Laurence Auzière-Jourdan

Laurence Auzière-Jourdan (née Auzière; born 1977) is a French cardiologist.

Laurence Auzière-Jourdan
Born	Laurence Christine Alexandra Auzière 1977 (age 47–48) Amiens, France
Alma mater	Pierre and Marie Curie University
Occupation	Cardiologist
Spouse	Guillaume Jourdan ​ ​ (m. 2005; div. 2021)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	André-Louis Auzière Brigitte Macron
Relatives	Emmanuel Macron (stepfather)

Early life and education

Auzière-Jourdan was born in 1977 to André-Louis Auzière, a banker, and his wife Brigitte (née Trogneux) a teacher. Her family lived in Truchtersheim, a French city near the German border, until 1991.^[1][2] She was a classmate of Emmanuel Macron at the Lycée la Providence in Amiens, France.^[3][4] Macron's parents first thought he was interested in Auzière-Jourdan after she remarked that there was a boy in her class who "knows everything about everything".^[5][6] However, Macron eventually married Auzière-Jourdan's mother Brigitte Trogneux, in 2007;^[7] they had first met when Macron was a 15-year-old student in Trogneux's drama class.^[6][8]

Auzière-Jourdan graduated from Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC University of Paris VI) and completed her thesis of exercise, Facteurs échographiques associés à un niveau de BNP élevé chez les insuffisants cardiaques: interaction systole diastole, in 2004.^[9] She has an older brother, Sébastien, an engineer, and a younger sister, Tiphaine, a lawyer.^[2]

Career

Auzière-Jourdan practices high-risk cardiology^[10] and vascular diseases^[6] in Vincennes and Nogent-sur-Marne.^[2] She practices with cardiologists Didier Catuli and Pierre Sablon.^[11]

Political activity

She campaigned for her stepfather Emmanuel Macron during the 2017 presidential election.^[6][12]

Personal life

She married Guillaume Jourdan, a radiologist practicing in Meaux.^[2] They have three children.^[13]