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Nadine Morano
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Nadine Morano in 2014
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Constituency France
Minister for Apprenticeship and Professional Formation
In office
14 November 2010 – 10 May 2012
Prime Minister François Fillon
Preceded by Nicole Péry
Succeeded by Thierry Repentin
Secretary of State in charge of the Family and the Solidarity
In office
23 June 2009 – 13 November 2010
Prime Minister François Fillon
Preceded by Valérie Létard
Succeeded by Claude Greff
Secretary of State in charge of the Family
In office
18 March 2008 – 23 June 2009
Prime Minister François Fillon
Preceded by Xavier Bertrand
Succeeded by herself
Member of the National Assembly for
Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th constituency
In office
19 June 2002 – 19 April 2008
Preceded by Nicole Feidt
Succeeded by Philippe Morenvillier
Personal details
Born
Nadine Yvonne Pucelle (change by Presidential Decret of 1976 to Nadine Yvonne Pugelle)

(1963-11-06) 6 November 1963 (age 61)
Nancy, Lorraine
Nationality French
Political party LR (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
RPR (1981–2002)
UMP (2002–2015)
Children 3
Alma mater University of Lorraine

Nadine Morano (French pronunciation: [nadin mɔʁaˈno]; born 6 November 1963 in Nancy) is a French politician of the Republicans who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2014. She previously was a member of the National Assembly and a minister.

Early life

Morano was born on 6 November 1963 in Nancy, France. Her father was a truck driver. Her mother, Monique Generelli, was a switchboard operator, daughter of a Piedmontese mason from Verbano-Cusio-Ossola.

Political career

Morano served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2008, representing Meurthe-et-Moselle. In parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs (2002-2007) and the Defense Committee (2007-2008).

Morano served as the Deputy Minister for Apprenticeship and Vocational Training under the Minister of Labour, Employment and Health, Xavier Bertrand. She was previously Secretary of State for Family in the government of François Fillon on 18 March 2008.

Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present

Morano was elected Member of the European Parliament in the 2014 European elections, representing East France. She has since been serving on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the Parliament's delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (PAP).

Ahead of the 2015 French regional elections, the Republicans' chair Nicolas Sarkozy removed Morano – then considered one of his staunchest allies – from the party's list after she state that France was a "white race" country that must stay that way.

Later that year, Morano announced her intention to compete for a presidential nomination in the Republicans' primaries for the 2017 presidential elections. She later supported François Fillon as her party's candidate before urging him to withdraw his bid amid the so-called Fillon affair. In the Republicans' 2017 leadership election, she endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Morano publicly declared her support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans' candidate.

In 2023, the Republicans' chairman Éric Ciotti appointed Morano as member of his shadow cabinet and put her in charge of the party's immigration policies.

She was re-elected as an MEP following the 2024 European Parliament election in France.

Recognition

On 6 November 2007, Morano was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President George W. Bush in honor of President Nicolas Sarkozy at the White House.

Personal life

Morano has been divorced; she has two sons and a daughter. One of his sons, Grégoire, died in July 2024 at the age of 33.

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