Marie-Claire Carrère-Gée
{{short description|French politician (born 1963)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Marie-Claire Carrère-Gée
| image = Mccg.jpg
| caption = Carrère-Gée in 2020
| office = Minister Delegate for Government Coordination
| primeminister = Michel Barnier
| term_start = 21 September 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = Office established
| term_start1 = 2 October 2023
| term_end1 = 21 October 2024
| successor1 = Jean-Baptiste Olivier
| office2 = Member of the {{nobr|Regional Council of Île-de-France}}
| term_start2 = 2 July 2021
| term_end2 = 10 October 2023
| term_start3 = 2 April 2004
| term_end3 = 26 March 2010
| office4 = Councillor of Paris
| term_start4 = 25 August 2018
| constituency4 = 14th arrondissement
| term_start5 = 18 March 2008
| term_end5 = 30 March 2014
| constituency5 = 14th arrondissement
| party = The Republicans (2015–present)
| otherparty = Rally for the Republic (until 2002)
Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|23 March 1963|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Pau, France
| alma_mater = Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux
| occupation = Civil servant
}}
Marie-Claire Carrère-Gée ({{IPA|fr|maʁiklɛːʁ kaʁɛʁʒe}}; born 23 March 1963) is a French senior civil servant and politician of The Republicans (LR) who briefly served as Minister Delegate for Government Coordination, a newly-created portfolio, in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier from September to December 2024. Prior to her appointment to the government, she briefly represented Paris in the Senate (2023–2024).
Career
A native of Pau, her family is originally from Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques nearby.
In 2002, Carrère-Gée was appointed the social affairs adviser to President Jacques Chirac. From 2006 to 2007, she served as Deputy Secretary General of the Élysée.
In 2004, Carrère-Gée was elected for one six-year term to the Regional Council of Île-de-France. She was elected again in 2021, holding a seat until her resignation in 2023 following her election to the Senate. She has also been a member of the Council of Paris since 2018, having previously served from 2008 to 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.paris.fr/pages/carrere-gee-marie-claire-6137|title=Marie-Claire CARRERE-GEE|work=Paris.fr|language=fr}}
In the 2022 legislative election, Carrère-Gée was a candidate in Paris's 11th constituency, covering parts of the 6th and 14th arrondissements, earning 12.2% of the first-round vote. In 2023, Carrère-Gée was elected to the Senate for Paris.{{cite web|url=https://www.senat.fr/senateur/carrere_gee_marie_claire21090j.html|title=Mme Marie-Claire Carrère-Gée|publisher=Senate|language=fr}}
In 2024, Carrère-Gée was appointed to the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier with the title of minister delegate, tasked with government coordination.{{cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/gouvernement-barnier-marie-claire-carrere-gee-fidele-depuis-30-ans-a-la-coordination-gouvernementale-21-09-2024-VPOR2Y3NCBE3HJ477OTX3U4T7M.php|title=Gouvernement Barnier : Marie-Claire Carrère-Gée, fidèle depuis 30 ans, à la coordination gouvernementale|work=Le Parisien|date=21 September 2024|language=fr}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques/pau/une-bearnaise-dans-le-gouvernement-barnier-qui-est-marie-claire-carrere-gee-21483870.php|title=Une Béarnaise dans le gouvernement Barnier, qui est Marie-Claire Carrère-Gée ?|work=Sud Ouest|date=22 September 2024|language=fr|author=Thibault Seurin}}
Political positions
Ahead of the 2017 presidential election, Carrère-Gée supported Alain Juppé in the 2016 The Republicans presidential primary.
Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, she endorsed Michel Barnier as The Republicans' candidate for President of France. She was his primary campaign manager for the 2021 The Republicans congress, at which he placed third.
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Category:Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux alumni
Category:Rally for the Republic politicians
Category:Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Category:The Republicans (France) politicians
Category:Members of the Regional Council of Île-de-France
Category:Women members of the Senate (France)
Category:Women government ministers of France
Category:21st-century French women politicians
Category:Members of the Barnier government
Category:Candidates for the 2022 French legislative election