- Laurence Parisot
Infobox Person
name = Laurence Parisot
caption = Laurence Parisot
birth_date = birth date|1959|8|31
birth_place =Luxeuil-les-Bains
known_for =head of the MEDEF
occupation =businesswoman Laurence Parisot (born on the 31st of august 1959 in
Luxeuil-les-Bains ,France ) is the head of the FrenchMEDEF employers' union since the5th of july 2005 . She also directs theIFOP poll institute.She became the 276th wealthiest French person after she inherited the Parisot group (first furnishing retail group in
France ).She is single and has no children.
She was awarded the "Ordre national du Mérite".
Early life
Her father and grandfather Jacques Parisot (who set up the business) led the Parisot group, an unquoted furnishing retail company.
She studied Law in Nancy University and then entered the "Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris". In
1986 , she was nominated director of the Louis Harris intitute poll. Since1990 , she has been chief executive of theIFOP poll institute after she bought 75% of its capital. She has also been a member ofBNP Paribas board since 1990.Head of the
MEDEF In 2002, she entered the
MEDEF executive board.On
July 5 2005 , she replacedErnest-Antoine Seillière as head of the organisation.She declared that she intended to fight against unemployment and put the “enterprise at the center of French society”. She added that she would work very hard to push French MPs to adopt a more liberal labour legislation.
Quotations
“Life, health and even love are precarious. So, why shouldn’t work abide by this [natural] law?”
Le Figaro ,August 30 2005 “Precariousness is part of human condition.”,
France Inter ,September 3 2005 “We will hire more people if it’s made easier to fire them.”,
Le Monde ,August 29 2007 .References
(FR) Translated from the French version
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