Michèle Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (born 10 September 1946) is the French Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories; she is the first woman to hold that position and the first woman to lead a major French political party. She was Minister of Defence in Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin's cabinet and was the first woman to hold that position as well.

Forbes magazine declared her the 57th most powerful woman in the world in 2006 and the 11th in 2007.

Born in Villeneuve-le-Roi in the Val-de-Marne, her father was Bernard Marie, the Mayor of Biarritz. Before her career in politics, she was a senior lecturer at the University of Paris I, and also spent some time practicing law. She holds a doctorate of law, a doctorate in political science and Master's degree in ethnology.