Brune Poirson
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Brune Poirson | |
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.jpg) Poirson in 2017 | |
| Secretary of State for Ecological and Solidary Transition | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 3 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe |
| Member of the National Assembly for Vaucluse's 3rd constituency | |
| In office 4 August 2020 – 5 April 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Adrien Morenas |
| Succeeded by | Adrien Morenas |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 21 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Marion Maréchal |
| Succeeded by | Adrien Morenas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1982 Washington, DC, US |
| Party | La République En Marche! |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po Aix London School of Economics John F. Kennedy School of Government |
Brune Poirson (French pronunciation: [bʁyn pwaʁsɔ̃]; born 1 September 1982) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as Secretary of State to the Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 2017 until 2020.
Born in Washington, DC, Poirson's mother was a paintings conservator and restorer and her father a computer consultant for the World Bank. She grew up with her two little brothers in Apt in Vaucluse, where she did part of her schooling from nursery school, in the public schools.[1] She attended lycée in Marseille.
Poirson studied at Sciences Po Aix in Aix-en-Provence, London School of Economics and Harvard Kennedy School of Government.[2]
Professional career
Poirson's professional career began in London, where she was a legislative assistant to a Labour Member of Parliament[3] and researcher at Nesta for about two years.
In London Poirson met Sam Pitroda, then minister of the government of Manmohan Singh in India. She joined his cabinet in New Delhi in 2009.[4] After that, she started working for the French Development Agency, where she coordinated projects for sustainable urban development and biodiversity conservation.
In 2012, Poirson and her partner created the CITRIX sustainable urban development working group, of which Hubert Védrine, Brice Lalonde and Sam Pitroda are stakeholders.[5]
Poirson was then recruited by Veolia as director of sustainable development and social responsibility of one of its subsidiaries, Veolia Water India, in New Delhi. In this role, she worked on drinking water distribution projects in the slums of large Indian megacities, particularly in Karnataka and Nagpur.[4] Poirson then continued her career in the United States, in Boston, until 2016, where she worked in a green technology incubator.
Poirson is a member of the 2017 promotion of the "Young Leaders" programme of the France China Foundation.[6]
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