Isabelle Rauch

Biography

Rauch grew up in the Ardennes and in Alsace. She has worked as a medicine salesperson, for an agricultural products company, in telephone sales, and as a business consultant. She studied at the ICN Business School in Nancy in 2014, and also has a specialist advanced diploma (diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées) in marketing. She has four children.

She first became involved in politics as a member of the Socialists, joining the party in 1997. She has spoken of her admiration for the then Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. Rauch was elected as a city councilor in 2001 and as a regional councilor in 2008. She left the Socialists for the Union of Democrats and Independents in 2015. However, she left the party after it endorsed Francois Fillon for the 2017 presidential election. She was elected with 70.13% of the vote, defeating her National Front opponent Emilie Matz.