Catherine Chabaud

{{short description|French navigator, journalist and politician (born 1962)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|MEP}} | party = Democratic Movement<br />'''''European Union:'''''<br />European Democratic Party | image = Catherine_Chabaud.JPG | caption = | office1 = Minister Delegate for the Sea and Fishery | minister1 = Monique Barbut | prime_minister1 = Sébastien Lecornu | term_start1 = 12 October 2025 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Agnès Pannier-Runacher (as Minister) | successor1 = | constituency_MP2 = France | term_start2 = 2 July 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |publisher=European Parliament |accessdate=28 May 2019 |date=20 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|publisher=BBC News |accessdate=28 May 2019 |date=22 May 2017}}</ref> | term_end2 = 15 July 2024 | parliament2 = European | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1962|11|29}} | birth_place = Bron, France | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | website = }} '''Catherine Chabaud''' (born 29 November 1962) is a French navigator, journalist and politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as Minister Delegate for the Sea and Fishery in the government of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu since 2025. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/elections/europeennes/elections-europeennes-qui-sont-les-79-eurodeputes-elus-en-france-6369754|title=Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?|last=CAZENAVE|first=Fabien|date=2019-05-27|website=Ouest-France.fr|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref>

==Career in sports== In 1997 Chabaud became the first woman to complete the Vendee Globe yacht race a solo round the World non-stop race finishing 6th in 3rd edition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Solo yachtswoman and journalist Catherine Chabaud wins Woman of the Year award |url=https://www.euronews.com/2015/05/14/solo-yachtswoman-and-journalist-catherine-chabaud-wins-woman-of-the-year-award |accessdate=6 July 2019 |work=Euronews |date=14 May 2015}}</ref> She is the only female to have skippered the winning entry on corrected time in the Fastnet Race, doing so in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boyd |first1=James |title=Women in the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race |url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/218988/Women-in-the-2019-Rolex-Fastnet-Race |accessdate=6 July 2019 |work=Sail-World}}</ref>

==Political career== After Chabaud returned from her circumnavigation, she began working as a campaigner and adviser to the French government on oceans and marine protection.<ref>Eline Schaart (March 25, 2021), [https://www.politico.eu/article/how-an-around-the-world-sailor-became-mep-fighting-ocean-trash/ How an around-the-world sailor became an MEP fighting ocean trash] ''Politico Europe''.</ref>

As Member of the European Parliament, Chabaud served on the Committee on Development. In this capacity, she authored a 2021 report on marine plastic.<ref>Eline Schaart (March 25, 2021), [https://www.politico.eu/article/how-an-around-the-world-sailor-became-mep-fighting-ocean-trash/ How an around-the-world sailor became an MEP fighting ocean trash] ''Politico Europe''.</ref>

In addition to her committee assignments, Chabaud was part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-climate-change-biodiversity-and-sustainable-development.pdf Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development] European Parliament.</ref> the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas<ref>[http://www.searica.eu/intergroup/members-2019-2024 Members 2019-2024] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426134753/http://www.searica.eu/intergroup/members-2019-2024 |date=26 April 2020 }} European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.</ref> and the MEPs Against Cancer group.<ref>[https://www.europeancancerleagues.org/meps-against-cancer-about-meps-against-cancer-2/ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202095804/https://www.europeancancerleagues.org/meps-against-cancer-about-meps-against-cancer-2/ |date=2 February 2020 }} MEPs Against Cancer.</ref>

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