Virginie Bruant | |
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Minister of Labour, Family, Solidarity, and the Status of Women | |
In office 21 February 2022 – 15 May 2023 | |
President | Édouard Fritch |
Preceded by | Isabelle Sachet |
Succeeded by | Vannina Crolas (Labour) Chantal Galenon (Solidairity) |
Member of the French Polynesian Assembly for Windward Isles 1 | |
In office 5 May 2013 – 30 April 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1979 (age 45–46)[1] |
Political party | Tahoera'a Huiraatira Tapura Huiraatira |
Virginie Bruant (born 1979) is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister. She is a member of the Tapura Huiraatira.
Bruant is the French Polynesian representative of the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM).[2]
She was first elected to the Assembly of French Polynesia in the 2013 French Polynesian legislative election as a representative of the Tahoera'a Huiraatira,[1] and elected chair of the budget and financial control committee.[3] In March 2015 she was one of a group of 14 Tahoera'a MPs who demanding an accounting of the use of the parliamentary group's funds.[4] Shortly afterwards, in May 2015, she became a founding member of Tapura Huiraatira.[5] She was re-elected to the Assembly in the 2018 election[6] and elected chair of the health, solidarity and labour committee.[7]
In February 2022 she was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Labour, Solidarity, Training, Status of Women, Family and Non-autonomous Persons.[8][9]