Gabriel Attal (born 16 March 1989) is a French politician of

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) who has been serving as Minister of Public Action and Accounts in the

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since 2022. He was the government spokesperson under President

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from 2020 to 2022.

Early life and education

Attal was born on 16 March 1989 in Clamart. He grew up in the 13th and 14th arrondissements of Paris with three sisters. His father was a lawyer and film producer and his mother worked as an employee of a film production company. Attal studied at the

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. His political activity started when he participated in the

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. From 2007 to 2013, he studied at

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. In his first year he created the support committee for

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and coordinated support for the Franco-Colombian hostage held by the

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. He graduated from

Sciences Po , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public university, Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , a ...

in 2012 with a

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, and studied law at Panthéon-Assas University. In 2009–2010, he went on a mission to

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, director of

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. After an internship at the

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with

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during the

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, Gabriel Attal entered in 2012 the cabinet of the

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. Until 2017, he worked as an advisor in charge of relations with Parliament and as the Minister's speechwriter.

Political career

Member of the Municipal council of Vanves

In the 2014 municipal elections Attal was placed fifth on the

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list. He was elected as one of the four

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and took over the lead of the opposition, after the resignation of the head of socialist list.

Member of the National Assembly

Attal was elected to the

on 18 June 2017, representing the Hauts-de-Seine's 10th constituency, winning out over the designated successor of

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. Attal was quickly considered one of the most talented new members of parliament, with

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. As a député of the

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he became a member of the Committee on Cultural and Education Affairs, where he served as

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of the group La République En Marche!. In December 2017, Attal was appointed

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on a bill on student orientation and student success. Attal was named spokesperson of

in January 2018 and in September 2018, after the election of

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to the presidency of the

, he ran as a candidate to succeed him as president of the group La République En Marche!, but withdrew his candidacy the day before the election when he was considered one of the three favorites. He later endorsed

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Member of the Government

On 16 October 2018, Attal was appointed Secrétaire d'Etat (Assistant Secretary) to the Minister of National Education and Youth,

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. At 29, he was the youngest member of a government under the Fifth Republic, beating the previous record set by

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in 1995 by a few months. He was responsible for intervening on youth issues and setting up universal national service. He was the government spokesperson under Prime Minister

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from 2020 to 2022. He became Minister of Public Action and Accounts in the

in May 2022.

Personal life

Attal is openly gay and lives in a

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with

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, a

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of the

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for

. He was outed on Twitter by his former class-mate Juan Branco in 2018.

References

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