Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron (born 1977) is a French politician who has served as president of France since 2017. He founded the Renaissance party in 2016 and previously served as deputy secretary-general to the president from 2012 to 2014 and minister of economics and finance from 2014 to 2016 under President François Hollande.
Biography
Emmanuel Macron is a French politician who has been President of France since 2017. He worked as a senior civil servant and investment banker, then served as economy minister under President François Hollande from 2014 to 2016.
He founded the centrist movement En Marche and won the 2017 presidential election at 39, the youngest French head of state since Napoleon. His first term saw labour and rail reforms, the gilets jaunes protests and the COVID-19 pandemic.
He was re-elected in 2022 against Marine Le Pen. His second term included a contested pension reform in 2023 and a snap parliamentary election in 2024 that left no majority in the National Assembly. He has pushed for a stronger European Union and European defence.
Offices held
Affiliations
Party membership
- Jan 1, 2006 – Jan 1, 2009 Socialist Party (France)
- from Apr 1, 2016 Renaissance (French political party)
