Sarah El Haïry

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Sarah El Haïry
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Secretary of State for Youth
Assumed office
4 July 2022
President Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne
Minister Pap Ndiaye
Sébastien Lecornu
In office
27 July 2020 – 20 May 2022
President Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister Jean Castex
Preceded by Gabriel Attal
Member of the National Assembly
for Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 26 August 2020
Preceded by Michel Ménard
Succeeded by Luc Geismar
Member of the Municipal council of Nantes
Assumed office
3 July 2020
Mayor Johanna Rolland
Personal details
Born (1989-03-16) 16 March 1989 (age 35)
Romorantin-Lanthenay, France
Nationality French
Political party MoDem
Education University of Nantes
Profession Sales Executive

Sarah El Haïry (born 16 March 1989) is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as State Secretary for Youth at the Ministry of National Education in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean Castex from (2020–2022) and Élisabeth Borne (since 2022).[1] She was previously a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 until 2020, representing the department of Loire-Atlantique.[2]

Early life and education

Born to Franco-Moroccan parents,[3] El Haïry attended school in Metz and graduated from Lycée Lyautey high school in Casablanca in Morocco.[4]

El Haïry studied law in Nantes and stayed in Canada before becoming a trader in a cooperative.[5]

Political career

Initially active within the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), El Haïry eventually joined Democratic Movement (MoDem) in 2014.[6]

In parliament, El Haïry served as member of the Finance Committee from 2017 until 2020 and on the Committee on Legal Affairs from 2018 until 2019. In this capacity, she was the parliament's rapporteur on a 2018 bill aimed at improving the financial situation of associations and authored a 2019 report on philanthropy in France.[7] In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the French-Cypriot Parliamentary Friendship Group.[8]

Since February 2018, El Haïry has been serving as MoDem's spokesperson, alongside Jean-Noël Barrot.[9]

In July 2020, El Haïry was appointed Secretary of State for the Youth to the Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports Jean-Michel Blanquer.[10]

Political positions

El Haïry opposed the Aéroport du Grand Ouest project.[11]

References