Girardin is a member of the
Radical Party of the Left (PRG). She is also a member of the
PRG's executive board since 2012. She was a member of
Territorial Council of Saint Pierre and Miquelon from March 2000 to April 2016. She was also a
Municipal councillor of
Saint-Pierre from 18 March 2001 to 15 February 2002. During the
French Socialist Party presidential primary of 2017, she supports
Sylvia Pinel. In the
presidential election of 2017, she supported the
En Marche! candidate,
Emmanuel Macron.
Member of the National Assembly In the
French legislative elections that took place on 9 June and 16 June 2002 to elect the 12th
National Assembly of the
Fifth Republic, Girardin was the candidate for the
Radical Party of the Left in the
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon constituency. Obtaining 14.8% of the vote on 9 June, she was eliminated from the second round. Five years later, in the
2007 French legislative elections, Girardin obtained 31.1% in the first round, only 132 votes behind the incumbent. In the second round, one week later, she got 51.27% of the vote and was elected deputy for the Radical Party of the Left. In the
2012 French legislative elections, Girardin was re-elected in the first round with 65.53%. Her substitute was Catherine Pen. In the
2017 French legislative elections, Girardin was re-elected with 51.87%. Her substitute was
Stéphane Claireaux.
Member of the Government President
James Michel in 2014
Secretary of State Development and Francophonie On 9 April 2014, Girardin was appointed Secretary of State Development and Francophonie in the
Valls Cabinet. Catherine Pen, her substitute, therefore succeeded her as
deputy but resigned on the same day due to health problems. A by-election was then organised and Annick Girardin was again a candidate for the
National Assembly. She won on the first electoral round on 29 June 2014. She retained the position of Secretary of State and her substitute Stéphane Claireaux became the deputy on 30 July 2014. On 27 June 2014, Girardin was appointed
president François Hollande's "personal representative" to the
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.
Minister of Public Service Girardin was appointed
Minister of Public Service in the
Second Valls government, replacing
Marylise Lebranchu, during the reshuffle of 11 February 2016. On 9 December 2016,
Émile Zuccarelli presented Girardin with the "
Laïcité and public service" report containing twenty proposals. The minister then undertook to implement six priority: mandatory training of officials to secularism, a secular referent in each administration, the creation of an Internet portal on the subject, a day of exchange on secularism and a brochure given to public officials when they take office.
Minister of Overseas Territories On 17 May 2017, Girardin was appointed
Minister of Overseas Territories in the
Édouard Philippe government. Candidate in the
2017 legislative election of
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, she was reelected in the second round with 51.87% of the vote. She sat for a month in the
National Assembly, where she was a member of the
La République en marche group. She keeps her ministry. In September 2017, Girardin managed the relief work following the destruction caused by
hurricane Irma in
Saint-Martin and
Saint-Barthélemy. In March 2018, Girardin had to deal with social unrest in
Mayotte, the inhabitants protesting against illegal immigration and delinquency. She went to the island on 12 March. On 15 May 2018, Girardin presented her catch-up plan for
Mayotte. It was broken down into six chapters (security, justice and immigration, health, social, education and training, housing, infrastructure, state institutions and services), 53 commitments and 125 actions for a total cost of 1.3 billion euros out of the national education budget. In the
Socialist Party's
primaries, Girardin endorsed
Sylvia Pinel as the party's candidate in the
2017 French presidential election. ==References==