Xavier Bertrand

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Xavier Bertrand
President of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 January 2016
Preceded by	Claude Gewerc (Picardy) Daniel Percheron (Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Mayor of Saint-Quentin
In office 4 October 2010 – 14 January 2016
Preceded by	Pierre André
Succeeded by	Frédérique Macarez
Minister of Labour, Employment and Health
In office 14 November 2010 – 10 May 2012
President	Nicolas Sarkozy
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Éric Woerth (Labour, Solidarity and Civil Service) Christine Lagarde (Economy, Industry and Employment) Roselyne Bachelot (Health and Sports)
Succeeded by	Michel Sapin (Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue) Marisol Touraine (Social Affairs and Health)
Secretary-General of the Union for a Popular Movement
In office 5 December 2008 – 17 November 2010
Preceded by	Patrick Devedjian
Succeeded by	Jean-François Copé
Minister of Labour, Social Relations and Solidarity
In office 18 May 2007 – 15 January 2009
President	Nicolas Sarkozy
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Jean-Louis Borloo (Labour, Social Cohesion and Housing)
Succeeded by	Brice Hortefeux (Labor, Social Relations, Family, Solidarity and the City)
Minister of Health and Solidarity
In office 2 June 2005 – 26 March 2007
President	Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister	Dominique de Villepin
Preceded by	Philippe Douste-Blazy (Health and Sports)
Succeeded by	Philippe Bas (Solidarity, Health and the Family) Roselyne Bachelot (Health, Solidarity, Social Security, the Elderly, Handicapped Persons and the Family)
Personal details
Born	(1965-03-21) 21 March 1965 (age 59) Châlons-sur-Marne, France
Political party	The Republicans (2015–2017, since 2021)
Other political affiliations	Union for a Popular Movement (before 2015)
Spouses	Emmanuelle Gontier ​ ​ (m. 1998, divorced)​ Vanessa Williot ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne

Xavier Bertrand (French pronunciation: [ɡzavje bɛʁˈtʁɑ̃] ^ⓘ; born 21 March 1965) is a French politician who has been serving as president of the regional council of Hauts-de-France since the 2015 regional elections.

Earlier in his career, Bertrand was Minister of Health from 2005 to 2007 in Dominique de Villepin's government under President Jacques Chirac, then served as Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Solidarity from 2007 to 2009 and as Minister of Labour, Employment and Health from 2010 to 2012.^[1] He played a leading role in Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign in 2007. He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, later the Republicans, until 11 December 2017, when he announced that was "definitively leaving" the party after Laurent Wauquiez was elected the leader of the party.^[2]