Born in Charleville-Mézières, Céline Thiébault-Martinez lives in Combs-la-Ville. She comes from a modest background, the daughter of a mother who was a cleaner and a father who was an accountant.[1] She holds a master's degree in health economics from Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne.[2] A former member of the National Bureau of the UNEF, she chaired the Alumni Association.[3]
In 2014,[4] she joined the office of senator Laurence Rossignol, and became deputy chief of staff when she became Minister for Families, Children and Women's Rights (until 2017).[5]
Apart from this time in practice, she has spent most of her career in the mutual insurance and social protection sector: LMDE [fr], Mutuelle nationale territoriale [fr], Intériale Mutuelle, Institut de la Protection Sociale Européenne.[2] At the time of her election in 2024, she was director of the Mutuelle des Scop et des Scic.[6]
She is best known for her activism and community involvement, particularly for women's rights. She is a member of the board of the Women's Assembly , an association chaired by Laurence Rossignol.[7] She became president of the Coordination for the European Women's Lobby (CLEF)[6] in June 2022, as a representative of the Women's Assembly.
A member of UNEF and then of the Socialist Party since 1995,[8] she was elected as a deputy under the New Popular Front label in the legislative elections of July 2024[9] in Seine-et-Marne's 9th constituency. Coming second behind the (RN) in the first round in a three-way contest, the outgoing Macronist deputy Michèle Peyron who withdrew in her favour between the two rounds.[10]
