Catherine Vautrin

**Catherine Vautrin** (; born 26 July 1960) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister of the Armed Forces since 2025. She was the Minister of Labour, Health, Solidarity, and Families in the successive governments of Prime Ministers François Bayrou and Sébastien Lecornu from 2024 to 2025.

Vautrin represented the 2nd constituency of Marne in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2004 and 2007 to 2017.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Catherine Vautrin
- **image**: Vautrin 1503548 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Vautrin in 2022
- **office**: Minister of the Armed Forces (France), Minister of the Armed Forces
- **primeminister**: Sébastien Lecornu
- **termstart**: 12 October 2025
- **predecessor**: Sébastien Lecornu (interim)
Bruno Le Maire
- **office1**: Ministry of Labour (France), Minister of Labour, Ministry of Health (France), Health, Government of France, Solidarity and Families
- **primeminister1**: François Bayrou
Sébastien Lecornu
- **term start1**: 23 December 2024
- **term end1**: 12 October 2025
- **predecessor1**: Astrid Panosyan (Labour)
Geneviève Darrieussecq (Health)
Paul Christophe (Solidarity)
Agnès Canayer (Families)
- **successor1**: Jean-Pierre Farandou (Labour, Solidarity)
 Stéphanie Rist (Health, Families)
- **primeminister2**: Gabriel Attal
- **term start2**: 11 January 2024
- **term end2**: 21 September 2024
- **predecessor2**: Olivier Dussopt (Labour)
Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo (Health)
Aurore Bergé (Solidarity)
- **successor2**: Astrid Panosyan (Labour)
Geneviève Darrieussecq (Health)
Paul Christophe (Solidarity)
- **office3**: Minister of Territorial Development (France), Minister of Partnership with Territories and Decentralization
- **primeminister3**: Michel Barnier
- **termstart3**: 21 September 2024
- **termend3**: 23 December 2024
- **predecessor3**: Christophe Béchu (Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion)
 Caroline Cayeux (Relations with Local Authorities)
- **successor3**: François Rebsamen
- **office4**: Minister delegate (France), Minister Delegate for Social Cohesion and Parity
- **primeminister4**: Dominique de Villepin
- **term start4**: 2 June 2005
- **term end4**: 15 May 2007
- **predecessor4**: Nelly Olin (Social Cohesion)
Nicole Ameline (Parity)
- **successor4**: Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
- **office5**: Vice President of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly
- **president5**: Bernard Accoyer
Claude Bartolone
- **term start5**: 26 September 2008
- **term end5**: 20 June 2017
- **office6**: Deputy (France), Member of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly
for Marne (department), Marne's Marne's 2nd constituency, 2nd constituency
- **term start6**: 20 June 2007
- **term end6**: 20 June 2017
- **predecessor6**: Philippe Feneuil
- **successor6**: Aina Kuric
- **term start7**: 19 June 2002
- **term end7**: 30 April 2004
- **predecessor7**: Jean-Claude Étienne
- **successor7**: Arnaud Robinet
- **office8**: President of Grand Reims
- **term start8**: 14 April 2014
- **term end8**: 16 January 2024
- **predecessor8**: Adeline Hazan
- **otherparty**: Rally for the Republic, RPR (1980–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement, UMP (2002–2015)
The Republicans (France), LR (2015–2019)
Independent politician, Independent (2019–2024)
- **alma mater**: Paris Descartes University
- **birth place**: Reims, France
- **party**: Renaissance (French political party), Renaissance (2024–present)
- **children**: 1