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Florence Parly

Florence Parly(French pronunciation:[flɔʁɑ̃spaʁli];born 8 May 1963) is a French politician who served asMinister of the Armed ForcesunderPresidentEmmanuel Macronfrom 2017 to 2022.[1]A former member of theSocialist Party(PS), she previously served asSecretary of State for the Budgetfrom 2000 to 2002 under PresidentJacques Chirac.

Florence Parly
Minister of the Armed Forces
In office
21 June 2017 – 20 May 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Jean Castex
Preceded bySylvie Goulard
Succeeded bySébastien Lecornu
Secretary of Statefor theBudget
In office
3 January 2000 – 6 May 2002
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterLionel Jospin
Preceded byChristian Sautter
Succeeded byAlain Lambert
Personal details
Born(1963-05-08)8 May 1963(age 61)
Boulogne-Billancourt,France
Political partyRenaissance(2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		Socialist Party(1995–2006)
Territories of Progress(2020-2022)
Alma materSciences Po,ÉNA

Career

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An alumna ofSciences Poand theÉcole nationale d'administration,Parly was appointedSecretary of State for the Budgeton 3 January 2000 in the government ofPrime MinisterLionel Jospin.In office until 6 May 2002, she secondedChristian Sautter,thenLaurent Fabiusat theMinistry of Finance.[2][3]

After briefly serving as a member of theBurgundyRegional Councilfrom 2004 to 2006, Parly worked atAir Franceas deputy general director from 2006 until 2014, where she was in charge of passenger activity atOrly Airportand stopovers in France.[4]

In 2014, Parly moved on to become director-general ofSNCFVoyageurs until 2017.[5][6]

Minister of the Armies

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Florence Parly andIndian NavyVice AdmiralGirish Luthrain 2017

Parly was named Minister of the Armies on 21 June 2017 afterSylvie Goulardwas forced to resign due to an ongoing investigation of her party.[7]Following the nomination, she resigned from all her board positions; her husband Martin Vial withdrew from his position on the board ofThales Group.[8]

Internal investigations

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Shortly after taking office, Parly ordered an investigation into allegations brought forward by the satirical weeklyLe Canard enchaînéthat the acting head of theFrench Air Forceborrowed aDassault/Dornier Alpha Jeton weekends to fly from his base inBordeauxto his home inProvence.[9]

In 2020, Parly placed a Frenchlieutenant colonel,based in Italy and stationed withNATO,under investigation over a suspected breach of security after having passed sensitive documents to the Russian secret services.[10]

International crises

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Parly withUS Secretary of DefenseLloyd Austinin 2021

Regarding theIran Nuclear Deal,Parly toldBFM TVin 2019 that "nothing would be worse than Iran leaving this deal. We absolutely want to keep this agreement alive".[11]Following theUS-led Baghdad airstrikein January 2020 that killed IranianQuds ForceleaderQasem Soleimani,Parly rejected pressure to withdraw French troops from Iraq, even stating on herTwitteraccount that France had already reinforced security for its 160 soldiers stationed in Iraq.[12]She further reiterated that it was the French government's priority to fight againstISISmilitants, who were re-merging in the area.[12]Parly also warned Iran not to escalate tensions.[12]

Under Parly's leadership, France joined military exercises withItaly,GreeceandCyprusin the Eastern Mediterranean amid a worsening dispute betweenTurkeyand Greece over energy resources in the region in 2020.[13]During that conflict, Parly underlined that France would stand by Greece and Cyprus.[14]On her initiative,NATOinvestigated French accusations that theTurkish Naval Forcesfailed to respond to an allied call to inspect a vessel in the Mediterranean, an incident suspected to involve Turkish arms smuggling to Libya.[15]

By mid-2021, Parly oversaw the phase-out ofOperation Barkhanewith some 5,100 soldiers across theSahelregion, and its transition into theTakuba Task Force.[16]As part of Operation Barkhane, she also authorized the killing of al Qaeda leader Baye ag Bakabo in June 2021; Bakabo had been determined the chief suspect for having abducted and shotRadio France InternationalejournalistsClaude VerlonandGhislaine Dupontin November 2013.[17]

The announcement of theAUKUSsecurity pact between the United States, the United Kingdom, andAustraliain September 2021 sparked a period of diplomatic tensions in French-American and French-Australian relations.[18]The French government received official notification from Australia that theAttack-class submarineproject, involving a A$90 billion Australian contract to buy 12 French submarines, was to be cancelled only a few hours before it was publicly announced.[19]In a joint statement, Parly and French foreign ministerJean-Yves Le Drianexpressed disappointment at Australia's decision to abandon their joint submarine program with France.[20][21]

Parly's tenure as Armed Forces Minister was marked by the 2021Tribune des générauxpublished inValeurs actuelles,which spanned talk of acoup d'étatafter tens of retired army officers openly criticised Macron's leadership in the fight againstIslamismand warned of a possiblecivil war.[22][23]

Military procurement

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In 2022, Parly led talks withMinistry of DefensePrabowo Subiantoover Indonesia´s decision to order 42Dassault Rafalefighter jets in a $8.1 billion deal, making Jakarta the biggest French arms client in theIndo-Pacificregion.[24]

Other activities

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Corporate boards

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Non-profit organizations

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References

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  1. ^Nicolas Barotte (20 May 2022),Les confidences de Florence Parly avant son départ du ministère des ArméesLe Figaro.
  2. ^Kim Willsher (21 June 2017),Macron appoints new faces to senior roles after four ministers resignThe Guardian.
  3. ^"France's Macron Brings Corporate Background to Cabinet Shake-up France's Macron Brings Corporate Background to Cabinet Shake-up"Voice of America,21 June 2017.
  4. ^Florence Parly quitte Air France pour d'autres activitésLe Point,August 28, 2014.
  5. ^Valérie Collet (November 19, 2014),Florence Parly, la discrèteLe Figaro.
  6. ^Romain Herreros (17 February 2013)."Qui est Florence Parly, la nouvelle ministre des Armées?"[Who is Florence Parly, the new Minister of the Armies?].Huffingtonpost.fr.Retrieved22 June2017.
  7. ^"Macron adds new faces to Cabinet after losing 4 ministers".National Post.Associated Press.21 June 2017 [19 June 2017].
  8. ^Matthieu Protard and Mathieu Rosemain (26 June 2017),"Head of French state holding agency asks to be replaced at Thales board"Reuters.
  9. ^Rory Mulholland (28 June 2017),"French air force commander under investigation for allegedly using fighter jet to fly to Provence home"Daily Telegraph.
  10. ^Maya Nikolaeva and Gwenaelle Barzic (30 August 2020),French military officer investigated over suspected security breachReuters.
  11. ^David Rising (8 May 2019),"Europeans struggle to preserve Iran nuclear accord"Associated Press.
  12. ^abc"Governement [sic] Source: France not Planning to Cut Troop Numbers in Iraq for Now "Reuters,7 January 2020.
  13. ^Tangi Salaun (26 August 2020),France joins military exercises in east MediterraneanReuters.
  14. ^George Georgiopoulos (23 February 2020),France stands by Greece over tensions in Aegean Sea: French defense ministerReuters.
  15. ^Robin Emmott and John Irish (18 June 2020),NATO to investigate Mediterranean incident between French, Turkish warshipsReuters.
  16. ^Tangi Salaün and John Irish (10 June 2021),France ends West African Barkhane military operationReuters.
  17. ^Tangi Salaün and John Irish (11 June 2021),Middle East: France kills senior Islamist leader in Sahel, vows to fight onReuters.
  18. ^"Explainer: Why is a submarine deal sparking a diplomatic crisis?".www.aljazeera.com.
  19. ^Probyn, Andrew (17 September 2021)."French Ambassador says Australia's decision to scrap submarine deal was a breach of trust".ABC News.Archivedfrom the original on 17 September 2021.
  20. ^"Communiqué conjoint de Jean-Yves Le Drian et de Florence Parly".France Diplomatie(in French). Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères. 16 September 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 16 September 2021.
  21. ^"Aukus: UK, US and Australia launch pact to counter China".BBC News.16 September 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 16 September 2021.
  22. ^"Tribune de militaires:" Personne ne croit sérieusement en un coup d'État ", juge Thierry Mariani",Europe 1(in French), 9 May 2021.
  23. ^"Tribune des généraux: «À la fausse indignation, préférons la mesure et la raison»",Le Figaro(in French), 2 May 2021.
  24. ^Tassilo Hummel and Stanley Widianto (10 February 2022),France seals $8.1 billion deal with Indonesia to sell 42 Rafale jetsReuters.
  25. ^Supervisory BoardCaisse des dépôts et consignations.
  26. ^Ipsos announces the consolidation of its Board of DirectorsIpsos,press release of 4 April 2023.
  27. ^Florence Parly appointed to newcleo’s Board of DirectorsNewcleo, press release of 29 March 2023.
  28. ^Jean-Claude Bourbon (15 May 2023),Nucléaire: Newcleo veut construire des petits réacteurs en FranceLa Croix.
  29. ^abcMatthieu Protard and Mathieu Rosemain (26 June 2017),"Head of French state holding agency asks to be replaced at Thales board"Reuters.
  30. ^Florence Parly nommée présidente du conseil d’administration du CnamNational Conservatory of Arts and Crafts(CNAM), press release of 11 May 2023.
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