Emmanuel Macron
 Emmanuel Macron    (President of France) | |
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 President Macron and First Lady Brigitte | |
| Born | Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron 21 December 1977 Amiens, France |
| Alma mater | Paris X Nanterre, Sciences Po |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Parents | • Jean-Michel Macron • Françoise Noguès-Macron |
| Spouse | Brigitte Trogneux |
| Member of | Attali commission, French-American Foundation/Young Leaders/2012, Marshall Memorial Fellowship, WEF/Young Global Leaders/2016 |
| Interest of | Laurent Bigorgne |
| Party | En Marche! |
Emmanuel Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who is the President-elect of France. A former civil servant and investment banker, he studied philosophy at Paris Nanterre University, completed a master's of public affairs at Sciences Po, and graduated from the École nationale d'administration (ENA) in 2004. He worked as an Inspector of Finances in the Inspectorate General of Finances (IGF) and then became an investment banker at Rothschild & Cie Banque.
A member of the Socialist Party (PS) from 2006 to 2009, Macron was appointed as deputy secretary-general under François Hollande's first government in 2012 and attended the 2014 Bilderberg Conference in Copehagen. He was appointed Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs in 2014 under the Second Valls Government, where he pushed through business-friendly reforms.
Emmanuel Macron resigned in August 2016 to launch a bid in the 2017 presidential election. In November 2016, Macron declared that he would run in the election under the banner of En Marche!, a centrist political movement he founded in April 2016. Ideologically, he has been characterised as a centrist and a liberal.[1]
Macron qualified for the runoff after the first round of the election on 23 April 2017. He easily won the second round of the presidential election on 7 May according to preliminary results, making the candidate of the National Front, Marine Le Pen, concede. At the age of 39, he becomes the youngest President in French history and the youngest French head of state since Napoleon.[2]
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