Naïma Moutchou
Birth date4 November 1980 (age 46)
Birth placeErmont, France
OfficeMinister of the Overseas
Term start12 October 2025
Prime ministerSébastien Lecornu
PredecessorManuel Valls
Office 1Minister for Civil Service Transformation, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technology
Term start 15 October 2025
Term end 112 October 2025
Prime minister 1Sébastien Lecornu
Predecessor 1Clara Chappaz (artificial intelligence and digital technology, as a delegated minister)
Laurent Marcangeli (civil service)
Successor 1David Amiel (civil service, as a delegated minister)
Anne Le Hénanff (artificial intelligence and digital, as a delegated minister)
Office 2Vice-President of the National Assembly
Term start 229 June 2022
Term end 21 October 2025
President 2Yaël Braun-Pivet
Predecessor 2Laetitia Saint-Paul
Successor 2Nadège Abomangoli
Office 3Member of the National Assembly
Constituency 3Val-d'Oise's 4th constituency
Parliamentary group 3LREM (2017-2022)
HOR (since 2022)
Term start 321 June 2017
Predecessor 3Gérard Sebaoun
Successor 3Benoît Blanchard
PartyHorizons (2021–present)
Other partyRenaissance (2016–2021)
Alma materCergy-Pontoise University

Naïma Moutchou (born 4 November 1980) is a French lawyer and politician of Horizons currently serving as Minister of the Overseas in the second Lecornu government.[1] She briefly served as Minister of the Transformation of Civil Service, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technology in his first government.[2]

From the 2017 elections until 2025, Moutchou served as a member of the National Assembly, representing the department of Val-d'Oise.[3] During that time, she also served as a Vice-President of the National Assembly between 2022 and 2025.

Early life and education

Moutchou was born in November 1980 to a middle-class family of Moroccan origin. Her father worked at the local hospital and her mother was a nursery. She was born in Ermont and raised in Franconville .[4]

From 2010, Moutchou practiced business and media law for nearly ten years. At the same time, she volunteered as a lawyer with International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA).[5]

Political career

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2025

In parliament, Moutchou served on the Committee on Legal Affairs, where she was her parliamentary group's coordinator from 2017 until 2019.[6][7] In this capacity, she was the parliament's rapporteur on legislation combating fake news in November 2018.[8]

In addition to her committee assignments, Moutchou is a member of the French-Moroccan Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Serbian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[9] From 2018 until 2021, she was also one of six Assembly members who serve as judges of the Cour de Justice de la République.[10][11]

After Amélie de Montchalin's appointment to the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in March 2019, Moutchou briefly served as first vice chair of the LREM parliamentary group under the leadership of chairman Gilles Le Gendre;[12] she was replaced by Marie Lebec in September 2019.

In addition to LREM, Moutchou joined the Horizons party in 2021.[13][14]

From 2022 to 2025, Moutchou served as a vice-president of the National Assembly, under the leadership of president Yaël Braun-Pivet.[15][16]

Career in government

On 5 October 2025, Moutchou was appointed Minister for Public Sector Transformation, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs in the short-lived Lecornu government. Her appointment reflected an emphasis on digital modernization within public administration, but she left office following the government's resignation on 6 October 2025, only hours after its formation.[17]

On 12 October 2025, she was appointed Minister of the Overseas in the Lecornu's second government.[18]

Political positions

In July 2019, Moutchou voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[19][20]

Other activities

  • National Institute for Advanced Studies in Security and Justice (INHESJ), Member of the Board of Directors (2017–2020)[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Naïma Moutchou (Horizons), une ancienne avocate ministre des Outre-mer" (in French). France 24. 2025-10-12. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  2. ^ Bordas, Wally (2025-10-05). "Gouvernement Lecornu : Naïma Moutchou, une proche d'Édouard Philippe à la Fonction publique" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  3. ^ "Elections législatives 2017" (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  4. ^ Naïma Moutchou désignée comme n°2 du groupe des députés LREM Le Figaro, 30 April 2019.
  5. ^ Naïma Moutchou désignée comme n°2 du groupe des députés LREM Le Figaro, 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ Caroline Vigoureux and Jean-Jérôme Bertolus (13 September 2017), House of Cards: Les whips, ces députés LREM de l’ombre au rôle stratégique L'Opinion.
  7. ^ Naïma Moutchou désignée comme n°2 du groupe des députés LREM Le Figaro, 30 April 2019.
  8. ^ Naïma Moutchou désignée comme n°2 du groupe des députés LREM Le Figaro, 30 April 2019.
  9. ^ Naïma Moutchou French National Assembly.
  10. ^ Laetitia Saint-Paul French National Assembly.
  11. ^ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (28 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022: Édouard Philippe peaufine l’organisation de son parti Le Figaro.
  12. ^ Naïma Moutchou désignée comme n°2 du groupe des députés LREM Le Figaro, 30 April 2019.
  13. ^ Caroline Vigoureux (7 October 2021), L’émergence d’un courant Philippe électrise la majorité L'Opinion.
  14. ^ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (28 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022: Édouard Philippe peaufine l’organisation de son parti Le Figaro.
  15. ^ Sébastien Schneegans (29 July 2022), Naïma Moutchou, l’ambassadrice d’Édouard Philippe Le Point.
  16. ^ Loris Boichot (15 September 2022), Naïma Moutchou, une philippiste aux avant-postes de l’Assemblée nationale Le Figaro.
  17. ^ Zouiten, Sara (2025-10-06). "Moroccan-French Naïma Moutchou Becomes France's Minister of Public Transformation". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  18. ^ Dorwling-Carter, Gérard (2025-10-14). "Naïma Moutchou succède à Manuel Valls au ministère des Outre-mer" (in fr-FR). ANTILLA MARTINIQUE | Avec vous depuis 1981. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  19. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  20. ^ Cady Lang (19 May 2021), Who Gets to Wear a Headscarf? The Complicated History Behind France's Latest Hijab Controversy Le Figaro.
  21. ^ Naïma Moutchou French National Assembly.