The French President's famous medical family

There are three women who have left their mark in Emmanuel Macron's life: his mother Françoise, his grandmother Manette and his wife Brigitte.

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Mr. Macron welcomes his mother at the inauguration ceremony on May 14. On the left is his father. Photo: Reuters

They contributed to shaping the personality of France's youngest president.

Among the guests attending the inauguration of new President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace on May 14, two were the most emotional: Mrs. Françoise Noguès and Mr. Jean-Michel Macron, the president's father. Before this important ceremony, they rarely appeared before the press.

Family all in the medical profession

After their first child (female) died at birth, they had three more children together: Emmanuel Macron, Laurent (male) born in 1979 and Estelle (female) born in 1982.

Mr. Macron's family all have a medical bent.

Father Jean-Michel Macron, 67, is a doctor of medicine specializing in sleep disorders and epilepsy, professor and head of the neurology department at Amiens University Hospital and also teaches at the medical faculty.

Françoise Noguès, the same age as her husband, works as a consultant at the social security agency.

His younger brother Laurent is a cardiac radiologist and his youngest sister Estelle is a nephrologist.

According to the Huffington Post (France), Mr. Macron's parents have both published many research works in medical journals.

In 2010, Françoise divorced her husband. Jean-Michel Macron remarried, starting a family with psychiatrist Hélène Joly.

Speaking to Vanity Fair magazine before his inauguration, Mr. Emmanuel Macron frankly confided: "You know, my life is all about women like my grandmother or my wife - my best friend."

Mr Macron may talk at length about his wife and grandmother Manette, but he rarely speaks about his mother, Françoise.

Journalist Bernard Pascuito commented on Europe1 radio: “This is also strange. He never mentioned his mother. We knew something bad had happened…”.

Isolate the son from the love of the teacher

In the book “Emmanuel Macron - A Perfect Boy” (Plon Publishing House, April 2017), a 288-page biography of President Emmanuel Macron, female journalist Anne Fulda quoted Mrs. Françoise recounting that when Mr. Macron was a child, despite having several children, she still focused on educating her son on family values, a passion for work, and respect for freedom.

The reason Mr. Macron rarely mentioned his mother was because at first Mrs. Françoise expressed dissatisfaction with her son's relationship with French teacher Brigitte Trogneux, who was 24 years older than her son.

The couple believed that their son had been seduced by the teacher, so they decided to send their son Macron to Paris to attend the final year of high school at the prestigious Henri-IV high school in the Latin quarter of the 5th arrondissement.

She and her 16-year-old son went to Paris to rent an attic room and take care of his food and accommodation.

Recalling this period, Mrs. Françoise recalled that at that time she told her teacher Brigitte Trogneux: “Don't calculate anything anymore. You already have your life and my son doesn't have children yet.”

Her family asked the teacher not to come near their son until he was 18. But the woman who would later become the first lady of France replied: “Madam, I cannot promise anything.”

Become a friend of the daughter-in-law

Throughout Mr. Macron's career, Mrs. Françoise has always been behind the scenes, following the discussions on the Macron bill (law number 2015-990 of August 6, 2015 on growth, activity and economic equality, submitted by Minister of Economy Emmanuel Macron on behalf of the government) to her son's election campaigns.

On April 23, Mrs. Françoise was present at her son's headquarters to follow the results of the first round of the French presidential election.

Mother Françoise Noguès (far right) watches the first round election results with her son and daughter-in-law. Photo: AFP

In the months since Mr. Macron entered the second round, the French press has rarely mentioned Mr. Macron's family.

After her son was elected president on May 7, Mrs. Françoise began speaking to the press.

She proudly told Paris Match newspaper: “I woke up, I couldn't believe it, I didn't know if I was dreaming or not...”.

For her daughter-in-law, time has become a medicine to heal all wounds. Gradually, she has accepted teacher Brigitte Trogneux.

Speaking publicly about her daughter-in-law for the first time in her book “Emmanuel Macron - A Perfect Man”, Françoise confirmed: “She is now my friend, not my daughter-in-law anymore.”

She praised her son's love for his daughter-in-law: "With Brigitte, it's wonderful... Even if Laetitia Casta (French model, actress, director) were told to take off her clothes in front of Emmanuel, he wouldn't budge. The love between Emmanuel and Brigitte has completely assimilated."

According to Tuoi Tre