Sophie Cluzel
{{Short description|French politician (born 1961)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sophie Cluzel
| image = Sophie Cluzel 2018-04-06 lancement stratégie autisme 2018-2022 (3).jpg
| caption = Sophie Cluzel in 2018
| birth_name = Sophie Marchand
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|01|07|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Marseille, France[https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/elections-regionales-2021-sophie-cluzel-nommee-cheffe-de-file-de-lrem-en-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur-20210218 Élections régionales 2021 : Sophie Cluzel nommée cheffe de file de LREM en Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur] Le Figaro, 18 February 2021.
| office = Secretary of State in charge of Disabled People
| term_start = 17 May 2017
| term_end = 20 May 2022
| president = Emmanuel Macron
| primeminister = Édouard Philippe
Jean Castex
| predecessor = Ségolène Neuville
| successor = Damien Abad
| party = La République En Marche!
| alma_mater = Euromed Marseille
}}
Sophie Cluzel ({{IPA|fr|sɔfi klyzɛl}}; born 7 January 1961) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as the Secretary of State in charge of People with Disabilities in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2017 to 2022.{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/gouvernement-philippe/article/2017/05/17/la-militante-sophie-cluzel-nommee-secretaire-d-etat-aux-personnes-handicapees_5129298_5129180.html|title=La militante Sophie Cluzel nommée secrétaire d'Etat aux personnes handicapées|first=Aurélie Collas et Mattea|last=Battaglia|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|date=17 May 2017|publisher=|accessdate=17 May 2017|via=Le Monde}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/politique-societe/gouvernement/0212100278566-sophie-cluzel-une-secretaire-detat-chargee-du-handicap-concernee-2087553.php|title=Sophie Cluzel : une secrétaire d'Etat chargée du Handicap engagée|date=17 May 2017|publisher=|accessdate=17 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2017/05/17/qui-est-sophie-cluzel-nommee-secretaire-detat-chargee-des-pers_a_22095594/|title=Qui est Sophie Cluzel, nommée secrétaire d'Etat chargée des personnes handicapées|website=Le Huffington Post|date=17 May 2017|accessdate=17 May 2017}}
Early career
Early in her career, Cluzel was the founder of various associations for the education of disabled children, including the SAIS 92 collective and the association Grandir à l'école (Growing up at school), an initiative dedicated to children with Down syndrome.Chloé Gaborit (18 May 2017), [https://www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20170518.OBS9565/sophie-cluzel-une-figure-associative-engagee-pour-le-handicap.html Sophie Cluzel, une figure associative engagée pour le handicap] L'Obs.
Cluzel served as president of the National Federation of Associations Serving Students with Disabilities and as administrator of the National Union of Associations of Parents to Mentally Handicapped Persons and their Friends (UNAPEI) from 2011 to 2013.Chloé Gaborit (18 May 2017), [https://www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20170518.OBS9565/sophie-cluzel-une-figure-associative-engagee-pour-le-handicap.html Sophie Cluzel, une figure associative engagée pour le handicap] L'Obs.
Political career
For the 2021 regional elections, Cluzel was nominated as LREM's candidate to become President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.[https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/elections-regionales-en-paca-sophie-cluzel-sera-tete-de-liste-pour-la-republique-en-marche-1613676277 Régionales en PACA : Sophie Cluzel sera cheffe de file pour la République en Marche] France Bleu, 18 February 2021. Following an agreement between LREM and the Republicans (LR), she later ran on same ticket led by LR's Renaud Muselier, the incumbent president of the Regional Council.[https://www.reuters.com/world/macrons-party-teams-up-with-conservatives-regional-elections-south-2021-05-02/ Macron's party teams up with conservatives for regional elections in south] Reuters, 2 May 2021.
Personal life
Cluzel is married to a nephew of Jean Cluzel.
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Category:21st-century French politicians
Category:Government ministers of France
Category:Women government ministers of France
Category:21st-century French women politicians
Category:Politicians from Marseille
Category:Officers of the Legion of Honour
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