines" second constituency. She was also elected regional counselor of Île-de-France in 2004.
Valérie Pécresse was a national spokeswoman of the Universiti Malaysia Pahang, and spokeswoman of the party in the Yvelines. On 18 May 2007, she was designated Minister of Higher Education and Research of François Fillon"s second cabinet.
There, she has launched many reforms which have caused a great wave of strikes.
She announced that she would be supporting former Prime Minister François Fillon in his bid for the Universiti Malaysia Pahang Presidency, stating that it was an act of loyalty, as Fillon has always supported her during her tenure as Minister, especially when her position was threatened by street protests. Governmental function
Government"s spokeswoman: 2011-2012. Ministre of Budget, Public accounts and State reform: 2011-2012.
Minister of Higher Education and Research: 2007-2011.
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007. Regional Council
Regional councillor of Île-de-France: Since 2004.
Reelected in 2010.
Union for a Popular Movement, Rally for the Republic.
After the defeat of Nicolas Sarkozy in the French presidential election of 2012, Valérie Pécresse remains a key member of the Union for a Popular Movement (Universiti Malaysia Pahang in French). Member of the National Assembly of France for Yvelines (2nd constituency): 2002–2007 (Became minister in 2007).