Valérie Rabault


Valérie Rabault is a French politician of the Socialist Party who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2012 elections, representing Tarn-et-Garonne.

Early life and career

Rabault attended the École des ponts ParisTech from 1994-1998. She entered the private sector as a construction manager and then became involved in project financing. She then practiced her professional activity in the banking sector by becoming an inspector at Société Générale, then in 2003, was recruited by BNP Paribas London in the risk monitoring teams. In 2005, she joined Paris and, from 2010, became head of risk planning in the Equity and Commodities division of BNP Paribas Investment Bank. She resigned in June 2012 after her election to the National Assembly.

Political career

Career in local politics

Rabault became a member of the Socialist Party in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, she was a member of the London PS section. Back in France, she joined the Federal Council of PS section of Tarn-et-Garonne in 2006. In 2012, at the Toulouse Congress, she was elected 1st Federal Secretary of the Socialist Party of Tarn-et-Garonne.
Since the 2014 municipal elections, Rabault has been a member of Montauban's municipal council.

Member of the National Assembly, 2012–present

After the vote of the militants, Rabault was appointed by the Socialist Party as candidate in the French legislative elections of 2012 in the 1st constituency of Tarn-et-Garonne. She was elected on 17 June 2012. She is a member and elected in 2012 Vice-President of the Finance, General Economy and Budget Committee of the French National Assembly. In April 2014, she refused to enter the Government Manuel Valls as Secretary of State for Trade. Instead, she succeeded Christian Eckert as the parliament's general rapporteur on the national budget, making her the first woman in that position.
In 2017, Rabault was in charge of the economy and finance policies of Vincent Peillon's campaign for the Socialist Party presidential primary. She was also a member of his political campaign committee.
In 2017 She is re-elected deputy of Tarn-et-Garonne against Pierre Mardegan, candidate of En Marche!. She supports Olivier Faure's candidacy for the position of first secretary of the Socialist Party for the party's congress, which takes place at the beginning of 2018.
On July 8, 2017, Rabault joined the Socialist Party's national leadership.
On 11 April 2018 Rabault became the chairwoman of the socialist group in the National Assembly, becoming the first woman president of a parliamentary group in France.