Marie Lahernelle

Marie Lahernelle
Minister of Health and Solidarity of Voisey
Assumed office 30 April 2020
Preceded by	Héloïse Jacquot
Personal details
Born	Marie Jeanne Clémence Choisillot (1961-05-23) May 23, 1961 Chezal-Benoît, Cher, Voisey
Citizenship	Voiseyian
Nationality	Voiseyian
Political party	Union Gaulliste Conservatrice (UGC)
Height	1 m 65cm
Spouse	André Lahernelle (1959-)
Children	Denise and Albert Lahernelle
Parent	Auguste Choisillot (1930-2012) (father) Colette Freignot (1932-2022) (mother)
Residence	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Profession	Emergency doctor
Salary	4250 FV (4400$) (Emergency doctor salary)

Marie Lahernelle, born June 23, 1961 in Chezal-Benoît (an active 850 inhabitants town, specialized in the production of a cheese called "Valençay"), is a voiseyian politician and doctor. She’s not a political figure. Indeed, Daniel Marangé wanted in his government, competent ministers and close to their field. Health being crucial in Voisey, he decided to choose Marie Lahernelle, who is an emergency doctor at the Taillegrin hospital in Bourges, Cher. Marie Lahernelle was nevertheless the director of the Emergency Services of Cher, the organization managing the hospitals of the region of Bourges.

Early Life, Education, and Family

Marie Choisillot was born on 23 June 1961 in a modest family in Chénal-Benoît, a village near the border with Bessin. This village lives, among other things, from the production of a cheese called "Valençay", also produced in Touloisie. Her father, Auguste Choisillot, is a cheese maker. He had a shop in the centre of the village where he sold products such as yogurt, cheese, cream, milk produced by his cows. Colette, her mother, helps her husband in the shop and in the exploitation. Marie has 1 big-brother and a lil sister.

In 1968, war broke out. The father, like so many other Voiseyian men, enlisted in the army and was sent to the Carélian front. In April 1972, he was seriously wounded during the battle of Tervins and was admitted to the military hospital of Charleville-Mézières (north of Voisey).

Meanwhile, the Choisillot family fled Chézal-Benoît to take refuge in Nevers. The enemy advance is dazzling and Nevers is soon captured. The Choisillot family returned to their hometown, under enemy occupation. The war period is tough. Food rationing makes life complicated, despite the family’s vegetable garden, thanks to their farm. After the war, the family is reunited, the father having been released (because sent, despite his wounds, to a forced labour camp in Carélie, that of Masbourg) and life resumes its normal course.

Marie decides to leave the small family town to go to Moulins to study medicine. In 1991, she graduated and began her career as a nurse in a small hospital in Lignières. She discovers the harsh reality of the Voiseyian hospital services of the time: dilapidated hospital, lacking means and staff, and overloaded.

The following year she married André Lahernelle, a civil servant living in Bourges. Both took agent to Bourges. Marie Lahernelle is transferred to the emergency department of the hospital her new hospital. She quickly climbed the ranks, showing perseverance and courage in her difficult work, but also a lot of attention and kindness to patients. In 1996, she became head of the hospital’s emergency department. She is restoring order and fighting with the highest authorities of her department and the region to obtain more means to treat her patients. In 2001, she became the president of the Departmental Emergency Services of Cher. She became known for her radical stance on the health debate. It is calling for more funding for hospitals, particularly for emergencies. In 2005, she ran as a deputy in her 3rd constituency of Cher for the UGC part, but only harvested 10% of the tracks (she came in 3rd position). She did not run again in 2010. Finally, in 2020, she was invited to join the government of Daniel Marangé as Minister of Health and Solidarity.