1. Brune Poirson grew up with her two little brothers in Apt in Vaucluse, where she did part of her schooling from nursery school, in the public schools.
15 Facts About Brune Poirson
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Brune Poirson studied at Sciences Po Aix in Aix-en-Provence, London School of Economics and Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
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Brune Poirson's professional career began in London, where she was a legislative assistant to a Labour Member of Parliament and researcher at Nesta for about two years.
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In London Brune Poirson met Sam Pitroda, then minister of the government of Manmohan Singh in India.
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Brune Poirson joined his cabinet in New Delhi in 2009.
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Brune Poirson was then recruited by Veolia as director of sustainable development and social responsibility of one of its subsidiaries, Veolia Water India, in New Delhi.
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Brune Poirson then continued her career in the United States, in Boston, until 2016, where she worked in a green technology incubator.
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Brune Poirson is a member of the 2017 promotion of the "Young Leaders" programme of the France China Foundation.
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Brune Poirson won the 3rd constituency seat on 18 June 2017 with a thin majority of 421 votes against National Front candidate Herve de Lepinau, who would eventually go on to win the seat in the 2022 election.
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On 21 June 2017 Brune Poirson was appointed Secretary of State to the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition, former environmental activist and television host Nicolas Hulot, in the second government of Edouard Philippe.
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Brune Poirson left her seat as a member of the National Assembly to her substitute Adrien Morenas.
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Brune Poirson attended the vast majority of the Councils of Energy and Environment Ministers, covering topics as diverse as the circular economy, the reform of the European electricity market, the governance of Energy union and climate, as well as the carbon emission trading.
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On 14 March 2020, Brune Poirson was the second French government official to test positive for COVID-19.
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Brune Poirson left the executive on 3 July 2020, at the end of the second Philippe government.
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Brune Poirson subsequently returned to the National Assembly until her resignation in 2021.