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Chantal Jouanno | |
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.jpg) Chantal Jouanno in 2010 | |
| Member of theFrench Senate forParis | |
| In office 1 October 2011 – 1 October 2017 | |
| French Minister of Sports | |
| In office 2010–2011 | |
| President | Nicolas Sarkozy |
| Prime Minister | François Fillon |
| Preceded by | Roselyne Bachelot |
| Succeeded by | David Douillet |
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| Born | Chantal Paul (1969-07-12)12 July 1969 (age 56) |
| Party | UDI |
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| Alma mater | Sciences Po,ÉNA |
Chantal Jouanno (French pronunciation:[ʃɑ̃talʒwano]; néePaul; born 12 July 1969 inVernon,Eure,France) is aFrenchpolitician who served as Minister of Sports in thegovernment ofPrime MinisterFrançois Fillon from 14 November 2010 and 26 September 2011, succeeding toRoselyne Bachelot and being replaced byDavid Douillet, before taking office assenator on 1 October 2011. She was a close ally of president Sarkozy and former president ofADEME.
Jouanno is a formerkarate champion, being a twelve-time French champion in her category. On 7 March 2010, she became karate French Team Champion together with her teammatesVéronique Mesnil De Vido andLéna Pyrée.[1]
From 21 January 2009 to 14 November 2010, Jouanno served as Minister for Ecology in the second government ofFrançois Fillon, succeedingNathalie Kosciusko-Morizet.[2]
As Minister of Sports, Jouanno launched two inquiries with theFrench Football Federation (FFF) into allegations that the national team coach,Laurent Blanc, and others from the federation had discussed introducing racial quotas at training academies for young French players with dual nationality.[3]
In addition to her roles in national government, Jouanno served as regional councillor ofÎle-de-France from 2010 until 2017.
In response to public outrage over a photo display inVogue that featured under-age girls in sexy clothes and postures,Minister of Health Nora Berra commissioned Jouanno to write a report on the "hypersexualization" of children in 2011.[4]
During the2012 Presidential election, Jouanno suggested if she had to choose between aSocialist candidate and aNational Front one, she would vote Socialist. This comment was interpreted by Sarkozy supporters such asFrancois Fillon as being critical of Sarkozy's attempts to woo National Front supporters.[5]
In October 2012, Jouanno announced leaving theUMP party to join the newly created centre-right partyUDI, led byJean-Louis Borloo, as vice-president. In 2013, Borloo included Jouanno in hisshadow cabinet; in this capacity, she served as opposition counterpart toMinister of Foreign AffairsLaurent Fabius.[6]
In the Republicans'2016 presidential primaries, Jouanno endorsedNathalie Kosciusko-Morizet as the center-right parties' candidate for the2017 French presidential election[7] but later switched toAlain Juppé.[8]
In 2017, Jouanno announced her intention to resign from active politics.[9]
In March 2018, Jouanno became President of theCommission nationale du débat public (CNDP). In January 2019, she announced that she was stepping down from one of her roles associated with this position due to compensation issues – that of guiding the national debate in response to thegilet jaunes movement.[10] This announcement came prior to the commencement on 15 January of the great national debate, which was initiated byEmmanuel Macron. As of January 2019, she received 14,666 euros a month in salary, almost equal to the president's salary.[11] Her mandate ended in 2023.[12]
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