Sylvie Retailleau

Sylvie Retailleau
Retailleau in 2018
Minister of Higher Education and Research
In office 20 May 2022 – 21 September 2024
Prime Minister	Élisabeth Borne Gabriel Attal
Preceded by	Frédérique Vidal
Succeeded by	Patrick Hetzel
President of the Paris-Saclay University
In office 2 March 2020 – 20 May 2022
Preceded by	Françoise Moulin Civil [fr]
Succeeded by	Estelle Iacona
Personal details
Born	Sylvie Galdin (1965-02-24) 24 February 1965 (age 59) Nice, France
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure de Cachan Paris-Sud 11 University
Profession	Physicist
Sylvie Retailleau Scientific career Thesis Etude du transistor bipolaire npn a double heterojonction si/sige/si par simulations monte-carlo (1992) Doctoral advisor René Castagné

Sylvie Retailleau (née Galdin; born 24 February 1965) is a French physicist and politician who has been serving as Minister of Higher Education in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal since 20 May 2022.[1] She served as president of Paris-Sud University from 2016 to 2022.

Early life and education

Retailleau was born on 24 February 1965 in Nice, as Sylvie Valérie Galdin.[2]

Career

On 1 December 2022, Retailleau was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden in honor of President Emmanuel Macron at the White House.[3]

In October 2023, Retailleau participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Macron.[4][5]

In December 2023, Retailleau considered to resign from government after the latter had proposed controversial new legislation on France's immigration rules, but her request was refused by President Macron.[6]

She is of no relation to fellow French politician Bruno Retailleau.

References

1. Monod, Olivier. "Avec Sylvie Retailleau, le ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche change de tête, pas de ligne". Libération (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
2. "Sylvie Retailleau". Challenges.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
3. Aishvarya Kavi (1 December 2022), The Full Guest List for the State Dinner New York Times.
4. Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023), Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor Reuters.
5. Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert Cabinet of Germany, press release of 10 October 2023.
6. Loi « immigration » : la ministre de l’enseignement supérieur a présenté sa démission, qui a été « refusée », annonce son entourage Le Monde, 21 December 2023.