Jacques Serais 07:57, January 13, 2023

Two days after the withdrawal of the president of the French Football Federation, the victory of a minister is emerging.

Behind the political pressure, a woman: Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A profile that intrigues and sometimes annoys internally.

In six months, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has quickly established herself.

In a few weeks, the Minister of Sports saw Bernard Laporte, the president of the French Rugby Federation, then Noël Le Graët, the boss of French football, fall.

The fall of two men at the head of very powerful federations and the minister is not for nothing.

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A "brittle" person

To Bernard Laporte, she demands guarantees around her withdrawal after her conviction for favoritism.

At Noël Le Graët, she maintained constant pressure until he let go of his chair.

But this former promotion classmate of Emmanuel Macron at the ENA is not unanimous.

Some former collaborators describe her as a "tough" and "brittle" person.

Since last May, exasperated, many have thrown in the towel.

This former tennis champion is just as cash and divisive in public as in private.

What annoy until the Elysée.

"The president has confidence in her. But sometimes she exasperates him," confides an adviser who recalls that the minister's rainbow-sleeved sweater, an LGBT symbol, during the World Cup in Qatar, n was not to the taste of the Presidency.