Olivia Grégoire, named government spokesperson, succeeds Gabriel Attal

This former business chef, Secretary of State in the previous government, becomes at 43 years old the official voice of that of Elisabeth Borne, announced on Friday May 20.

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Olivia Grégoire, Secretary of State for the Social Economy, Solidarity and Responsible in the government of Jean Castex, is appointed spokesperson for the government by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne , Friday May 20.

At 43, this former business chef, who has long worked in communication, especially within the Havas group, replaces Gabriel Attal, promoted to the Ministry of the Budget.

Elected deputy in 2017 under the label of La République En Marche (LRM) in the 12 e district of Paris, this specialist in economic subjects was spokesperson for the LRM group at the National Assembly, and vice-president of the finance committee at the Palais-Bourbon, before being promoted to the government in July 2020.

“Bulldozer”

Long-standing with the liberal right and the center right, Olivia Grégoire has gone through the ministerial offices of Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Xavier Bertrand, before engaging in the ranks of the majority, where she is a figure of the right wing.

Graduated from Sciences Po Paris and the Essec business school in the early 2000s, this passionate of opinion studies, very comfortable on television sets, had engaged in the Paris countryside municipalities in 2020, with Benjamin Griveaux, until his forced withdrawal after the broadcast of an intimate video on social networks.

With a strong personality, she is known for her outspokenness and a way of expressing himself direct. At the time of her election in 2017, she defined herself in the press as a “bulldozer” who “never let go”.

/Media reports.