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Cécile Duflot
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| President of Oxfam France | |
| Assumed office 15 June 2018 |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Paris's 6th constituency |
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| In office 2012–2017 |
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| Preceded by | Danièle Hoffman-Rispal |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Person |
| Minister of Territorial Equality and Housing | |
| In office 16 May 2012 – 2 April 2014 |
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| President | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| Preceded by | Benoist Apparu |
| Succeeded by | Sylvia Pinel |
| National Secretary of Europe Ecology – The Greens | |
| In office 16 November 2006 – 30 November 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Yann Wehrling |
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| Born | 1 April 1975 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France |
| Political party | Europe Ecology – The Greens |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Paris Diderot University ESSEC Business School |
| Profession | Town planner Executive director of Oxfam France |
Cécile Duflot (born 1 April 1975) is a French leader of a non-governmental organization (NGO) and a former politician. An NGO is a group that works to help people or the environment, but it is not part of the government. Cécile Duflot has served as a government minister and led a political party in France.
From 2012 to 2014, she was the Minister of Territorial Equality and Housing. This role meant she was in charge of making sure everyone had fair access to housing and that different areas of France were treated equally. Before that, she was the leader of the political party called Europe Ecology – The Greens. She held this important position from November 2006 until June 2012.
In 2018, Cécile Duflot decided to leave politics. She announced she would become the head of Oxfam France, which is a well-known NGO that fights poverty and injustice around the world. She started this new role on 15 June 2018.
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About Cécile Duflot
Cécile Duflot was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, a town in France. Her father worked for the railway union, and her mother was a physics and chemistry teacher who was also a union member. Cécile grew up in Montereau-Fault-Yonne before moving back to her hometown in the early 1990s.
She studied to become a Town planner, which means she helps design and organize how cities and towns are built and developed. She also has a master's degree in geography. She went to ESSEC Business School, which is a famous business school in France.
When she was younger, Cécile was involved in groups like the "Young Christian Workers" and the "Birds' Protection League." These groups helped her learn about activism and working for causes she believed in. Cécile Duflot is a mother of four children.
Her Political Journey
Cécile Duflot joined The Greens political party in 2001. Soon after, she ran in local elections in her hometown of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. In 2004, she became a local councilor, working for her town.
In 2005, she became a spokesperson for The Greens party. This meant she spoke for the party and shared their ideas with the public. On World Water Day that year, she swam in the Seine River in Paris. She did this with other party members to show how polluted the river was. It was also a way to remind people of a promise made by Jacques Chirac, who was then the Mayor of Paris, to swim in the Seine.
In November 2006, at 31 years old, Cécile Duflot was chosen as the National Secretary of The Greens. This made her the youngest person ever to lead the party. She helped create a bigger group called Europe Écologie for the European Elections in 2009. This group brought together different environmental parties.
In 2010, Foreign Policy magazine recognized her as one of the top global thinkers. They noted her work in making "Green politics" (ideas about protecting the environment) more popular and accepted.
After some time in government, in August 2014, she shared her thoughts about the French government. She felt that President François Hollande had not fully connected with his supporters.
She is also a member of the Advisory Panel of DiEM25, which is a movement working for democracy in Europe.
As a Government Minister
In May 2012, Cécile Duflot was offered the role of Minister of Housing in the government led by Jean-Marc Ayrault under President Hollande. One of her main goals was to create new laws about social housing.
She introduced a law called the loi Duflot in 2013. This law aimed to encourage people to invest in rental housing by offering tax benefits, but it also had rules to make housing more affordable. Later, she helped pass another important law called the loi Alur in 2014. This law focused on making housing fairer for both landlords and tenants. It also aimed to improve urban planning.
After Politics
In June 2017, Cécile Duflot ran for Parliament again as a candidate for the Green Party. However, she was not elected in the first round.
Since June 2018, she has been the executive director of Oxfam France. Oxfam is a large international organization that works to end poverty and injustice around the world. In this role, she leads Oxfam's work in France.
She also serves on the board of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University from 2020 to 2024. In 2022, she was appointed to the National Consultative Ethics Committee for Life Sciences and Health. This committee gives advice on ethical questions related to science and health.
Key Political Roles
In France, it's sometimes possible for one person to hold several political jobs at once. This is called a "Dual mandate."
Here are some of the main political roles Cécile Duflot has held:
- Minister of Territories Equality and Housing: From May 2012 to March 2014.
- Deputy for Paris: She represented the 6th electoral district of Paris in the National Assembly from June 2012 to 2017.
- Regional Councillor of Île-de-France: She was a councilor for the Île-de-France region (where Paris is located) and led the Europe Ecology – The Greens group from 2010 to 2012.
- Deputy-Mayor of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges: She served as a deputy mayor in her hometown from 2008 to 2011.
- Municipal Councillor of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges: She was a local councilor in her hometown from 2004, and was re-elected in 2008.
- National Secretary of Europe Ecology – The Greens: She led the Green party from 2006 to 2012.
