Christelle Morançais

Christelle Morançais
President of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 October 2017
Preceded byBruno Retailleau
Personal details
Born (1975-01-28) 28 January 1975 (age 49)
Le Mans, France
Political partyUMP (2002-2015)
LR (2015-2022)
Horizons (since 2024)
Children2
EducationUniversity of Clermont-Ferrand

Christelle Morançais (French pronunciation: [kʁistɛl mɔʁɑ̃sɛ]; born 28 January 1975) is a French politician of the Horizons party who has been serving as the Regional Council President for the Pays de la Loire region since 2017.

Early career

A graduate of a business school, Morançais worked for twenty years in real estate. Together with her husband, she eventually founded the real estate company MegAgence in 2009.[1]

Political career

Morançais was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement and later the Republicans (LR) from 2015. In 2018, she was appointed to the shadow cabinet of LR leader Laurent Wauquiez.[2] From 2019, she served as deputy chair of LR under the leadership of Christian Jacob.[3]

In December 2021, Morançais became one of the six spokespersons for the LR candidate for the 2022 presidential election, Valérie Pécresse.[4] After Pécresse dropped out of the race, Morançais endorsed Emmanuel Macron.[5]

Morançais left the Republicans in late 2022[5] and instead joined Horizons in 2024.[6]

References

  1. ^ Yan Gauchard (20 October 2017), L’ascension fulgurante de Christelle Morançais, première présidente de la région des Pays de la Loire Le Monde.
  2. ^ Olivier Faye (21 November 2018), Laurent Wauquiez dévoile (enfin) son « shadow cabinet » Le Monde.
  3. ^ Christophe Forcari (24 October 2019), Droite: L'équipe Jacob nommée, LR en ordre de marche Libération.
  4. ^ Pierre-Alain Furbury (4 January 2022), Présidentielle 2022 : comment Valérie Pécresse veut faire campagne Les Echos.
  5. ^ a b Marion Mourgue (2 September 2022), Christelle Morançais officialise son départ des Républicains Le Figaro.
  6. ^ Ex-LR et présidente des Pays de la Loire, Christelle Morançais rejoint Edouard Philippe Le Figaro, 11 February 2024.


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