Catherine Vautrin

Catherine Vautrin
Vautrin in 2022
Minister of the Armed Forces
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2025
Prime Minister	Sébastien Lecornu
Preceded by	Sébastien Lecornu (interim) Bruno Le Maire
Minister of Labour, Health, Solidarity and Families
In office 23 December 2024 – 12 October 2025
Prime Minister	François Bayrou Sébastien Lecornu
Preceded by	Astrid Panosyan (Labour) Geneviève Darrieussecq (Health) Paul Christophe (Solidarity) Agnès Canayer (Families)
Succeeded by	Jean-Pierre Farandou (Labour, Solidarity) Stéphanie Rist (Health, Families)
In office 11 January 2024 – 21 September 2024[a]
Prime Minister	Gabriel Attal
Preceded by	Olivier Dussopt (Labour) Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo (Health) Aurore Bergé (Solidarity)
Succeeded by	Astrid Panosyan (Labour) Geneviève Darrieussecq (Health) Paul Christophe (Solidarity)
Minister of Partnership with Territories and Decentralization
In office 21 September 2024 – 23 December 2024
Prime Minister	Michel Barnier
Preceded by	Christophe Béchu (Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion) Caroline Cayeux (Relations with Local Authorities)
Succeeded by	François Rebsamen
Minister Delegate for Social Cohesion and Parity
In office 2 June 2005 – 15 May 2007
Prime Minister	Dominique de Villepin
Preceded by	Nelly Olin (Social Cohesion) Nicole Ameline (Parity)
Succeeded by	Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Vice President of the National Assembly
In office 26 September 2008 – 20 June 2017
President	Bernard Accoyer Claude Bartolone
Member of the National Assembly for Marne's 2nd constituency
In office 20 June 2007 – 20 June 2017
Preceded by	Philippe Feneuil
Succeeded by	Aina Kuric
In office 19 June 2002 – 30 April 2004
Preceded by	Jean-Claude Étienne
Succeeded by	Arnaud Robinet
President of Grand Reims
In office 14 April 2014 – 16 January 2024
Preceded by	Adeline Hazan
Personal details
Born	(1960-07-26) 26 July 1960 Reims, France
Political party	Renaissance (2024–present)
Other political affiliations	RPR (1980–2002) UMP (2002–2015) LR (2015–2019) Independent (2019–2024)
Spouse(s)	Jean-Louis Pennaforte ​ ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	1
Alma mater	Paris Descartes University

Catherine Vautrin (fr; born 26 July 1960) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister of the Armed Forces since 2025. She was the Minister of Labour, Health, Solidarity, and Families in the successive governments of Prime Ministers François Bayrou and Sébastien Lecornu from 2024 to 2025.

Vautrin represented the 2nd constituency of Marne in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2004 and 2007 to 2017.^[1]