Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet

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Nathalie Geneviève Marie Kosciusko-Morizet (French pronunciation: [natali kɔsjysko mɔʁizɛ]) (born 14 May 1973), often referred to by her initials NKM, is an engineer and former politician. She was a Member of Parliament, returned to the National Assembly from the Essonne 4th constituency for three consecutive mandates from 2002 to 2017, mayor of Longjumeau from 2008 to 2013, and an unsuccessful mayoral candidate for Paris in 2014. She has held positions of Regional Councillor for Île-de-France. She was twice a member of the French government and Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing. She was also Assistant General Secretary of then majority party UMP and spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 presidential election. Since standing for mayor of Paris in March 2014, she had been leader of the opposition of the Council of Paris until her withdrawal from politics. From December 2014 to December 2015 she was Vice President of then opposition party UMP (renamed The Republicans).

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Career

1. 1973
   Born
2. 2005
   Won Young Leader of the French American Foundation
3. 2011
   Won Prix de l'appel du 18 Juin
4. 2018
   Won Knight of the Legion of Honour
5. Member of French-American Foundation

Trivia

• •Place of birth: 15th arrondissement of Paris
• •Citizenship: France
• •Known as: politician
• •Spouse: Jean-Pierre Philippe