IN IMAGES – The prefect of Loiret and Center-Val de Loire, Régine Engström, has taken office

Régine Engström, Prefect of Loiret and Center-Val de Loire, takes office this Monday at the monument aux Morts, in Orléans pic.twitter.com/Z5as0kiSr1

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The mayor of Orléans, Serge Grouard, was one of those elected officials present (such as Marc Gaudet, president of the Department, François Bonneau, president of the Region, Marianne Dubois, deputy, or even senators Hugues Saury and Jean-Pierre Sueur). Serge Grouard will meet on Tuesday with the new prefect: “I will listen to him, find out what his expectations are, his ambition for the city”, explained Régine Engström a little later in the day during a press conference, in the prefecture in Orléans, “I will meet the local elected officials in the coming days”.

First female prefect of Loiret: “I don’t wear that like a banner”

The first woman to hold this position, Régine Engström, 56, does not want to make a big deal out of it: “I don’t wear this like a banner, but I want to be able to show young girls and young women that you can be married, a mother of three children, take up responsibilities and have a balanced life. Often, women do not dare. , you have to dare”.

His priorities

Among the priorities displayed by the new prefect, who succeeds Pierre Pouëssel, 66, victim of a serious health accident in November 2020, unsurprisingly, are the recovery plan (“there is money injected by the ‘State, to spend and to spend well on the regional territory, in two years “) and the fight against the epidemic of Covid-19.

Régine Engström will be the guest of France Bleu Orléans live this Tuesday March 2 at 7.45am.

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