Stéphanie Rist
Stéphanie Rist is a French rheumatologist and politician of Renaissance who has been serving as Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and Disabled People in the government of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu since 12 October 2025.
Rist previously served as a member of the French National Assembly from the 2017 elections, representing the department of Loiret.
Early career
Rist began her career at the Hôpital Louis-Mourier in Colombes, before becoming in 2005 a hospital-based rheumatologist at the Regional Hospital Center of Orléans.Political career
Rist joined LREM in 2016.In parliament, Rist was a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education from 2017 until 2020. From 2018, she served as member of the Committee on Social Affairs. In this capacity, she authored a 2020 law on healthcare reforms amid the COVID-19 pandemic in France. From 2022, she served as the National Assembly’s lead rapporteur on the social security in France.
In addition to her committee assignments, Rist was part of a parliamentary working group on Libya.