Speaker

Bruno LE MAIRE

Member - French Assemblée Nationale

Bruno Le Maire was born on April 15th, 1969, in Neuilly-Sur-Seine (France)

He is running for the primary election of the French right wing party (LR) in order to be designated as candidate for the next French presidential election (in may 2017).

Electoral mandates:

MP for the Eure department (Normandy) since June 2007 (reelected in June 2012), member of the Finances Commission

Regional Counselor of Haute Normandie, 2009-2015

Political roles:

Member of the Board of the LR party

Roles as a Minister:

Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fishing, Rural Affairs and Territory settlement (June 2009 – May 2012)

Secretary of State, in charge of European Affairs (December 2008 – June 2009)

Career:

Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of France, 2006 – 2007

Adviser to the Prime Minister, 2005 – 2006

Adviser to the Internal Affairs Minister, 2004 – 2005

Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2002 – 2004

Education:

Graduate of the École Nationale d’Administration (ENA)

Graduate of the École Normale Supérieure (ENS)

Certified Professor (agrégé) in Literature, 1992

Books:

Ne vous résignez pas !, Albin Michel 2016

A nos enfants, Gallimard 2014

Jours de pouvoir, Gallimard 2013

Musique absolue, Une répétition avec Carlos Kleiber, Gallimard, 2012

Sans mémoire, le présent se vide, Gallimard, 2010

Des hommes d’État, Grasset, 2007 (Prix Edgar Faure 2008)

Le Ministre, Grasset, 2004