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Patrick Hetzel | |
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![]() Hetzel in 2014 | |
Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation | |
In office 21 September 2024 –23 December 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Michel Barnier |
Preceded by | Sylvie Retailleau |
Succeeded by | Élisabeth Borne |
Member of the National Assembly for Bas-Rhin's 7th constituency | |
In office 20 June 2012 –21 October 2024 | |
Preceded by | Émile Blessig |
Succeeded by | Éliane Kremer |
Personal details | |
Born | Phalsbourg,Seine-Saint-Denis,Île-de-France,France | 2 July 1964
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | EM Strasbourg Business School |
Patrick Hetzel (born 2 July 1964) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2012. He represents Bas-Rhin's 7th constituency. [1]
In parliament,Hetzel has served as member of the Finance Committee (since 2016) and the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education (2012–2016). [2] and the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (–2022). [3] In addition to his committee assignments,he is a member of the French-German Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections,Hetzel publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’candidate. [4] He was re-elected in the 2022 French legislative election.
Hetzel endorsed Christian Jacob as the party’s chairman in the run-up to the Republicans’2019 convention, [5] and later supported Bruno Retailleau’s candidacy to succeed Jacob in 2022. [6]
On 21 September 2024,Hetzel became Minister of Higher Education,Research and Innovation in the short-lived government of Michel Barnier,succeeding Sylvie Retailleau. [7] On 23 December 2024,he was replaced by Élisabeth Borne in the government of François Bayrou. [8]