Primas was elected a
municipal councillor of
Aubergenville at age 20 in 1983, before she became deputy mayor for finance in 2001. Primas replaced
Henri Cuq in the
National Assembly in 2010 following his death, as she ran as his
substitute in the
2007 legislative election in the
9th constituency of
Yvelines. She held the seat from 11 June 2010 until 30 September 2011, when she resigned upon her election to the
Senate. In the
2011 Senate election, Primas was second on the list led by Senate President
Gérard Larcher in Yvelines. From 2017 to 2023, she chaired the Senate's Committee on Economic Affairs; she was the first woman to hold this position. From 2023 to 2024, she was one of the Senate's vice presidents. In The Republicans
primary ahead of the
2017 French presidential election, Primas endorsed
François Fillon. She had already supported Fillon in the
2012 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election. Ahead of the
2022 presidential election, Primas was part of The Republicans candidate
Valérie Pécresse's campaign team. In 2024, she was appointed to the
Barnier government as Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and the French Abroad. In the
Bayrou government she was
Government Spokesperson. In the
2025 The Republicans leadership election, Primas endorsed
Bruno Retailleau for the party leadership. ==References==