Genevieve Chevallier

The Right Honourable Genevieve Chevallier
Chevallier in 2018
13th Premier of Sainte-Chloé
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 April 2021
President	Michel Thiele
Deputy	Philippe Lambert
Preceded by	Henri Montas
Leader of the Opposition
In office 14 June 2020 – 20 April 2021
President	Michel Thiele
Prime Minister	Henri Montas
Preceded by	Bernard Blanc
Succeeded by	Henri Montas
Leader of the Catholic Labour Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 June 2020
Deputy	Philippe Lambert
Preceded by	Bernard Blanc
Minister of Education
In office 10 June 2012 – 9 June 2020
Leader	Bernard Blanc
Preceded by	Anne Richard
Succeeded by	Jean-Claude Laurent
Senator of Sainte-Chloé
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 August 2008
Preceded by	Claude Montebanc
Personal details
Born	Genevieve Stéphanie Tremblay (1983-10-13) October 13, 1983 Port de la Sainte, Sainte-Chloé
Citizenship	Sainte-Chloé
Political party	PCT
Spouse	Charles Chevallier (m. 2005)
Children	6
Parents	Claude Tremblay (father) Ange Tremblay (mother)
Alma mater	University of Sainte-Chloé

Genevieve Stéphanie Tremblay Chevallier (born October 13, 1983) is a Chloéois teacher and politician who has been serving as Premier of Sainte-Chloé since April 21st 2021, and leader of the Catholic Labour Party since June of 2020.

Born into an middle-class Gallois family in Port de la Sainte, Chevallier worked as a teacher after graduating from the University of Sainte-Chloé with a bachelor and masters degree in philosophy. Taking advantage of the economic crisis which triggered the 2008 snap elections, Chevallier was able to enter into politics and secure a Senate seat against the incumbent Social Democrat Claude Montebanc in 2008. Serving as a Senator for her first term, she was re-elected and was appointed to serve as Minister of Education by Premier Bernard Blanc in 2012, a position she held for eight years.

Shortly following the electoral victory of the PSD in the 2020 elections, Chevallier was elected as the new leader of the Catholic Labour Party following a leadership challenge of Bernard Blanc. Serving as the leader of the opposition for just under a year and following the collapse of the PSD government, Chevallier led the PCT to a sweeping victory in the 2021 snap elections, with the largest margin of victory since the 1993 elections. President Michel Thiele appointed her as Premier. Chevallier is the first Gallois Premier since the formation of Sainte-Chloé from the United Provinces, and the youngest person since Raymond Rivière to hold the office, becoming Premier at age 38.

Chevallier is genenrally regarded as more social conservative and corporatist than her PCT predecessor, and is considered as part of the right-wing of the Catholic Labour Party, whereas Blanc was part of the moderate wing. In addition, she has espoused monarchist views and is supportive of a Montecarde restoration.

Early life

Genevieve Stéphanie Tremblay was born on October 13th in 1983 in Saint Blaise Hospital in the capital city of Port de la Sainte. Her father, Claude Tremblay, was 23 at the time and a teacher at a local private school known as Saint Peter and Paul's Academy, while her mother, Ange, was 22 and a housewife and volunteer Catechist at their local parish. The family was lower middle class, and lived in a largely Gallois neighborhood of the capital city. Genevieve was the eldest child of the family, and would be followed by four brothers and three sisters. Genevieve, along with the rest of her siblings, was homeschooled for her primary education by her parents.

Genevieve described her family as "very Catholic and very traditional", and credits them for her upbringing and intellectual and moral development.

Education

After being homeschooled for the duration of her primary education, she enrolled in the single-sex private school Saint Gloriana's Girls Academy for her secondary education.

Family and Personal Life

Genevieve married Charles Chevallier (born 1981), a graduate student of canon law at the University of Sainte-Chloé, in July of 2005, shortly after completing her undergraduate degree. Although he was a canon lawyer after he completed his JCL, in 2010 he dropped his position to care for the children full-time. The couple has six children, three sons and three daughters: Véronique (born 2006), Charles (born 2007), Marguerite (born 2009), Barbe (born 2010), Camille (born 2012), and Christian-Marie (born 2015).

Chevallier identifies as a devout Traditional Catholic, and her family regularly attends the Dominican Rite at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church in Port de la Sainte.