| Geneviève Darrieussecq | |
| Office: | Minister of Health and Access to Care |
| Term Start: | 21 September 2024 |
| Primeminister: | Michel Barnier |
| Predecessor: | Catherine Vautrin |
| Office1: | Secretary of State of the Armed Forces |
| Termstart1: | 21 June 2017 |
| Predecessor1: | Position established |
| Termend1: | 20 May 2022 |
| Primeminister1: | Édouard Philippe Jean Castex |
| Successor1: | Patricia Mirallès |
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly for Landes's 1st constituency |
| Termstart2: | 21 August 2023 |
| Term Start3: | 21 June 2022 |
| Term Start4: | 21 June 2017 |
| Term End3: | 4 August 2022 |
| Term End4: | 21 July 2017 |
| Predecessor3: | Fabien Lainé |
| Successor3: | Fabien Lainé |
| Predecessor2: | Fabien Lainé |
| Predecessor4: | Florence Delaunay |
| Successor4: | Fabien Lainé |
| Office5: | Member of the Regional council of Aquitaine |
| Term Start5: | 2 July 2021 |
| Term Start6: | 4 April 2004 |
| Term End6: | 6 December 2015 |
| Office8: | Mayor of Mont-de-Marsan |
| Term Start8: | 21 March 2008 |
| Term End8: | 7 July 2017 |
| Predecessor8: | Philippe Labeyrie |
| Successor8: | Charles Dayot |
| Office9: | Member of the Mont-de-Marsan City Council |
| Term Start9: | 21 March 2008 |
| Birth Name: | Geneviève Lafitte |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Peyrehorade, Landes, France |
| Party: | MoDem (2007–present) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Bordeaux |
| Spouse: | Marcel Darrieussecq |
| Children: | 4 |
| Occupation: | Doctor • Politician |
| Otherparty: | UDF (2004–2007) |
Geneviève Darrieussecq (born 4 March 1956) is a French physician and politician of Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as Minister of Health in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier since 2024.[1]
Darrieussecq previously served as Minister for People with Disabilities in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2023.[2] From 2017 to 2022, she was the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex.
Darrieussecq was the mayor of Mont-de-Marsan (2008-2017).
In 2010, François Bayrou included Darrieussecq in his shadow cabinet; in this capacity, Darrieussecq served as opposition counterpart to Minister of Health Roselyne Bachelot ahead of the 2012 French presidential election.[3]
In the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Darrieussecq endorsed Alain Juppé as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.[4]
In 2017 Darrieussecq was elected to the National Assembly from Landes's 1st constituency.[5] [6]
On 21 June 2017 Darrieussecq was appointed Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly in the Second Philippe government. Fabien Lainé succeeded her in the National Assembly and Charles Dayot succeeded her as mayor of Mont-de-Marsan (on 7 July 2017). Contextes newspaper notes that "Geneviève Darrieussecq is discreet with Florence Parly at the Ministry of the Armed Forces. She had a specific mission letter: to her "the human", when the minister takes care of the material. The memory, the youth, the training, the service of health of the armies, the durable development in the armies, the family plan are her first subjects of concern. But she must keep abreast of the rest, to be able to answer in case of Parly's absence.[7]
Since 2023, Darrieussecq has been part of the French delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where she serves on the Science and Technology Committee and the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group.[8]