Jean-Noël Barrot (born 13 May 1983) is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has served as in the
government
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of
Prime Minister
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Politico Europe
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Le Monde
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''.
Prior to joining the government, Barrot represented the 2nd constituency of the
Yvelines
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National Assembly
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from
2017
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Jacques Barrot
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(1937–2014). He graduated from HEC Paris in 2007 (Grande Ecole programme) and 2013 (PhD). He also graduated from Sciences Po and the
Paris School of Economics
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in 2008. His sister Hélène Barrot is Direction of communication for
Uber
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in Europe.
In 2013, Barrot became a research affiliate at the
Sloan School of Management
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at the
MIT
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, url=https://ilp.mit.edu/node/24408. In 2017, he became an assistant professor at HEC Paris.
Haute-Loire
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Regional Council of Île-de-France
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In the 2017 legislative election, Barrot was elected to Parliament. In parliament, he served as a member (and vice president) of the Finance Committee. In this capacity, he co-authored with
Bénédicte Peyrol
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Early life and career
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draft legislation in 2018 to combat large-scale tax evasion and avoidance schemes through
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in the wake of the CumEx Files revelations.
In addition to his committee assignments, Barrot was a member of the French-Uruguayan Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In late 2017, Barrot was appointed by President of the National Assembly
François de Rugy
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Since 2007, he has repres ...
to chair a 10-member working group on reforming the National Assembly. The group submitted two reports, in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
From February 2018, Barrot served as spokesman of the Democratic Movement, in tandem with Sarah El Haïry. He eventually succeeded Yann Wehrling as Secretary General of MoDem in December 2018, serving under the leadership of the party's president François Bayrou.
Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications (2022-present)
In July 2022, Barrot became in the
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...
of
Prime Minister
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Élisabeth Borne
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A civil engineer, government official and manager of sta ...
. In 2023, Barrot criticized
ChatGPT
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and accused the service of not respecting privacy law. However, Barrot stated that he opposes efforts to ban the service.
Political positions
In June 2020, Barrot together with fellow party member Patrick Mignola proposed a law to introduce
mail-in voting
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In an el ...