Prisca Thevenot

Prisca Thevenot (née Balasubramanem; born 1 March 1985) is a French politician of Renaissance, who served in the Borne government as secretary of state for youth and the National Universal Service between July 2023 and January 2024, then in the Attal government as Minister Delegate for Democratic Renewal and Spokesperson of the Government, between January and July 2024.

Thevenot previously served as spokesperson for Renaissance from November 2020. She was elected deputy for Hauts-de-Seine's 8th constituency in the 2022 legislative election.

Early life and education Thevenot was born in Strasbourg to Mauritian parents who settled in France at the end of the 1970s to pursue university studies. In 1987, the family moved to the Paris region.

She completed a at Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, and continued her studies at the EM Lyon Business School, from which she graduated in 2009.

Political career In the 2017 legislative election, Prisca Thevenot contested Seine-Saint-Denis's 4th constituency, but was defeated by incumbent communist member Marie-George Buffet.

In November 2020, Thevenot was appointed spokeswoman for Emmanuel Macron’s party, La République en marche (LaREM), jointly with Maud Bregeon.

In the June 2021 regional election, she was elected to the Regional Council of Île-de-France for Seine-Saint-Denis, on the list led by Laurent Saint-Martin.

In the 2022 legislative election, Thevenot ran in Hauts-de-Seine's 8th constituency for LaREM’s Together coalition. She won the most votes in the first round, and was elected deputy in the second round with 65,75% of the votes cast, against Annie Larroque Comoy (LFI - NUPES). She became a member of the Social Affairs Committee in the National Assembly.

In July 2023, Thevenot was appointed secretary of state for youth and the National Universal Service in the Borne government, a junior position jointly under the minister of the armed forces and the minister of national education and youth.

In April 2024, eight members of her team resigned. Six of them spoke to the newspaper Le Monde to complain of repeated moral harassment and humiliation.

On 3 July 2024, while Thevenot and a supporter were putting up campaign posters for the 2024 French legislative election in Meudon, they were attacked by man screaming “By the Quran, get everyone here!” who was soon joined by 20 others. The attack was premeditated. Several suspects were arrested. Thevenot’s deputy and a supporter were hospitalized, the latter with a broken jaw.

Personal life Thevenot is married and has two children.