Christelle Morançais

Christelle Morançais
President of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 October 2017
Preceded by	Bruno Retailleau
Personal details
Born	(1975-01-28) 28 January 1975 (age 49) Le Mans, France
Political party	UMP (2002-2015) LR (2015-2022) Horizons (since 2024)
Children	2
Education	University of Clermont-Ferrand

Christelle Morançais (French pronunciation: [kʁistɛl mɔʁɑ̃sɛ]; born 28 January 1975) is a French politician of the Horizons party who has been serving as the Regional Council President for the Pays de la Loire region since 2017.

Early career

A graduate of a business school, Morançais worked for twenty years in real estate. Together with her husband, she eventually founded the real estate company MegAgence in 2009.[1]

Political career

Morançais was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement and later the Republicans (LR) from 2015. In 2018, she was appointed to the shadow cabinet of LR leader Laurent Wauquiez.[2] From 2019, she served as deputy chair of LR under the leadership of Christian Jacob.[3]

In December 2021, Morançais became one of the six spokespersons for the LR candidate for the 2022 presidential election, Valérie Pécresse.[4] After Pécresse dropped out of the race, Morançais endorsed Emmanuel Macron.[5]

Morançais left the Republicans in late 2022[5] and instead joined Horizons in 2024.[6]

References

1. Yan Gauchard (20 October 2017), L’ascension fulgurante de Christelle Morançais, première présidente de la région des Pays de la Loire Le Monde.
2. Olivier Faye (21 November 2018), Laurent Wauquiez dévoile (enfin) son « shadow cabinet » Le Monde.
3. Christophe Forcari (24 October 2019), Droite: L'équipe Jacob nommée, LR en ordre de marche Libération.
4. Pierre-Alain Furbury (4 January 2022), Présidentielle 2022 : comment Valérie Pécresse veut faire campagne Les Echos.
5. Marion Mourgue (2 September 2022), Christelle Morançais officialise son départ des Républicains Le Figaro.
6. Ex-LR et présidente des Pays de la Loire, Christelle Morançais rejoint Edouard Philippe Le Figaro, 11 February 2024.