Laurence Auzière-Jourdan

Laurence Auzière-Jourdan (born 1977) is a French cardiologist and stepdaughter of French president Emmanuel Macron (although Macron is younger by several months). She campaigned for Macron in the 2017 French presidential election.

Early life and education

Auzière-Jourdan was born in 1977 to André-Louis Auzière, a banker, and Brigitte Trogneux. Her family lived in Truchtersheim, a French city near the German border, until 1991. She was a classmate of Emmanuel Macron at the Lycée la Providence in Amiens, France. She has an older brother, Sébastien, an engineer, and a younger sister, Tiphaine, a lawyer.

Auzière-Jourdan graduated from Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC University of Paris VI).

Career

Auzière-Jourdan practices high-risk cardiology and vascular diseases in Vincennes and Nogent-sur-Marne. She practices with cardiologists Didier Catuli and Pierre Sablon. She has published research in cardiology, including "Facteurs échographiques associés à un niveau de BNP élevé chez les insuffisants cardiaques: interaction systole diastole. (2004)"

Political activity

During the 2017 campaign of En Marche! presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, she campaigned for her stepfather. Macron married Auzière-Jourdan's mother, Trogneux in 2007, after the two met each other when Macron was a 15-year-old student. At first, Macron's parents thought he was interested in Auzière-Jourdan, after she remarked that there was a boy in her class who "knows everything about everything" but later found out that Macron was interested in Auzière-Jourdan's mother.

Personal life

Auzière-Jourdan married Guillaume Jourdan, a radiologist practicing in Meaux. They have three children.

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