The New First Lady Of France

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

When the French went to the polls on Sunday to give Emmanuel Macron the victory in the presidential election, they not only chose their youngest leader since Napoleon, but they hired an unconventional couple with an unusual story from the Elysee Palace. love.

The new first lady, Brigitte Trogneux, is not only 24 years older than her husband, but they met when she was a married teacher with children, and he was one of her high school students.

Trogneux, 64, born into a wealthy family of entrepreneurs, first saw Macron when he was a 15-year-old student participating in a play at the Amiens school where she worked, according to the book Emmanuel Macron: a perfect young man, by journalist Anne Fulda.

"Without her, it would not be me," said the 39-year-old president-elect, after winning the first round of the elections in April, which opened the door to participate in the second round, where he clearly beat the candidate. from the far right Marine Le Pen.

That seems that Macron was clear from the beginning, since when he changed schools at 17, he told his teacher that they would end up together. "Whatever you do, I will marry you," he assured her.

Learn more about their particular romance. than young Macron.