Astrid Panosyan

Astrid Panosyan
Birth date	13 August 1971
Lived in	Paris
Resides in	Paris
Education	Harvard
Languages	French, English
Ethnicities	Armenian, Norwegian
Awards	Knight of the National Order of Merit
Spouses	Laurent Bouvet

Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet (born 13 August 1971) is a French politician and corporate director who has been serving as Minister of Labour in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier since 2024. She served as a member of the National Assembly for Paris's 4th constituency from 2022 to 2024.

Early life and education

Born to an Armenian father and a Norwegian mother, Panosyan-Bouvet is a graduate of HEC Paris, Sciences Po and the Harvard Kennedy School.

Career in the private sector

Panosyan-Bouvet held senior positions at two of the main insurance groups in France, AXA and Groupama.

Political career

As a member of Emmanuel Macron’s cabinet when he was France’s economy minister, Panosyan-Bouvet advised him on international investments and the attractiveness of France’s economy. In 2016, she co-founded the En Marche movement and was later part of a trio (together with Arnaud Leroy and Bariza Khiari) who led the movement for several months before Christophe Castaner took over the position as party leader. As the movement’s head of international relations, she negotiated its coalition with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election.

In parliament, Panosyan-Bouvet served on the Committee on Social Affairs from 2022 to 2024. In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the French-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-American Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2022 to 2024.

Other activities

• Centre Pompidou, Member of the Supervisory Board (2022–2024)

Articles

French Armenian Astrid Panosyan named Knight of the National Order of Merit

Siranush Ghazanchyan September 8, 2020, 12:38

French Armenian politician and businesswoman Astrid Panosyan has been honored with a rank of the Knight of the National Order of Merit.

President Emmanuel Macron handed over the Order during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace.

Astrid Panosyan is the co-founder of La République en Marche (LREM) a centrist and liberal political party in France. The party was founded on 6 April 2016.

Mrs. Astrid Panosyan has been Chairwoman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer at Societe de Tayninh SA since September 1, 2015. Mrs. Panosyan has been the Chief Resources Officer and Member of the Management Board at Unibail-Rodamco SE since September 1, 2015 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer in charge of Central Operations.

She served as an Advisor and Member of the Cabinet of French Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, where she was in charge of economic attractiveness and international investments.

She served as the Secretary of the Board of Groupama S.A. until September 22, 2014 and General Secretary since 2011. She joined Groupama S.A. in 2002, where she held various senior positions in the international department, the department of strategy and the department of finance.

Previously, she joined AXA’s strategy department in 1998. She served as Head Officer of Strategy and Head Officer of Business Support & Development Asia-Pacific at AXA. She began her career at the AT Kearney. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Unibail-Rodamco Participations SAS and U&R Management BV.

She served as a Director of Cegid Group SA from December 20, 2011 to November 27, 2014. She was a member of the Board of Directors at CEDID Group S.A. Mrs. Panosyan graduated from HEC Paris, IEP Paris, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal and Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.

Source: https://en.armradio.am/2020/09/08/french-armenian-astrid-panosyan-named-knight-of-the-national-order-of-merit/

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Macron ally charms Europe’s liberals

Astrid Panosyan urged liberals to enter the ‘battle of ideas.’

November 10, 2018 6:04 pm CET By Maïa de La Baume

Astrid Panosyan was the star of the show at the annual gathering of Europe’s liberals in Madrid.

The 47-year-old businesswoman, who is a close political ally of Emmanuel Macron and a co-founder of his En Marche political movement, earned a standing ovation when she formalized the party’s call for a coalition with Europe’s liberals.

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the fourth largest party grouping in the Parliament, hopes that the alliance with the French president’s La République En Marche will help them to break the conservatives’ dominance over EU politics.

In particular, delegates gathered in Madrid — where they voted on a party manifesto for the European election in May — want to disrupt a system for choosing the next European Commission president. They argue it is rigged in favor of the center-right European People’s Party.

Panosyan earned her ovation with a forceful speech that committed La République En Marche to join ALDE in “a common front, a platform of self-evident policies pertaining to democratic institutions, climate change, social inclusion and collective security.” She added that her party’s goal would be to work toward a common campaign and, ultimately, a new group in the European Parliament.

“We need to break the good old habits of conservatives and socialists in the way they have been running things in Brussels,” Panosyan said, adding that liberals, democrats and progressives must return to the “battle of ideas.”

She buttered up her audience by thanking the members of ALDE who had “entrusted us with your support” and added that “En Marche would have not been possible without you.”

Her call to arms struck a chord with many liberals in the room.

“It was capital to hear that we are going to be together,” said Javier Nart, a member of the Spanish center-right Ciudadanos, which is a member of ALDE. He praised Panosyan for her ability to “ring the bells” on the rise of populists in Europe. “We have been sleeping for too long,” he added.

Sophie In ’t Veld, a Dutch liberal MEP, said she didn’t know Panosyan well personally but was impressed with the speech. “It’s the speech we were looking for on values, and on self-confidence about being pro-European,” she said.

An ALDE official said few people in the group knew Panosyan but her “speaking talent, and perfect command of English were impressive.” The official was even more caught off guard when he heard Panosyan — whose mother is Norwegian — speak in Swedish to Annie Lööf, the new rising star of the liberal Center Party in Sweden.

Though she is little-known in France and Brussels, Panosyan is not a newcomer in politics and business. A senior En Marche official even said she was interested in running for the EU election, and some officials in Madrid joked that she could make a good addition to ALDE’s slate of candidates for EU top jobs.

As a member of Macron’s cabinet when he was France’s economy minister, Panosyan advised him on international investments and the attractiveness of France’s economy. In 2016, she co-founded the En Marche movement and was later part of a trio who led the movement for several months before Christophe Castaner took its reigns.

As the movement’s current head of international relations, she is part of a team of people at En Marche who have conducted En Marche’s mission to build a progressive force in and outside the Parliament. She was recently in Vienna and Hungary to meet with liberal parties there.

Besides politics, Panosyan’s business CV is impressive. She graduated from Paris at the well-regarded Sciences-Po school and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Later, she took up senior positions at two of the main insurance groups in France, AXA and Groupama.

But even as Panosyan’s effort to build the new alliance moves forward, there are still differences.

Danish MEP Morten Løkkegaard said that Panosyan’s speech had made a good impression with ALDE delegates, but that many still want Macron and his party to embrace the “liberal” label — something he has resisted.

“We recognize the situation in France and how the term ‘liberal’ is interpreted,” Løkkegaard said. “But we insist on them accepting the term ‘liberal.’”

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/astrid-panosyan-macron-ally-charms-europes-liberals-alde-en-marche-macron-alliance/

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