Annie Genevard

Annie Genevard
Genevard in 2017
Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 September 2024
Prime Minister	Michel Barnier François Bayrou
Preceded by	Marc Fesneau
Member of the National Assembly for Doubs's 5th constituency
In office 20 June 2012 – 22 October 2024
Preceded by	Jean-Marie Binetruy
Secretary-General of The Republicans
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 January 2023
President	Éric Ciotti
Preceded by	Aurélien Pradié
In office 13 December 2017 – 23 October 2019
President	Laurent Wauquiez
Preceded by	Bernard Accoyer
Succeeded by	Aurélien Pradié
Mayor of Morteau
In office 20 June 2002 – 21 July 2017
Preceded by	Jean-Marie Binetruy
Succeeded by	Cédric Bole
Personal details
Born	Annie Marguerite Alice Tharin (1956-09-07) 7 September 1956 (age 68) Audincourt, France
Political party	The Republicans (2015–present)
Other political affiliations	Rally for the Republic (1996–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
Spouse	Dominique Genevard ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	2
Parent	Irène Tharin (mother)
Occupation	Teacher • Politician

Annie Marguerite Alice Genevard (née Tharin, 7 September 1956) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forestry in the successive governments of Prime Ministers Michel Barnier and François Bayrou since 2024.

Genevard has represented the 5th constituency of the Doubs department in the National Assembly since 2012.^[1] In addition to her parliamentary service, she has been secretary-general of The Republicans (LR) under party leaders Laurent Wauquiez (2017–2019) and Éric Ciotti (2023–present).^[2] From 4 July 2022 until 11 December 2022, she was the ad interim party leader following the resignation of Christian Jacob, in her role as first party vice president (French: vice-présidente déléguée), which she had held since 6 July 2021.

A teacher by occupation, Genevard was also Mayor of Morteau from 2002 until 2017.