Marc Fesneau (; born 11 January 1971) is a French politician who has served as Minister of Agriculture and Food since 20 May 2022 in the

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. A member of the

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(MoDem), he previously represented the 1st constituency of the

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and presided over the

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in the

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from 2017 to 2018. Fesneau also served as Minister for Relations with Parliament under Prime Minister

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from 2018 until 2020, when his portfolio was expanded in the newly-appointed

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to include citizen participation.

Political career

Early career

First elected to the

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, Fesneau assumed the mayorship in 2008. He served as a regional councillor in

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from 2004 to 2010. In 2009, he was selected to be the

's candidate in Centre for the 2010 regional election, in which the list he led placed sixth. He failed to be reelected regional councillor. In 2010, Fesneau was appointed secretary-general of the Democratic Movement.

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included Fesneau in his shadow cabinet; in this capacity, he served as opposition counterpart to

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. In 2017, Fesneau became party vice president.

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2018

In the 2017 legislative election, Fesneau was elected to the

. He was subsequently unanimously elected to the presidency of the MoDem group in the National Assembly on 25 June; though

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had initially announced her intent to run, she ultimately decided not to. He also served as member of the Committee on National Defence and Armed Forces (2017–2018) and the Committee on Legal Affairs (2018). In this capacity, he was his parliamentary group's

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on constitutional reforms. In September 2018, following

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's appointment to the government, Fesneau ran for the presidency of the National Assembly. He placed third behind

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of The Republicans and

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, who was elected with 254 votes.

Career in government, 2018–present

In October 2018, Fesneau was appointed Minister for Relations with Parliament in the

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under the direct leadership of Philippe.Harriet Agnew (19 October 2018)
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''. He was replaced by his substitute

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in the National Assembly. Upon the inauguration of the

in July 2020, the citizen participation portfolio was added to his title, which was changed to minister delegate. In the 2021 regional election in

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(Centre until 2015), Fesneau led the MoDem list supported by

and Agir, which placed fifth. He regained a seat in the regional council, where he took the presidency of the MoDem group. In May 2022, Fesneau succeeded

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as Minister of Agriculture and Food under Prime Minister

. In June 2022, he ran for reelection to his seat in Loir-et-Cher and won.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fesneau, Marc 1971 births Living people Union for French Democracy politicians Democratic Movement (France) politicians Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Sciences Po alumni Politicians from Paris Politicians from Centre-Val de Loire Mayors of places in Centre-Val de Loire Regional councillors of France Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of the Borne government