Perhaps the most striking thing about the new French First Lady, Brigitte Macron, is that she is 24 years older than President Emmanuel Macron.
According to the 39-year-old, his wife Brigitte has always been his mentor and inspiration. After the first phase of his victory in April, when he won the election, Macron proudly said:
“I wouldn’t be me without her.”
The first couple met on a teacher-student basis. Later, life took a different turn and they became close enough to be married.
As a 15-year-old, Emmanuel Macron took part in a school play directed by Brigitte. It is still unknown if they started dating at this time. However, when the young student’s parents later learned that he was having an affair with the older woman, they transferred his school to Paris, hoping that this would separate the two.
Brigitte Macron bio, dude
It was on April 13, 1953 that this woman who would become the first lady of France was born Brigitte Marie-Claude Trogneux. Born in Amiens, she was the youngest of six children and grew up in a wealthy family that owned Chocolaterie Trogneux.
While teaching here, she met the teenage intellectual who knocked her off her feet.
“I was totally blown away by the intelligence of this boy.”
It’s not clear when their affair began, but she recalls that Macron confessed his love for her when he was 17.
10 years later, Emmanuel Macron turned that promise into reality. In 2006 she divorced her first husband and a year later married Macron. As expected, the relationship met with all sorts of criticism.
In the words of President-elect Macron, it was “a love that is often secret, often hidden, misunderstood by many before imposing itself”.
Brigitte Macron has never held public office. However, records show that she ran for the city of Truchtersheim in 1989 but lost.
In 2015, she gave up her teaching career to serve as her husband’s advisor. At the time, Macron was the country’s economy minister.
The French government, unlike the Americans, does not officially recognize the office of First Lady. Everything will change under Macron’s watch. He says his wife, who is also his intellectual soulmate and confidant, will play an official role, but without a salary.
“She will have an existence, she will have a voice there, a way of looking at things. She will be by my side as she always has been, but she will also play a public role. “
Emmanuel Macron’s view of women is believed to be courtesy of his wife, Brigitte. The independent winner has pledged that half of all candidates running for office in June’s National Assembly elections as part of the En Marche (On The Move) party will be women. Brigitte Macron’s age in 2018 was 64.
family, ex-husband and children
In 1974, Brigitte married André-Louis Auzière, a banker. Together they had 3 children. At 64, she is a grandmother of 7 grandchildren. They stayed in Truchtersheim with her ex-husband and children until 1991, when they finally moved to Amiens.
The family stayed together until she got a divorce from Auzière in January 2006. Although the reason for the divorce was not given, it is most likely due to her relationship with Macron, whom she married in October 2007.
Brigitte Macron’s children, who are about the same age as her husband, have openly stood up for their stepfather.
The new French first lady has made peace with the age difference between her and her husband. She is said to have said:
“In 2017 he has to make it because by 2022 his problem will be my face.”
Did you know that US President Donald Trump is also 24 years older than his wife Melania Trump?
Fast Facts
- Brigitte Macron is the first French first lady to leave her husband with such a large age gap.
- Macron’s parents disapproved of his relationship with Brigitte when they found out the two were dating.
- She was already married and had children almost Macron’s age when they met. She divorced her husband in order to marry him.
- After getting married, Brigitte and the French President decided against having children.
- As a result of their relationship, the woman revealed that she had lost many of her friends because they disapproved and stopped socializing with her.
- Through her, her husband, who has no child, is a grandfather of 7 years.
- During the campaign, she wore Louis Vuitton, which she was loaned by the luxury brand. She only wore them in public and each was later returned.