Myriam el khomri biography

Myriam El Khomri (ur. 18 lutego1978 w Rabacie) – francuska działaczka samorządowa i polityk, zastępca meraParyża, od 2015 do 2017 minister pracy, zatrudnienia i dialogu społecznego.

Życiorys

Urodziła się w rodzinie Marokańczyka i pochodzącej z Bretanii Francuzki, pracującej w Maroku jako nauczycielka. W wieku 9 lat wyjechała wraz z matką i rodzeństwem do Francji.

Studiowała prawo publiczne na Université Bordeaux 4, następnie na Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, gdzie w 2001 uzyskała dyplom DESS. Od 2001 pracowała w administracji mera 18. dzielnicy ParyżaDaniela Vaillanta, zajmując się sprawami bezpieczeństwa i przeciwdziałania uzależnieniom. W 2002 wstąpiła do Partii Socjalistycznej, w 2012 została członkinią biura krajowego, a w 2014 sekretariatu krajowego partii. Wybierana od 2008 na radną miejską Paryża, w latach 2008–2014 zajmowała stanowisko zastępcy mera francuskiej stolicy, najpierw w okresie rządów Bertranda Delanoë, następnie u Anne Hidalgo.

W sierpniu 2014 weszła w skład drugiego rządu Manuela Vallsa jako sekretarz stanu ds. regionów miejskich. We wrześniu 2015 zastąpiła François Rebsamena na stanowisku ministra pracy, zatrudnienia i dialogu społecznego. Pozostała na tej funkcji również w utworzonym w grudniu 2016 rządzieBernarda Cazeneuve’a. Zakończyła urzędowanie wraz z całym gabinetem w maju 2017.

Przypisy

French politician

Myriam El Khomri (born 18 February 1978) is a former French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as Minister of Labour in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls from 2015 to 2017.

Early life and education

El Khomri was born on 18 February 1978 in Rabat. Her father is Moroccan and her mother is from Brittany. Until the age of nine, she lived in Tangier. She then moved with her family to Thouars and then to Mérignac.

In 1995, El Khomri studied public law at the Montesquieu University. She financed her studies with scholarships and holding several jobs. In 1999, she moved to Paris and continued her law studies at Pantheon-Sorbonne University, where she obtained a specialized graduate diploma (DESS) in political science (political administration) in 2001.

Political career

Career in local politics

In March 2008, El Khomri was elected as a councillor in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, on the Daniel Vaillant-Bertrand Delanoë's list. She has since been a member of the Council of Paris and from 2008 to 2011, deputy mayor, in charge of all questions relating to child protection and specialized prevention, then from February 18, 2011, to August 27, 2014, date of her entry into government, deputy mayor responsible for all matters relating to prevention and security.

On April 21, 2008, El Khomri was appointed representative of the Council of Paris on the board of directors of the social action center of the City of Paris and then on May 10, 2008, on the supervisory board of the Bullion Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Hospital and on May 26, 2008, to the pupil surveillance committee of the City of Paris.

El Khomri supported Martine Aubry during the socialist presidential primary in 2011. During the legislative elections of 2012, she was the substitute for Christophe Caresche, deputy for the 18th constituency of Paris.

During the

The appointment by President Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls of Myriam El-Khomri as Minister of Labor came as a surprise. The position became vacant when the former minister left to become mayor of Dijon, a medium sized French city. The presumed good candidates for the position were all men.

With this appointment nine of the sixteen senior ministers are women, a precedent in French politics certainly.

Myriam El-Khomri, who had been in the Paris council and worked closely with Anne Hidalgo, the current mayor of Paris, made her way working on urban policies. She was elected in the vibrant XVIII district that regroups Montmartre, the tourist attraction, and la Goutte D’Or, where over 30% of the population is of West African and North African descent. She was praised for her sense of dialogue, enabling urban and social improvements in this district. She carried this expertise to her next employment as State Secretary to the Minister for Urban Affairs, which she held until now. She clearly opposed ghettoisation and supported programs to promote social diversity.

Why was she appointed in this rather liberal socialist government? Surely, sending an image of progressive young government is part of the strategy as this government is contested on its left. Then, she is going to be in charge of preparing the next social roundtable between the unions and an unfettered business/corporation leadership. With the strong hand of Manuel Valls on his ministers, she will need a lot of diplomacy if she wants to remain true to her belief that employment policies have to be approached from fairer urban public politics angle.

In addition, Manuel Valls and President Hollande have already expressed their desire to “simplify” the labor code, and that is what scares the unions. France has rather good social and labor protection compared to many other European countries that have seen their labor regulations crumbling.

Following the suggestion of French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, French President Francois Hollande has on Wednesday morning appointed Myriam el-Khomri as Minister of Labour to succeed Francois Rebsamin who resigned last month after being elected as mayor of the city of Dijon.

Khomri served as Secretary of State responsible for urban policy. Her appointment by Vals last year was a big surprise as Khomri was an unfamiliar face to the majority of French people although she had occupied the post of deputy mayor of Paris, in charge of security and crime prevention.

Khomri (36) was born in Rabat in 1978 to a Moroccan father and a French mother and lived her childhood in Morocco before moving to Paris to study. She joined the Socialist Party when she was studying at the Faculty of Law at the University of Paris (Pantheon-Sorbonne) in 2002. She was discovered and embraced by the former Socialist Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe, who appointed her in 2008 as his deputy, in charge of child protection.

Following the election of the current mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, she was made in charge of urban policy.

Myriam el-Khomri, along with her Moroccan colleague, Minister of Education Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, are seen by many as young new faces that represent the Arab community in France.

Hollande is counting on the new minister to reduce the unemployment rate that is hurting France and causing the president's popularity to fall. Hollande had promised last year that he will not run for a second term in office if his government was unable to reduce unemployment.