née
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government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
of
Prime Minister
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Élisabeth Borne
Élisabeth Borne (; born 18 April 1961) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since May 2022. She is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance.
A civil engineer, government official and manager of sta ...
Jean Castex
Jean Castex (; born 25 June 1965) is a French politician who was the country's Prime Minister from 3 July 2020 to 16 May 2022. He was a member of The Republicans (LR) until 2020, when he joined La République En Marche! (LREM). Castex served f ...
La République En Marche!
Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...
(LREM), she was elected as a member of the
National Assembly
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Essonne
Essonne () is a department of France in the southern Île-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659 across 194 communes. From 2017 to 2018, she was the
La République En Marche
Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a ...
Lyon
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. Her father is an administrative executive and her mother is a nurse. She entered HEC Paris in 2005, graduating with a master's degree in management in 2009. During her studies, she interned for
Valérie Pécresse
Valérie Pécresse (; born Roux, 14 July 1967) is a French politician who has served as President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France since 2015. A member of The Republicans (LR), she previously served as Minister of Higher Education and ...
in the
National Assembly
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.
Career
From 2009 to 2012, Montchalin worked as an economist in charge of
Eurozone
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analysis for Exane BNP Paribas. She then studied at the
Kennedy School of Government
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at
Harvard University
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, graduating with a
Master of Public Administration
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in 2014. From September 2014 she worked at the insurance firm AXA on issues related to global public policy, data protection and climate change.
Before joining En Marche, Montchalin identified as on the political center-right. She has spoken of becoming disenchanted with
François Fillon
François Charles Armand Fillon (; born 4 March 1954) is a retired French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of the Republicans (previously known as the Union ...
and of being inspired by Emmanuel Macron's reformist and pro-European stance, and also by what she perceives as his willingness to prioritize skills over political experience. In the 2017 legislative elections she was elected with 61.34% of the vote, defeating her opponent Françoise Couasse of the
Union of Democrats and Independents
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. Turnout was low at 41.25%.
She is a member of the Finance Commission ( French: ''Commission des Finances''), the parliamentary committee that scrutinises public spending.
On 27 March 2019, she was appointed as Secretary of State for European Affairs, succeeding Nathalie Loiseau. She served in this post until July 2020, when she was promoted to become Minister for Transformation and Public Service. She left the
Borne government
The Borne government is the forty-third government of the French Fifth Republic, formed on 16 May 2022 and headed by Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron.
Context Formation
On 16 May 2022, Jean Castex ...
Second Philippe government
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Castex government
The Castex government (French: ''Gouvernement Castex'') was the forty-second government of the French Fifth Republic, formed on 3 July 2020 and headed by Jean Castex as Prime Minister under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron. It was dissolved on 1 ...
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Borne government
The Borne government is the forty-third government of the French Fifth Republic, formed on 16 May 2022 and headed by Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron.
Context Formation
On 16 May 2022, Jean Castex ...