Jacqueline Beauvère

**Jacqueline Élise Beauvère** (née **Loup**; born 16 April 1962) is a Frankish politician who has served as a Federal Councillor of Frankenland and the director of the Department of Economic Affairs and Social Welfare since 2015. She is additionally the current Vice President of Frankenland for the year 2020. Beauvère previously was a member of the State Council for Aurilogne from 2012 to 2015 and a member of the National Council for Aurilogne from 2006 to 2012. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Party.

Beauvère was born in Vayonne, Aurilogne and graduated from secondary school in 1980. After graduating, she moved to Bletzel to enroll in the Free University of Bletzel, graduating with a degree in politics in 1983. Afterwards, she returned to Frankenland and began working as an aide in the Aurilogne State Council. She left this position in 1989, becoming a stay-at-home mother. Beauvère returned to the workforce in 2001, becoming an assistant speechwriter for the Christian Democratic Party of Aurilogne. She was promoted to lead speechwriter in 2003, before leaving the position to enter elected politics in 2006, after being elected to the National Council in the 2006 election. She was later reelected in the 2010 election. Halfway through her second term, Beauvère was elected by the Aurilogne State Council to take the retiring Christopher Breguet's seat in the federal State Council.

In 2015, Beauvère declared her candidacy in the 2015 Federal Council election, in order to replace the retiring Paul Gaustin. Seen as one of the most senior members of the party, Beauvère was considered to be the obvious choice to succeed Gaustin in the Federal Council. She advanced to the general ballot along with Thomas Engelhardt, where she won the election by thirty-one percentage points in a landslide. Upon her election, she was assigned as director of the Department of Economic Affairs and Social Welfare. Beauvère served her first term as Vice President of Frankenland in 2020.

## Early life, education, and career

Beauvère was born on 12 April 1962 in Vayonne, Aurilogne to parents Dennis (1932–1997) and Morgane Loup (née *Lerner*; born 1934). Her father worked in sales, while her mother was a schoolteacher. The family was middle-class, and Beauvère was raised practicing Eurean Catholicism. She is the second of three daughters; her sisters include Rachelle, born  (1960-09-13) 13 September 1960 (age 63), and Julie, born  (1965-07-30) 30 July 1965 (age 58).

Beauvère began her education in 1968, attending a local, public primary school in Vayonne. While in school, Beauvère became interested in politics due to the influence of her parents, both highly political people. She graduated from primary school in 1977, subsequently beginning *lycée* and studying the social sciences and humanities; she graduated in 1980. After finishing her secondary education, Beauvère moved to Bletzel to enroll in the Faculty of Government and Political Science at the Free University of Bletzel, graduating with a degree in political science in 1983. After graduating, Beauvère returned to Frankenland and began working as a legislative aide in the Aurilogne State Council. She left this position to become a stay-at-home mother in 1989, later returning to work as an assistant speechwriter for the Christian Democratic Party of Aurilogne in 2001. She became lead speechwriter for the state party in 2003, until leaving the position to enter elected politics in 2006.

## Personal life

Beauvère began a relationship with Frankish lawyer and Aurilogne University law professor Leon Beauvère in 1986. They became engaged a year after beginning their relationship, and later married in 1989. They have four children together: Micheline, born  (1991-06-22) 22 June 1991 (age 32), François, born  (1992-12-14) 14 December 1992 (age 31), and fraternal twins Nicole and Brianne, born  (1995-03-17) 17 March 1995 (age 28). The family has their primary residence in Aurilogne, while Beauvère also owns a small apartment in Gortzman for government business.

Beauvère is a practicing Eurean Catholic, who attends church weekly. She speaks Maldonian natively, and is additionally fluent in Lungarian and Ditrovian.