Emmanuel Macaron | |
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25th President of France | |
Assumed office 14 May 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe Jean Castex Élisabeth Borne Gabriel Attal Michel Barnier |
Preceded by | François Hollande |
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 |
Personal details | |
Born | Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron 21 December 1977 Amiens, France |
Political party | Renaissance (2016–present) |
Other political affiliations | Socialist Party (2006–2009) |
Spouse(s) | |
Alma mater | Paris X Nanterre Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
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Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron CBE (French: [emanɥɛl makʁɔ̃]; born 21 December 1977 in Amiens) is a French politician, senior civil servant, and former investment banker. Macron is the 25th and current President of France and co-prince of Andorra since 14 May 2017.
Macron was a member of the Socialist Party (PS) from 2006 to 2009. He was designated deputy secretary-general under François Hollande's first government in 2012 before being appointed Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs in 2014 under the Second Valls Government,[1] where he pushed through business-friendly reforms.
Macron resigned in August 2016[2] in order to launch a bid in the 2017 presidential election.[3] In November 2016, Macron declared that he would run in the election under the banner of En Marche!, a centrist[4] movement he founded in April 2016. Macron won the election after defeating Marine Le Pen on the second round on 7 May 2017 by winning 66% of the vote.[5] At his election to the presidency at age 39, he became the youngest President in French history and the youngest head of state since Napoléon III.[6] He was re-elected in 2022 beating Le Pen again, becoming the first French president in twenty years to win re-election.[7]