Valérie Pécresse

Valérie Pécresse (; born Roux, 14 July 1967) is a French politician. She is the President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France since 2015. She is a member of The Republicans (LR). She was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2016.
Pécresse was Minister of Higher Education and Research from 2007 to 2011 and Minister of Budget and Government Spokeswoman from 2011 to 2012 during the François Fillon government.
In July 2021, Pécresse announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2022 presidential election. In December 2021, she won the Republican nomination. She came in fifth place in the election, winning 4.78% of the vote.