Joël Giraud

Joël Giraud (born 14 October 1959) is a French politician who has served as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities under Prime Minister Jean Castex since 5 March 2022. A member of both La République En Marche! (LREM) and the Radical Movement (MR), he previously represented the 2nd constituency of the Hautes-Alpes department in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2020 and served as Secretary of State for Rurality from 2020 until 2022.[1]

Joël Giraud
Giraud in 2020
Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities
Assumed office
5 March 2022
Prime MinisterJean Castex
Preceded byJacqueline Gourault
Secretary of State for Rurality
In office
26 July 2020 – 5 March 2022
Prime MinisterJean Castex
Preceded byJean-Michel Baylet (indirectly)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the National Assembly
for Hautes-Alpes's 2nd constituency
In office
18 June 2002 – 26 August 2020
Preceded byPatrick Ollier
Succeeded byClaire Bouchet
Mayor of L'Argentière-la-Bessée
In office
20 March 1989 – 29 July 2017
Preceded byAuguste Toye
Succeeded byPatrick Vigne
Personal details
Born (1959-10-14) 14 October 1959
Gap, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyRadical Party of the Left (1998–2017)
La République En Marche! (2016–present)
Radical Movement (2017–present)
Alma materÉcole nationale d'administration
ProfessionCivil servant

Political career

An alumnus of the École nationale d'administration, Giraud first entered the municipal council of L'Argentière-la-Bessée in 1986. He held the mayorship of L'Argentière-la-Bessée from 1989 to 2017, as well as one of the vice presidencies of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur under President Michel Vauzelle from 2004 to 2014.

Elected to Parliament in Hautes-Alpes's 2nd constituency in 2002, he was reelected in 2007, 2012 and 2017. He is a former Secretary of the Economic Affairs Committee.[2] He was a member of the Radical Party of the Left until 2017, when it was merged with the Radical Party into Radical Movement, which Giraud joined. He has also been a member of La République En Marche! since 2016.

Giraud was appointed to the Castex government in 2020 as Secretary of State for Rurality under Minister Jacqueline Gourault.[3] Upon her appointment to the Constitutional Council in 2022, he succeeded her as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities.[4]

Personal life

Giraud is openly gay.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Liste Définitive des Députés Élus à L'issue des Deux Tours" (in French). French National Assembly. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  2. M. Joël Giraud, French National Assembly (in French).
  3. "Baratier - Le conseil d'administration a été renouvelé lors de l'assemblée générale. Association des communes forestières : Jean-Claude Dou succède à Claire Bouchet". www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. "Joël Giraud est nommé ministre de la Cohésion des territoires et des Relations avec les autorités locales", cohesion-territoires.gouv.fr (in French).
  5. "Joël Giraud, l’arme rurale", Libération (in French), 17 September 2021.
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