Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs | |
| In office 26 August 2014 – 30 August 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls |
| Preceded by | Arnaud Montebourg |
| Succeeded by | Michel Sapin |
| Joint Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidency | |
| In office 15 May 2012 – 30 August 2014 | |
| President | François Hollande |
| Preceded by | Jean Castex |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Revel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 December 1977 Amiens, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party (Before 2009) Independent (2009–present) |
| Spouse |
Brigitte Trogneux (m. 2007) |
| Alma mater | Paris X Nanterre Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
Emmanuel Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French senior official, politician and former investment banker.[1] On 26 August 2014 he was appointed as the Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs in the Second Valls Government.[2] He resigned on 30 August 2016,[3] allegedly in order to launch a centrist bid in the 2017 presidential election.[4]
Early life and education
Born in Amiens, Macron is the son of Jean-Michel Macron, Professor of Neurology at the University of Picardy, and Françoise Macron-Noguès, MD. He was close to his grandmother, a school headmistress who had grown up in an illiterate household, with whom he chose to spend much of his time.[5] He studied piano for ten years.[6]
He was educated for some years at the Jesuit-founded lycée La Providence in Amiens[7] before he continued at the élite high school Lycée Henri-IV in Paris. He studied Philosophy at the University of Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense, obtaining a DEA degree. He worked as an assistant for Paul Ricoeur between 1999 and 2001[7] where he helped edit Ricoeur's book La Mémoire, l'histoire, l'oubli. He also obtained a degree in Public Affairs at Sciences Po, before training for a senior civil service career at the École nationale d'administration (ENA), graduating in 2004.[8]
Public and private career
Macron worked as an Inspector of Finances in the French Ministry of Economy between 2004 and 2008. In 2007, he served as deputy rapporteur for the Commission to improve French growth headed by Jacques Attali.[7]
He left for a position of investment banker at Rothschild & Cie Banque. While at Rothschild, he closed a high-profile deal between Nestlé and Pfizer.[8]
Political career
Macron was a member of the Socialist Party (PS) from 2006 to 2009. In 2015, during an interview on BFM TV, he said that he wasn't a member of the PS anymore.[9] From 2012 to 2014, he was deputy secretary general of the Élysée, a senior role in President Hollande's staff.[8] He was appointed Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Data in the second Valls Cabinet on 26 August 2014, replacing Arnaud Montebourg.[2]
As Minister of the Economy, Macron is at the forefront of pushing through business-friendly reforms. In February 2015, he pledged that government would force through reforms against opposition from the parliament. The statement came in response to European Commission pressure over repeatedly missed public deficit targets.
On 30 August 2016, Macron resigned from the government ahead of the 2017 presidential election, with apparent designs on launching a centrist bid for the presidency.[4] This comes shortly after he founded his own centrist political movement, En Marche, for which he was reprimanded by President Hollande.[10]
Personal life
Macron married Brigitte Trogneux, his former French teacher in high school,[1] in 2007. The couple lives with Trogneux's children from a previous marriage in France.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Emmanuel Macron - The new French minister of the economy". Cosmopolis. 27 August 2014.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b Sylvie Corbet and Elaine Ganley « French gov't reshuffle expels dissident ministers » , Associated Press, 26 August 2014
- ^ Julien Licourt; Yohan Blavignat (30 August 2016). "EN DIRECT - Macron évite soigneusement d'évoquer sa candidature" (in French). Le Figaro.
- ^ a b "Macron quits to clear way for French presidential bid". BBC. 30 August 2016.
- ^ Emmanuel Macron, "l'hémisphère droit" de François Hollande Template:Fr icon Le Nouvel Observateur
- ^ Laura Boudoux (27 August 2014) 5 choses à savoir sur Emmanuel Macron, le benjamin du gouvernement Template:Fr icon Elle ; 88 notes pour piano solo, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Editions, 2015, p.193. ISBN 978-2-35055-192-0 BnF 44332668x
- ^ a b c Emmanuel Macron, un ex-banquier touche-à-tout à Bercy Template:Fr icon France24 (with AFP). 27 August 2014
- ^ a b c d Renee Kaplan, Who is the hot new French Economy Minister
- ^ "Emmanuel Macron n'est plus encarté au Parti socialiste" Template:Fr icon Le Figaro. 28 August 2015
- ^ "France elections: Hollande slaps down ambitious minister Macron". BBC. 14 July 2016.
External links
Media related to Emmanuel Macron at Wikimedia Commons
