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Castex government: those entering, those leaving

2020-07-07T18:37:35.695Z


A total of eight new ministers were appointed in support of the reshuffle, and five more were dismissed.The happiness of some makes the misfortune of others. The secretary general of the Élysée, Alexis Kohler, unveiled this Monday on the steps of the Élysée the composition of the new government. He thus recorded the arrival of eight new ministers and the departure of five others. This vast change should allow Emmanuel Macron to build the " new path " that he wishes to chart for the last two years of...


The happiness of some makes the misfortune of others. The secretary general of the Élysée, Alexis Kohler, unveiled this Monday on the steps of the Élysée the composition of the new government. He thus recorded the arrival of eight new ministers and the departure of five others. This vast change should allow Emmanuel Macron to build the " new path " that he wishes to chart for the last two years of his five-year term and for the country. This team should be completed in the coming days by the appointment of several secretaries of state. Le Figaro takes stock.

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»Those who enter:

Barbara Pompili is appointed Minister of the Ecological Transition, and becomes number three in the government. Former member of EELV, she had already been Secretary of State for Biodiversity under François Hollande. Since 2017, she has been the MP for La République en Marche de la Somme.

»Discover the portrait of Barbara Pompili

Roselyne Bachelot finds a morocco and discovers a third president. Minister of Ecology under Jacques Chirac, then Minister of Health under Nicolas Sarkozy, the former executive of the UMP becomes Minister of Culture for Emmanuel Macron, where she replaces Franck Riester.

»Discover the portrait of Roselyne Bachelot

Éric Dupond-Moretti has been appointed Minister of Justice, replacing the Minister of Justice Nicole Belloubet. This is the surprise of this reshuffle. The lawyer, nicknamed "Acquittator" for the record number of acquittals he obtained, the tenor of the bar is dreaded in the assize courts.

»Discover the portrait of Éric Dupond-Moretti

Élisabeth Moreno becomes Minister Delegate in charge of Equality between Women and Men, Diversity and Equal Opportunities, while being attached to Matignon. European sales director of the computer manufacturer "Lenovo" between 2012 and 2019, the Franco-Cape Verdean then held the position of vice-president of Hewlett-Packard Africa.

Alain Griset has been appointed Minister Delegate in charge of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, attached to the Minister of the Economy. Patron of a taxi company for 40 years then co-manager of an aesthetic company, in 2017 he became president of the Union of local businesses (U2P), one of the three employers' organizations.

Brigitte Klinkert becomes Minister Delegate in charge of Integration with the Minister of Labor and Employment. Vice-president of Haut-Rhin between 1998 and 2017, she then took the head of the department. She is also the deputy for deputy Éric Straumann.

Nadia Hai becomes Minister Delegate in charge of the City. After a career at HSBC bank then at Barclays, she was elected in the Yvelines in 2017, under the LREM label. Member of Parliament for Trappes, where she succeeded Benoît Hamon, she then joined the Assembly's finance committee.

Brigitte Bourguignon has been appointed Minister Delegate to the Minister of Solidarity and Health, in charge of Autonomy. The member for Pas-de-Calais since 2012, first elected under the PS label, was re-elected in 2017 under the LREM banner. At the Assembly, she chaired the Social Affairs committee.

»Those who go out:

Christophe Castaner will no longer be the Minister of the Interior. Appointed in 2018, this very close to Emmanuel Macron had to manage the crisis of "yellow vests" then monitor compliance with confinement last winter. He is replaced by his former colleague Gérald Darmanin, who leaves Bercy to join Beauvau.

»Find Christophe Castaner's report at the Ministry of the Interior

Nicole Belloubet , in office since June 2017, will return the keys to the Chancellery. Law professor and former PS regional councilor of Midi-Pyrénées, she was a member of the Constitutional Council from 2014 until her appointment to the government, as Keeper of the Seals, in 2017. She is replaced by Éric Dupond-Moretti.

»Find Nicole Belloubet's report at the Ministry of Justice

Muriel Pénicaud , left the Ministry of Labor where she had been working since May 2017. She had previously gone through managerial positions at Danone. She notably led the reform of Emmanuel Macron's Labor Code, and she brought the “professional future” law. Élisabeth Borne, former Minister for the Ecological Transition, succeeds him.

»Find Muriel Pénicaud's assessment at the Ministry of Labor

Didier Guillaume was not retained in government. Former PS General Councilor of Drôme then senator, he left the presidency of the socialist group at the Palais du Luxembourg to join the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in October 2018. The former Minister of the City and Housing, Julien Denormandie succeeds him.

Sibeth Ndiaye will no longer be the spokesperson for the government. This lifelong macronist had succeeded Benjamin Griveaux at the end of March 2019, who had resigned to devote himself to his Paris campaign. Gabriel Attal, former Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education and Youth, succeeds him.

Source: lefigaro

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