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Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances, de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique.
Jun 1, 2022 · Bruno Le Maire est -il compétent? Est-il vraiment à sa place au poste qu'il occupe? (spoiler : évidemment NON)
Dec 17, 2021 · French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire raises concern over a Trump-like presidential candidate stoking division in France, discusses consequences for Russia ...
- Early Life and Education
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- Political Positions
- Controversy
- Personal Life
- Depictions in Film
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- Bibliography
Bruno Le Maire was born on 15 April 1969 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He is the son of Maurice Le Maire, an executive at the oil company Total, and Viviane Fradin de Belâbre, a headmistress of private Catholic schools, mainly Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague. Le Maire was educated at Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague until he obtained his baccalauréat. Le Maire ...
Early beginnings
After leaving the ÉNA in 1998, Bruno Le Maire found a job in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He eventually joined the team assisting the Secretary General of the Office of the President, Dominique de Villepin. He went on to a role of Foreign Affairs Advisor in the ministry in 2002,then onto an advisor role in the Interior Ministry in 2004. Following several roles in Government including one working directly with Dominique de Villepin, Le Maire was chosen to be political advisor to the Prime...
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fishing, 2009–2012
In June 2009, Le Maire became the new Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fishing in the government of François Fillon. During his tenure at the Ministry, he created a new framework to modernize French agriculture, food and fishing. He also hosted the G20 Agriculture summit in 2011, which resulted in the creation of AMIS (Agricultural Market Information System). The main objective of AMIS is to monitor the global agricultural market under a rotating presidency. An intervention Forum can be conv...
Candidacies for leadership roles
In August 2012, Le Maire announced that he would be a candidate for the presidency of the Union for a Popular Movement, competing against former Prime Minister François Fillon, Secretary General Jean-François Copé and former Minister of Ecology Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet. He decided to develop a reformist line and to focus his campaign around four main axes: 1. Enhancing European economic integration 2. Strengthening French entrepreneurship and economy 3. Going back to the values of respect a...
European Union organisations
1. European Investment Bank (EIB), ex officiomember of the Board of Governors 2. European Stability Mechanism(ESM), member of the Board of Governors
International organisations
1. Asian Development Bank (ADB), ex officiomember of the Board of Governors 2. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), ex officiomember of the Board of Governors 3. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), ex officiomember of the Board of Governors 4. Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), ex officiomember of the Board of Governors 5. International Monetary Fund (IMF), ex officiomember of the Board of Governors 6. Joint World Bank-IMF Development Committee, Member 7...
Non-profit organisations
1. European Council on Foreign Relations(ECFR), member 2. Hertie School of Governance, member of the Board of Trustees 3. Long-Term Investors Club, member 4. Permanent Platform of Atomium Culture, member of the Advisory Board
Domestic policy
During the conservative primaries in 2016, Le Maire shifted to the right, taking a tough stance on law and order and national identity issues. He called for the immediate expulsion of foreigners regarded as suspect by the security services, the deportation of foreign nationals who complete jail terms,and a curb of refugee numbers.
Economic policy
Le Maire has set out a free-market economic agenda, calling for the privatisation of France's labour offices, the end of subsidised jobs and capping of welfare benefits.Since taking office, he has steered Macron's drive to lighten the government touch on the economy and cut red-tape, and is overseeing a push to privatize airports and other state-controlled companies. In 2016, however, Le Maire was quoted as saying the prospect of Britain leaving the European Union was a "fabulous opportunity...
Brexit
On Brexit itself, Le Maire caused controversy on 20 July 2017 when he told the French Parliament's economic affairs committee: "The United Kingdom has a remaining balance to pay to the EU budget of €100 billion" The view held by Le Maire has been shared by European Leaders since April 2017 with some of them believing the "divorce-bill" will lead the UK to owing the European Union £50 billion He also promised to set up a special court to handle English-law cases for financial contracts after B...
In 2019, Le Maire received several letters containing death threats, including one with bullets enclosed. In 2021, Reuters reported that Le Maire's phone was investigated to determine whether it had been infected by a spyware known as Pegasus. In 2023, his novel Fugue Américaine, about the pianist Vladimir Horowitz, was criticized, notably for its ...
Le Maire is married to Pauline Doussau de Bazignan. They have four children. The family has a holiday home in Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle.
In the movie La Conquête (The Conquest), released in 2011 about Nicolas Sarkozy's career, he was played by Emmanuel Noblet. Le Maire briefly appeared in Bertrand Tavernier's film The French Minister(2013) as himself.
Denmark: Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog(2018)France: Commander of the Ordre du Mérite Maritime(2009)France: Commander of the Ordre du Mérite Agricole ex officioas Minister of AgricultureGermany: Knight Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany(2022)Le Ministre. Éditions Grasset, 2004Des hommes d'Etat. Éditions Grasset, 2007 (2008 Edgar Faure Prize)Jours de pouvoir. Éditions Gallimard, 2013Fugue américaine. Éditions Gallimard, 2023- 4
- Renaissance (2017–present)
Jan 23, 2023 · January 23, 2023 4:00 am CET. By Clea Caulcutt and Giorgio Leali. PARIS — France’s Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire’s Elysée palace ambitions have long been an open secret in Paris’ political circles, but his recent squabbles with the French president have raised speculation that the popular minister is trying to overshadow Emmanuel Macron.
Jul 4, 2023 · Isa Soares speaks with France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, as the French government remains cautious in the wake of violent protests.
May 20, 2022 · Bruno Le Maire, the strong man of French President Emmanuel Macron's first five year term, has been reappointed as Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty in Prime ...
