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My Take
Sylvie Goulard is the kind of profile I find genuinely compelling: a political scientist and writer who became a practitioner at the highest levels, serving as Deputy Governor of the Banque de France and, briefly, as Minister of the Armed Forces. That ministerial stint lasted barely a month, a reminder of how unforgiving French politics can be even for the brilliant. Her German Order of Merit signals someone who thinks in European, not merely national, terms. I admire technocrats who bring real intellectual rigor to public office, and Goulard reads as exactly that, a Marseille-born mind comfortable moving between theory, finance, and statecraft.
Overview
Sylvie Goulard (French pronunciation: [silvi ɡulaʁ]; born 6 December 1964) is a French politician and civil servant who served as Deputy Governor of the Banque de France from 2018 to 2022. Prior to this, Goulard briefly served as Minister of the Armed Forces from 17 May to 21 June 2017 in the First Philippe government.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sylvie Goulard
- Name (Japanese)
- シルヴィー・グラール
- Reading
- しるゔぃー・ぐらーる
- Born
- December 6, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / official / writer / political scientist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Paul Cézanne University
Awards & achievements
- 2014 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Knight of the National Order of Merit
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.