Florence PARLY

Bio

Florence Parly was born in Boulogne-Billancourt in May 1963. She has been Minister of the Armed Forces since 2017.

After graduating from Sciences Po and the National School of Administration (class « Fernand Braudel »), she joined the civilian administrative corps of the Budget Directorate.

In 1997, she served as Advisor for budget affairs in Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's Office. She was then appointed Secretary of State for Budget in 2000, a post she vacated in 2002.

After her Government career, Florence Parly took on the responsibilities of Mission Head in the France Trésor Agency (2003 – 2004), before becoming Chairwoman of the board, Regional Development Agency of Ile-de-France, until 2006.

She then chose to work with national companies and joined France's largest industrial and transport corporations.

 In 2006 she joined Air France and took up the position of Director for Investment Strategy (2006-2008), then Deputy Director General in charge of Cargo (2008-2012), before becoming Deputy Director General in charge of short-haul activities (Orly and Escales France) in 2013.

Florence Parly joined SNCF in 2014, first as Assistant Director General, then as Director General, "SNCF Voyageurs", in 2016. 

On June 21, 2017, Florence Parly was appointed Minister for the Armed Forces.

Florence Parly initiated and led several major modernization projects for the Ministry of the Armed Forces, including the 2019-2025 Military Programming Law, which provides for a large increase of the ministry’s budget (295 billion) and the renewal and modernisation of equipments and facilities. In 2019, as part of a global effort to meet new security challenges, Florence Parly announced the creation of the Space Command aimed to improve French space defence capabilities and publicizes a Cyber Strategy for the Armed forces.