Emmanuelle Wargon

Emmanuelle Wargon (née Stoléru; born 24 February 1971) is a French civil servant, politician and former lobbyist who has been serving as president of the French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) since 2022.[1]

Emmanuelle Wargon
Emmanuelle Wargon in 2023
President of the Commission de régulation de l'énergie
Assumed office
17 August 2022
Preceded byJean-François Carenco
Minister Delegate for Housing
In office
6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterJean Castex
MinisterBarbara Pompili
Preceded byJulien Denormandie
Succeeded byOlivier Klein
Secretary of State to the Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition
In office
16 October 2018 – 6 July 2020
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
MinisterFrançois de Rugy
Élisabeth Borne
Preceded bySébastien Lecornu
Personal details
Born
Emmanuelle Stoléru

(1971-02-24) 24 February 1971
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
SpouseMathias Wargon
Children3
Parent(s)Lionel Stoléru
Francine Wolff
Alma materHEC Paris
Sciences Po, ÉNA
AwardsNational Order of Merit

During her political career, Wargon served as Minister Delegate for Housing in the Castex government of President Emmanuel Macron from July 2020 to May 2022[2] and as Minister of Ecological Transition attached to the Minister for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, from 2018 to 2020, in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.[3]

Early life and education

Wargon was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 24 February 1971, the only child of Lionel Stoléru (1937–2016), Secretary of State in the government of Michel Rocard under President François Mitterrand (1988–1991), and Francine Wolff (1944–2009) ENA graduate, Paris city administrator.

Emmanuelle Wargon went to secondary school at Lycée Molière in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, after completing her studies at HEC Paris in 1992, she entered Institut d'études politiques de Paris (popularly called Sciences Po), she then graduated from École nationale d'administration in the same promotion[lower-alpha 1] as future Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in 1997.[4]

Career

Career in the public sector

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 (Afssaps), an agency whose main mission was to assess health risks posed by pharmaceutical drug.[5]

In 2006, Wargon was appointed deputy director in charge of coordination and internal control at the Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 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 oversaw the implementation of the active solidarity income (RSA) in 2008 and the Grenelle de l'Insertion.[5]

In 2010, Wargon was appointed secretary-general of the ministries responsible for social affairs (health, work, sport), then became general delegate for employment and vocational training (DGEFP) from 2012 to 2015, where she oversees the Youth Guarantee (mechanism for the integration of young dropouts), the reform of vocational training and the reform of social plans.[5]

Career in the private sector

Wargon joined Danone in 2015 as Managing Director in charge of corporate social responsibility (CSR), 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.[5]

Political career

On 16 October 2018, Wargon was appointed Secretary of State to the Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition François de Rugy in the second government of Prime minister Edouard Philippe.[6]

From July 2020, Wargon was the Minister Delegate for Housing, attached to the Minister for the Ecological Transition in the Castex government. By May 2022, she was dismissed by the incoming Borne government.

French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE)

In 2022, Wargon was appointed as president of the French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) for non-renewable six-year term.[7]

Personal life

Wargon is married to Mathias Wargon, an A&E doctor. They have three children.[6]

Awards

See also

Notes
  1. Promotion Marc Bloch (1995-1997)

References
  1. Clément Legros (17 August 2022), L’ex-ministre Emmanuelle Wargon nommée à la tête du régulateur de l’énergie malgré l’opposition parlementaire Le Journal du Dimanche.
  2. "Qui sont les ministres du gouvernement Castex ?". Le Monde.fr (in French). 6 July 2020.
  3. Harriet Agnew (October 16, 2018), France’s new faces: who to watch in Macron’s revamped cabinet Financial Times.
  4. "Emmanuelle Wargon, une lobbyiste à l'Ecologie". leparisien.fr (in French). 17 October 2018.
  5. "Qui est la lobbyiste de Danone nommée au gouvernement?". Challenges (in French). 16 October 2018.
  6. Landré, Marc (3 June 2018). "Qui est Emmanuelle Wargon, la nouvelle secrétaire d'État à l'écologie ?". Le Figaro.fr (in French).
  7. Clément Legros (17 August 2022), L’ex-ministre Emmanuelle Wargon nommée à la tête du régulateur de l’énergie malgré l’opposition parlementaire Le Journal du Dimanche.
  8. "Version électronique authentifiée publiée au JO n° 0271 du 22/11/2015". Legifrance (in French).
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