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The new French government

The composition of a new French government was announced Tuesday evening, one day after Prime Minister Manuel Valls presented the collective resignation of his first government following deep divisions over economic policy. Valls’s new government is the third to be formed under the presidency of François Hollande - and also in the space of barely five months. Purged of the outspoken anti-austerity left-wing of the Socialist Party, it notably sees Emmanuel Macron, 36, a former banker, civil servant and deputy chief-of-staff to President François Hollande appointed as economy and industry minister, replacing Arnaud Montebourg whose fierce public attacks against government policies this weekend sparked the crisis. The 16-member cabinet, composed of equal numbers of men and women, is largely a minor reshuffle, with no changes among the powerful  ministries of foreign affairs, ecology, finance, defence and the interior. Outgoing justice minister Christiane Taubira, who was rumoured to be among the leftists to refuse further participation in government, has been re-appointed to her post, while outgoing anti-austerity education minister and ally of Montebourg's, Benoît Hamon, has been replaced by former women's rights and sport minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem. Green party members refused to take part in the cabinet, mostly made up of Socialist Party ministers but which continues to include allies from the Radical Party of the Left. Mediapart presents the makeup of the new government.

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The new French government cabinet (senior ministers):

  • Laurent FABIUS, Minister of Foreign Afffairs, and International Development
  • Ségolène ROYAL, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
  • Najat VALLAUD-BELKACEM, Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research
  • Christiane TAUBIRA, Minister of Justice
  • Michel SAPIN, Minister of Finance and Public Accounts
  • Emmanuel MACRON, Minister of the Economy, Industry (Productive Recovery) and Digital Affairs
  • Marisol TOURAINE, Minister of Health, Social Affairs and Women's Rights
  • François REBSAMEN, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue
  • Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Minister of Defence
  • Bernard CAZENEUVE, Minister of the Interior
  • Patrick KANNER, Minister of Urban Affairs, Youth and Sport
  • Fleur PELLERIN, Minister of Culture and Communication
  • Stéphane LE FOLL, Minister of Agriculture, the Agroalimentary Industry and Forests, and also government spokesman.
  • Marylise LEBRANCHU, Minister of Decentralisation, State Reform, and the Public Sector
  • Sylvia PINEL, Minister of Housing, Regional Equality and Rural Affairs
  • George PAU-LANGEVIN, Minister for Overseas Territories

Junior ministers:

  • Jean-Marie LE GUEN, Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament
  • Harlem DÉSIR, Secretary of State for European Affairs
  • Matthias FEKL, Secretary of State for Overseas Trade
  • Annick GIRARDIN, Secretary of State for Development and Francophone Culture
  • Frédéric CUVILLIER, Secretary of State for Transport, the Sea and Fisheries
  • Geneviève FIORASO, Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research
  • Kader ARIF, Secretary of State for War Veterans and Commemoration
  • Christian ECKERT, Secretary of State for the Budget
  • Axelle LEMAIRE, Secretary of State for the Digital Economy
  • Carole DELGA, Secretary of State for Trade and Small Professional Businesses
  • Thierry BRAILLARD, Secretary of State for Sport
  • André VALLINI, Secretary of State for Local Government Reform
  • Laurence ROSSIGNOL, Secretary of State for the Family, the Elderly and Autonomy
  • Ségolène NEUVILLE Secretary of State for the Disabled and for the Fight Against Social Exclusion
  • Thierry MANDON, State Reform and Simplification
  • Pascale BOISTARD,  Secretary of State for Women’s Rights
  • Myriam EL-KHOMRI, Secretary of State for Urban Affairs

Update September 10th 2014: Matthias Fekl replaced Thomas Thévenoud as Secretary of State for Overseas Trade on September 4th after Thévenoud was forced to resign over revelations he had avoided paying income tax over a three-year period.

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