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Also Known As Le Maire
Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery of France
Bruno Le Maire he is a Economy, Finance and Recovery of France He is the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery of France
A former member of The Republicans (LR), which he left in 2017 to join La République En Marche! (LREM), he was Secretary of State for European Affairs from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fishing from 2009 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy.Le Maire is also a noted author, with his book Des hommes d'État winning the 2008 Edgar Faure Prize.
In May 2017, Le Maire was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron Minister of the Economy in the first Philippe government. In this capacity, he is supported by Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin.Shortly after being appointed as the Minister of the Economy, Le Maire became a member of La République En Marche! following conflicting reports that he was excluded from The Republicans party.Le Maire was able to win reelection in his constituency after beating National Front candidate, Fabienne Delacour. He was appointed Minister of the Economy and Finance in the second Philippe government on 19 June 2017.
By November 2017, Le Maire was reported to explore his options to succeed Jeroen Dijsselbloem as the next President of the Eurogroup; the role of which was eventually given to Mário Centeno of Portugal. In 2019, he led the European Union's selection process for a European candidate to succeed Christine Lagarde as managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
On 5 June 2022, Le Maire said that France negotiated with the United Arab Emirates to replace some oil imports from Russia.
Bruno Le Maire was born in 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 began attending the École normale supérieure in 1989, and then Paris-Sorbonne University, where he studied French literature. He graduated from Sciences Po in 1995, and was accepted into the École nationale d'administration (ÉNA) in 1996. Bruno Le Maire is married to painter Pauline Doussau de Bazignan, who is the mother of his four sons. His wife was employed as his parliamentary assistant from 2007 to 2013.Le Maire is fluent in French, English, Italian and German.
European Union organisations:
European Investment Bank (EIB), ex officio member of the Board of Governors
European Stability Mechanism (ESM), member of the Board of Governors
International organisation:
Asian Development Bank (ADB), ex officio member of the Board of Governors
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), ex officio member of the Board of Governors
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), ex officio member of the Board of Governors
Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), ex officio member of the Board of Governors
International Monetary Fund (IMF), ex officio member of the Board of Governors
Joint World Bank-IMF Development Committee, Member
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group, ex officio member of the Board of Governors
World Bank, ex officio member of the Board of Governors
Non-profit organisations:
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), member
Hertie School of Governance, member of the Board of Trustees
Long-Term Investors Club, member
Permanent Platform of Atomium Culture, member of the Advisory Board
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 officio as Minister of Agriculture
Germany: Knight Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2022)
Senegal: Commander of the National Order of the Lion (2019)
