Emmanuelle Wargon


Emmanuelle Wargon is a French civil servant, politician and former lobbyist, currently serving as Minister Delegate for Housing in the Castex government of President Emmanuel Macron since July 2020. Previously she served as Minister of Ecological Transition attached to the Minister for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, from 2018 to 2020, in the Second Philippe government.

Early life and education

Wargon was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 24 February 1971, the only child of Lionel Stoléru, Secretary of State in the government of Michel Rocard under President François Mitterand, and Francine Wolff ENA graduate, Paris city administrator.
Emmanuelle went to secondary school at Lycée Molière, after completing her studies at HEC Paris in 1992, she entered Institut d'études politiques de Paris, she then graduated from École nationale d'administration in the same promotion as future Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.

Career

Emmanuelle Wargon began her career in 1997 as an auditor attached to the Court of Audit, the administrative court charged with conducting financial and legislative audits of public institutions. In 2001, she joined the cabinet of Bernard Kouchner, then Minister of Health, as technical advisor. A year later, she became Deputy Director of the French Agency for the Safety of Health Products, an agency whose main mission was to assess health risks posed by pharmaceutical drug.
In 2006, Wargon is appointed deputy director in charge of coordination and internal control at the Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, before becoming in 2007 chief of staff to Martin Hirsch, the High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty in the government of François Fillon, during that period that she oveeersaw the implementation of the active solidarity income in 2008 and the Grenelle de l'Insertion.
In 2010, Emmanuelle Wargon was appointed secretary-general of the ministries responsible for social affairs, then became general delegate for employment and vocational training from 2012 to 2015, where she oversees the Youth Guarantee, the reform of vocational training and the reform of social plans.
She joined the Danone group in 2015 as Managing Director in charge of corporate social responsibility, public affairs and communications. She coordinates Danone's commitments in the areas of health, the environment, and inclusion and is involved in issues of climate strategy and agricultural transition. It thus supports the company in transforming its relationship with society and the environment. In 2016 she became SVP of Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Integrator.
On 16 October 2018, Wargon is appointed Secretary of State to the Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition François de Rugy in the second government of Prime minister Edouard Philippe.
Since July 2020, Wargon is serving as Minister Delegate for Housing, attached to the Minister for the Ecological Transition in the Castex government.

Personal life

Emmanuelle Wargon is married to Mathias Wargon, an A&E Doctor, they have three children.

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