Juliette Méadel

Juliette Laure Jeanne Méadel (; born 17 April 1974) is a French lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of State for Victims Aid from 2016 to 2017 and Minister Delegate for the City from 2024 to 2025.

Early life and education Méadel was born in Paris in 1974, as the daughter of Lucien Méadel, who served as chief of staff to minister of agriculture Édith Cresson from 1981 to 1982, and a mother who worked as a teacher. She is the sister of sociologist Cécile Méadel. At the age of 7 in 1981, she celebrated the election victory of François Mitterrand alongside her parents at Rue Soufflot.

Professional career Méadel began working as a lawyer at Cozen O'Connor in 1998, and joined Linklaters & Alliance in 2000.

From 2009 to 2011, Méadel studied at the École nationale d'administration. From January to November 2013, she was the head of the think tank Terra Nova.

Political career Méadel first began campaigning for the Socialist Party in 2000. In the 2004 Île-de-France regional election, she was a candidate for the Regional Council of Île-de-France.

In 2005, Méadel became a member of the national secretariat of the Socialist Party. During the 2005 European Constitution referendum, she campaigned for ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. During the 2007 presidential election, she served as an adviser to the Socialist Party's candidate Ségolène Royal.

From 2008 to 2014, Méadel was a member of the municipal arrondissement council of the 14th arrondissement. She was the leader of the Question de principes motion at the Socialist Party's Toulouse Congress in 2012, and was elected member of the party's national council, From 2014 to 2016, she served as spokesperson of the Socialist Party. At the Poitiers Congress in 2015, she supported the motion of Jean-Christophe Cambadélis and Manuel Valls. She sought to establish a single point of contact between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. The first major event during her tenure was the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804. She also oversaw the 2016 Nice truck attack. She left office in 2017, when the position was abolished.

Méadel supported Manuel Valls in the 2017 Socialist Party presidential primary, and endorsed Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election following Valls's loss to Benoît Hamon. In the 2017 legislative election, she was a candidate for the National Assembly in Seine-et-Marne's 10th constituency. In February 2018, she was appointed member of the working group on the Service national universel. She was expelled from the Socialist Party ahead of the 2018 Aubervilliers Congress, due to her support for Macron. In October 2018, she was considered for the position of secretary of state for the Service national universel.

In the 2020 municipal elections, Méadel was elected municipal councillor of Montrouge. In the 2024 European Parliament election, she was a candidate for member of the European Parliament, in fourth position on the list of the Radical Party of the Left.