Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet

Kosciusko-Morizet was born on 14 May 1973. She is of Polish Jewish descent but was raised Roman Catholic.{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/french-center-right-lawmaker-in-hospital-after-suspected-assault/|title=French center-right lawmaker in hospital after suspected assault|work=The Times of Israel|access-date=2017-07-15|language=en-US}} She comes from a political family, the Kosciusko-Morizets. Her grandfather, Jacques Kosciusko (1913–1994) was an academic, a member of the French Resistance during the war, a Gaullist politician and former French ambassador in the US whose father-in-law, André Morizet, was a socialist senator and mayor of Boulogne-Billancourt. Her father François Kosciusko-Morizet (1940–2015) was the mayor of Sèvres. She is also the sister of Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet (b. 1977), one of the founders of Priceminister.com, the third ranked e-commerce site in France. According to genealogists, she is also related to Lucrezia Borgia from her mother's side, the Treuille family.[http://www.lepoint.fr/nkm-et-les-borgia-15-12-2011-1408221_19.php NKM et les Borgia - Le Point]Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Hallier, L'Edernel jeune homme, Neva Editions, 2016, p. 270. ISBN 978 2 35055 217 0

Kosciusko-Morizet graduated from the École Polytechnique and the Collège des Ingénieurs.

As a twenty-nine-year-old, Kosciusko-Morizet was elected a member of the French National Assembly in 2002, representing the department of Essonne, to the south of Paris, serving out the term for Pierre-André Wiltzer who was appointed deputy minister. She was reelected in 2007 and 2012. In parliament, she served on the Committee on Legal Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the French-Polish Parliamentary Friendship Group.

In the 2008 French municipal elections, Kosciusko-Morizet was elected mayor of Longjumeau (Essonne).

In the government of Prime Minister François Fillon, Kosciusko-Morizet became a state secretary in the French government responsible for the environment in 2007, serving under Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea Jean-Louis Borloo. Then in 2009 she became state secretary with responsibility for Forward Planning, Assessment of Public Policies and Development of the Digital Economy, before eventually succeeding Borloo as Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing in November 2010. In this capacity, she chaired the meetings of G8 energy ministers when France held the group's rotating presidency in 2011.Matthew Saltmarsh (7 June 2011), [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/business/global/08nuke.html G-8 Energy Ministers Pledge Support for Stricter Nuclear Safety Tests] The New York Times.

In 2012, Kosciusko-Morizet left her position as minister to become spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy during his presidential reelection campaign.

In February 2013, Kosciusko-Morizet announced she would be a candidate for the Mayor of Paris in the 2014 local elections. She faced among others Rachida Dati in the UMP primary election. The polls had Kosciusko-Morizet as a favourite to win the primary. She was endorsed by François Fillon.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9903389/Paris-mayoral-candidate-Nathalie-Kosciusko-Morizet-I-want-to-lure-the-French-back-from-London.html Paris mayoral candidate Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet: I want to lure the French back from London] The Daily Telegraph, 1 March 2013

On 3 June 2013 Kosciusko-Morizet won UMP's primaries for the office of Mayor of Paris with 58.16% of the vote.Sophie Louet and Alexandria Sage (3 June 2013), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-paris-mayor-idUSBRE95210W20130603 French conservatives pick woman for Paris mayor race] Reuters.

In the Mayoral elections held on 23 March and 30 March 2014, Kosciusko-Morizet's UMP lists were defeated by the lists led by Socialist Deputy Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who was elected Mayor of Paris on 4 April 2015. The Socialist, Green and Communist parties created a coalition with 91 councillors, while the UMP and UDI-Modem parties were relegated to the opposition with 71 councillors.

After Nicolas Sarkozy's return in politics in 2014, Kosciusko-Morizet was appointed vice-president of the UMP (since 2015 The Republicans) to represent the moderate fringe of the party, while her rival Laurent Wauquiez represented the hardline part. After the 2015 regional elections, during which Wauquiez successfully ran in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, she was ousted by Sarkozy for criticizing his strategy and was replaced by Wauquiez.

Then, Kosciusko-Morizet announced her candidacy for the primary. Despite some difficulties, she got the sufficient number of supports to run. She finished fourth with only 2.6% of the vote, far behind Sarkozy (20.1%). She endorsed Alain Juppé for the second round.Ingrid Melander (20 November 2016), [https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-france-election-nkm-idUKKBN13F11B French conservative primaries contender Kosciusko-Morizet backs Juppe for run-off] Reuters.

In the French legislative election of 2017, Kosciusko-Morizet stood in Paris's 2nd constituency, previously held by former prime minister François Fillon. During the campaign, she was hospitalised for a night after falling on the pavement and hitting her head when a protester threw a batch of election leaflets in her face.{{cite news|last1=Willsher|first1=Kin|title=French politician left unconscious while out campaigning|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/15/french-female-politician-left-unconscious-while-out-campaigning|access-date=19 June 2017|work=The Guardian|date=15 June 2017}} She was defeated in the second round of the election by La République En Marche! candidate Gilles Le Gendre.{{cite news|last1=Maupoil|first1=Tristan Quinault|title=Résultats législatives : Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet concède sa défaite à Paris|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/elections/legislatives/2017/06/18/38001-20170618ARTFIG00258-resultat-legislatives-nathalie-kosciusko-morizet-concede-sa-defaite-a-paris.php|access-date=19 June 2017|work=Le Figaro|language=fr|date=19 June 2017}}

In 2017, Kosciusko-Morizet joined Capgemini, where she was in charge of the cyberdefense division in New York.{{Cite news |date=2018-02-06 |title=Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet quitte la politique pour rejoindre Capgemini |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/02/06/nathalie-kosciusko-morizet-quitte-la-politique-pour-rejoindre-capgemini_5252730_823448.html |access-date=2024-09-06 |language=fr}} She has since been working for Antin Infrastructure Partners in New York (2021–2024) and Paris (since 2024).{{Cite web |date=2024-07-29 |title=NKM revient à Paris, Lactalis met de côté, les syndicats de SFR déboutés... les télex de l’Informé |url=https://www.linforme.com/banque-finance/article/nkm-revient-a-paris-lactalis-met-de-cote-les-syndicats-de-sfr-deboutes-les-telex-de-l-informe_1938.html |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=l'Informé |language=fr}}

Although considered close to Jacques Chirac throughout his presidency, Kosciusko-Morizet is considered socially liberal and part of the "blue ecologists" group. She supports marriage equality and is a strong advocate of green issues.Michel Rose (8 March 2016), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-politics-nkm-idUSKCN0WA2J6 Former Sarkozy protegee launches bid for French presidential primaries] Reuters. In an interview to the Daily Telegraph in March 2013, she said she held "a lot of admiration" for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. During the 2016 primaries, she presented herself as the only solidly pro-European politician among the party's eight presidential candidates.Maïa de La Baume (20 October 2016) [https://www.politico.eu/article/nathalie-kosciusko-morizet-les-republicains-french-presidential-candidate-takes-aim-at-her-own-party-over-europe/ French presidential candidate takes aim at her own party over Europe] Politico Europe. Within the Republicans, she has been one of the sharpest critics of the National Front (FN), warning that the party "would disfigure France".Leigh Thomas (2 February 2015) [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-politics/frances-sarkozy-under-pressure-to-block-national-front-candidate-idUSKBN0L60TO20150202 France's Sarkozy under pressure to block National Front candidate] Reuters.

In a 2016 op-ed published by Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, Kosciusko-Morizet joined sixteen other high-profile women from across the political spectrum – including Élisabeth Guigou, Christine Lagarde, and Fleur Pellerin – in making a public vow to expose "all sexist remarks, inappropriate gestures and behaviour".Kim Willsher (15 May 2016) [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/15/french-former-ministers-launch-attack-on-sexism-in-politics French former ministers launch attack on sexism in politics] The Guardian.

Kosciusko-Morizet was married to Jean-Pierre Philippe and has two sons, born in 2005 and 2009. In March 2016, she announced that she and JP Philippe had divorced by mutual consent.

• Secretary of State for Ecology : 2007–2009.
• Secretary of State and Prospective Development of the Digital Economy : 2009–2010.
• Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing: November 2010 – February 2012 (She resigned from government to become spokeswoman of Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign).

• Member of the National Assembly of France for Essonne (4th constituency) : 2002–2007 (Became secretary of State in 2007). Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007.

• Regional councillor of Ile-de-France : 2004–2010 (She resigned in November 2010). Reelected in 2010.

• Mayor of Longjumeau : Since 2008.
• Municipal councillor of Longjumeau : Since 2008.

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• Vice-president of the Europ'Essonne Agglomeration Community Council : Since 2008.
• Member of the Europ'Essonne Agglomeration Community Council : Since 2008.

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