Marylise Lebranchu (French pronunciation: [ma.ʁi.liz lə.bʁɑ̃.ʃy] ; born 25 April 1947 in Loudéac, Côtes-d'Armor) is a French politician of the Socialist Party who served as Minister of the Reform of the State and of Decentralisation under Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

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Marylise Lebranchu
Marylise Lebranchu in 2015
Minister of the Reform of the State
In office 2012–2016
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls
Preceded by	Valérie Pécresse
Succeeded by	Annick Girardin
Minister of Justice
In office 2000–2002
President	Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister	Lionel Jospin
Preceded by	Élisabeth Guigou
Succeeded by	Dominique Perben
Deputy for Finistère's 4th constituency in the National Assembly of France
In office 1997–2012
Preceded by	Arnaud Cazin d'Honincthun
Succeeded by	Gwenegan Bui
Personal details
Born	Marylise Perrault (1947-04-25) 25 April 1947 (age 76) Loudéac, France
Political party	PS
Spouse	Jean Lebranchu
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Rennes

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Lebranchu served a Minister Delegate in charge of SMEs, Trade, Crafts, Liberal Professions and Consumer Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lionel Jospin from 1997 to 2002. In 1999, she lifted the French government's ban on sales of Coke, Sprite and Fanta produced at Coca-Cola Enterprises' Dunkirk site.^[1] From 2000 to 2002, Lebranchu served as Minister of Justice.

Lebranchu then served as a member of the National Assembly of France, representing Finistère's 4th constituency from 1997 to 2012. During that time, she was part of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group.^[2] She served on the Committee for Economic Affairs (2002–2007) and the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Force (2007–2012).^[3]

In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Lebranchu endorsed Martine Aubry as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.^[4]

On 16 May 2012, Lebranchu was named Minister of the Reform of the State and of Decentralization in the first Cabinet of French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls.^[5] In this capacity, she drafted a plan in 2014 for measured wage civil service pay rises covering the 2017-2020 period.^[6]

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Lebranchu publicly endorsed Benoît Hamon as the party's candidate for the presidential election later that year.^[7]