Patrick Hetzel

{{Short description|French politician (born 1964)}}

{{Expand French|topic=bio|date=July 2020}}{{Infobox officeholder

| name =

| office = Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation

| status =

| term_start = 21 September 2024

| term_end = 23 December 2024

| primeminister = Michel Barnier

| predecessor = Sylvie Retailleau

| successor = Élisabeth Borne

| office1 = Member of the National Assembly
for Bas-Rhin's 7th constituency

| predecessor1 = Émile Blessig

| termstart1 = 20 June 2012

| birth_name =

| birth_place = Phalsbourg, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France

| party = Republican

| alma_mater = EM Strasbourg Business School

| image = Patrick Hetzel par Claude Truong-Ngoc septembre 2014.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|07|02|df=yes}}

| caption = Hetzel in 2014

| termend1 = 21 October 2024

| successor1 = Éliane Kremer

}}

Patrick Hetzel (born 2 July 1964) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2012. He represents Bas-Rhin's 7th constituency.{{Cite web|last=l'Intérieur|first=Ministère de|date=|title=Résultats des élections législatives 2017|url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-23|website=French Legislative Elections 2017|language=fr-FR}}

Political career

In parliament, Hetzel has served as member of the Finance Committee (since 2016) and the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education (2012–2016).[https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA608416 Patrick Hetzel] French National Assembly. and the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (–2022).[http://www.senat.fr/opecst/composition.html Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST)] Senate of France. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French-German Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Hetzel publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/droite-51-parlementaires-s-engagent-derriere-michel-barnier-20211001 Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite] Le Figaro. He was re-elected in the 2022 French legislative election.

Hetzel endorsed Christian Jacob as the party’s chairman in the run-up to the Republicans’ 2019 convention,[https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/la-jeune-garde-des-deputes-lr-soutient-christian-jacob-3908374 La jeune garde des députés LR soutient Christian Jacob] Le Journal du Dimanche, 7 July 2019. and later supported Bruno Retailleau’s candidacy to succeed Jacob in 2022.Ludovic Vigogne (18 October 2022), [https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/presidence-de-lr-qui-soutient-ciotti-pradie-et-retailleau-chez-les-deputes Présidence de LR: qui soutient Ciotti, Pradié et Retailleau chez les députés] L'Obs.

On 21 September 2024, Hetzel became Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation in the short-lived government of Michel Barnier, succeeding Sylvie Retailleau.{{Cite web|date=21 September 2024|title= Patrick Hetzel prend la tête du ministère de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche avec une vision libérale des universités|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2024/09/21/patrick-hetzel-renoue-avec-les-universites-en-prenant-le-ministere-de-l-enseignement-superieur-et-de-la-recherche_6327150_823448.html|access-date=27 December 2024|website=Le Monde|language=fr-FR}} On 23 December 2024, he was replaced by Élisabeth Borne in the government of François Bayrou.{{Cite web|date=23 December 2024|title= Elisabeth Borne de retour au gouvernement avec un grand ministère englobant l’éducation nationale, l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2024/12/23/gouvernement-bayrou-elisabeth-borne-de-retour-avec-un-grand-ministere-education-nationale-enseignement-superieur-recherche_6464264_3224.html|access-date=27 December 2024|website=Le Monde|language=fr-FR}}

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