Astrid Panosyan | |
Office: | Minister of Labor and Employment |
Term Start: | 21 September 2024 |
Primeminister: | Michel Barnier |
Predecessor: | Catherine Vautrin |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly for Paris's 4th constituency |
Term Start1: | 22 June 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Brigitte Kuster |
Successor1: | Emmanuelle Hoffman |
Office2: | Councillor of the 9th arrondissement of Paris |
Termstart2: | 18 March 2001 |
Termend2: | 16 March 2008 |
Birth Date: | 13 August 1971 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Party: | LREM/RE (2016–present) |
Alma Mater: | HEC Paris, Sciences Po Harvard University |
Spouse: | Laurent Bouvet (died 2021) |
Birth Name: | Astrid Panosyan |
Otherparty: | PS (2001–2007) |
Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet (born 13 August 1971) is a French politician and corporate director who has been serving as Minister of Labour in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier since 2024. She served as a member of the National Assembly for Paris's 4th constituency from 2022 to 2024.[1]
Born to an Armenian father and a Norwegian mother,[2] Panosyan-Bouvet is a graduate of HEC Paris, Sciences Po and the Harvard Kennedy School.[3]
Panosyan-Bouvet held senior positions at two of the main insurance groups in France, AXA and Groupama.[4]
As a member of Emmanuel Macron’s cabinet when he was France’s economy minister, Panosyan-Bouvet advised him on international investments and the attractiveness of France’s economy. In 2016, she co-founded the En Marche movement and was later part of a trio (together with Arnaud Leroy and Bariza Khiari) who led the movement for several months before Christophe Castaner took over the position as party leader.[5] As the movement’s head of international relations, she negotiated its coalition with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election.[6]
In parliament, Panosyan-Bouvet served on the Committee on Social Affairs from 2022 to 2024.[7] In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the French-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-American Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2022 to 2024.[8]