Image of Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron

Person

President of France, who is described as having conspired with far-left parties to block Marine Le Pen's National Rally from gaining more seats in the French parliament.


First Mentioned

9/20/2025, 5:16:44 AM

Last Updated

9/20/2025, 5:37:45 AM

Research Retrieved

9/20/2025, 5:37:45 AM

Summary

Emmanuel Macron, born December 21, 1977, is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He previously served as Minister of the Economy, Industry, and Digital Affairs from 2014 to 2016 under President François Hollande. Macron founded the centrist and pro-European political movement En Marche! (later renamed Renaissance) in 2016. After studying philosophy and public affairs, Macron began his career as a senior civil servant and later an investment banker. He became a senior advisor to President Hollande before being appointed Economics Minister in 2014, where he introduced business-friendly reforms. Macron resigned in 2016 to launch his presidential campaign and was elected President in May 2017 at the age of 39, becoming the youngest president in French history. His party secured a majority in the National Assembly in the 2017 legislative election. Macron was re-elected for a second term in 2022, again defeating Marine Le Pen, making him the first French president to win reelection since 2002. However, his coalition lost its majority in the 2022 legislative election, leading to a hung parliament. During his presidency, Macron has implemented reforms to labor laws, taxation, and pensions, and has pursued a renewable energy transition. His policies have faced significant opposition, including the yellow vests protests and strikes against pension reforms. In foreign policy, Macron has advocated for European Union reforms and engaged in international diplomacy, including trade agreements with China and a dispute with Australia and the US over the AUKUS security pact. He led France's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Recent political events in France, such as the 2024 European Parliament elections and subsequent legislative elections, have resulted in further hung parliaments and changes in prime ministerial appointments.

Referenced in 1 Document
Research Data
Extracted Attributes
  • Award

    Order of the British Empire

  • Father

    Jean-Michel Macron (Professor of Neurology)

  • Gender

    Male

  • Mother

    Françoise Macron (Physician)

  • Spouse

    Brigitte Trogneux (Brigitte Macron)

  • Education

    École nationale d'administration (ENA)

  • Occupation

    Investment Banker

  • Citizenship

    France

  • Distinction

    Youngest President in French History

  • Date of Birth

    1977-12-21

  • Place of Birth

    Amiens, France

  • Political Party

    Renaissance (since 2016, formerly En Marche!)

  • President of France

    Since 2017-05-14

  • Co-Prince of Andorra

    Since 2017

  • Key Domestic Policies

    Renewable energy transition

  • Former Political Affiliation

    Socialist Party (2006-2009)

  • Age at First Election as President

    39 years old

  • Minister of the Economy, Industry, and Digital Affairs

    2014-2016

Timeline
  • Born in Amiens, France. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    1977-12-21

  • Graduated from the École nationale d'administration (ENA). (Source: Wikipedia)

    2004

  • Became a member of the Socialist Party. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2006

  • Married Brigitte Trogneux. (Source: Britannica, Web Search)

    2007

  • Left the Socialist Party. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2009

  • Appointed Deputy Secretary-General to President François Hollande. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2012-05

  • Appointed Minister of the Economy, Industry, and Digital Affairs in the second Valls government. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2014-08-26

  • Founded the centrist political movement En Marche! (later renamed Renaissance). (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2016-04

  • Resigned as Minister of the Economy, Industry, and Digital Affairs to launch his presidential campaign. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2016-08-30

  • Formally announced his candidacy for the 2017 presidential election. (Source: Web Search)

    2016-11

  • Elected President of France, defeating Marine Le Pen, becoming the youngest president in French history at age 39. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2017-05-07

  • Assumed office as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra. (Source: Web Search)

    2017-05-14

  • His party, La République En Marche!, secured a majority in the National Assembly in the legislative election. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2017-06

  • Faced significant opposition, including the start of the yellow vests protests against his reforms. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2018

  • Led France's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination rollout. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2020

  • Joined international condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2022-02

  • Re-elected President of France for a second term, again defeating Marine Le Pen. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2022-04-24

  • His centrist coalition lost its absolute majority in the legislative election, resulting in a hung parliament. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2022-06

  • His government passed legislation raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, leading to public sector strikes and violent protests. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2023

  • Appointed Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister after a government crisis. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2024

  • His coalition suffered an overwhelming defeat in the European Parliament elections, leading him to dissolve the National Assembly and call for a snap legislative election. (Source: Wikipedia, Related Documents)

    2024-06

  • Snap legislative election resulted in another hung parliament and electoral defeat for his coalition. (Source: Wikipedia, Related Documents)

    2024-07

  • Appointed Michel Barnier as Prime Minister, who was later toppled by a vote of no confidence. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2024-09

  • Appointed François Bayrou as Prime Minister after Michel Barnier was toppled by a confidence vote. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2024-12

Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He served as Minister of the Economy, Industry, and Digital Affairs under President François Hollande from 2014 to 2016. He has been a member of Renaissance since founding the party in 2016. Born in Amiens, Macron studied philosophy at Paris Nanterre University. He completed a master's degree in public affairs at Sciences Po and graduated from the École nationale d'administration in 2004. He worked as a senior civil servant at the Inspectorate General of Finances and investment banker at Rothschild & Co. Appointed Élysée deputy secretary-general by President Hollande after the 2012 election, Macron was a senior adviser to Hollande. Appointed Economics Minister in 2014, in the second Valls government, he led several business-friendly reforms. He resigned in 2016, to launch his 2017 presidential campaign. A member of the Socialist Party between 2006 and 2009, he ran in the election under the banner of En Marche, a centrist and pro-European political movement he founded in 2016. Partly due to the Fillon affair, Macron was elected President in May 2017 with 66% of the vote in the second round, defeating Marine Le Pen of the National Front. Aged 39, he became the youngest president in French history. In the 2017 legislative election, his party, renamed La République En Marche! (LREM), secured a majority in the National Assembly. Macron was elected to a second term in the 2022 presidential election, again defeating Le Pen, becoming the first French presidential candidate to win reelection since Jacques Chirac in 2002. Macron's centrist coalition lost its majority in the 2022 legislative election, resulting in a hung parliament and formation of France's first minority government since 1993. In 2024, Macron appointed Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister, after a government crisis. Following overwhelming defeat at the 2024 European Parliament elections, Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called for a snap legislative election which resulted in another hung parliament and electoral defeat for his coalition. Two months afterwards, Macron appointed Michel Barnier, a conservative and former chief Brexit negotiator, as Prime Minister. Only three months in, Barnier was toppled by a historic vote of no confidence, prompting Macron to replace him with centrist veteran François Bayrou. In September 2025, after Bayrou was himself brought down by a confidence vote, Macron appointed Sébastien Lecornu, then the Minister of the Armed Forces, as Prime Minister. During his presidency, Macron has overseen reforms to labour laws, taxation, and pensions; and pursued a renewable energy transition. Dubbed "president of the rich" by opponents, increasing protests against his reforms culminated in 2018–2020 with the yellow vests protests and the pension reform strike. In foreign policy, he called for reforms to the European Union (EU) and signed treaties with Italy and Germany. Macron conducted €40 billion in trade and business agreements with China during the China–United States trade war and oversaw a dispute with Australia and the US over the AUKUS security pact. From 2020, he led France's response to the COVID pandemic and vaccination rollout. In 2023, the government of his prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, passed legislation raising the retirement age from 62 to 64; this led to public sector strikes and violent protests. He continued Opération Chammal in the war against the Islamic State and joined in the international condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Web Search Results
  • Emmanuel Macron - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron CBE (French: (/wiki/Help:IPA/French "Help:IPA/French"); born 21 December 1977 in Amiens) is a French politician, senior civil servant, and former investment banker. Macron is the 25th and current President of France and co-prince of Andorra since 14 May 2017. [...] | In office 26 August 2014 – 30 August 2016 | | | Prime Minister | Manuel Valls | | Preceded by | Arnaud Montebourg") | | Succeeded by | Michel Sapin") | | | | | Personal details | | | Born | Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (1977-12-21) 21 December 1977 (age 47) Amiens, France | | Political party | Renaissance "Renaissance (party)") (2016–present) | | Other political affiliations | Socialist Party "Socialist Party (France)") (2006–2009) | | Spouse(s) | Brigitte Trogneux ​ (m. 2007)​ | [...] | His Excellency Emmanuel Macron | | --- | | Macron in 2025 | | | | | | 25th President of France | | | Incumbent | | | Assumed office 14 May 2017 | | | Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe Jean Castex Élisabeth Borne Gabriel Attal Michel Barnier François Bayrou | | Preceded by | François Hollande | | Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs&action=edit&redlink=1 "Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France) (not yet started)") | |

  • Emmanuel Macron - Wikipedia

    Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He served as Minister of the Economy, Industry, and Digital Affairs "Ministry of Economy and Finance (France)") under President François Hollande from 2014 to 2016. He has been a member of Renaissance "Renaissance (French political party)") since founding the party in 2016. [...] | Deputy Secretary-General to the President | | In office15 May 2012 – 15 July 2014 | | President | François Hollande | | Preceded by | Jean Castex | | Succeeded by | Boris Vallaud | | | | Personal details | | Born | Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (1977-12-21) 21 December 1977 (age 47)Amiens, Somme, France | | Political party | Renaissance "Renaissance (French political party)") (since 2016) | [...] ## Early life Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron was born on 21 December 1977 in Amiens. He is the son of Françoise Macron (née Noguès), a physician, and Jean-Michel Macron, professor of neurology at the University of Picardy. The couple divorced in 2010. He has two siblings, Laurent, born in 1979, and Estelle, born in 1982. Françoise and Jean-Michel's first child was stillborn.

  • Emmanuel Macron | Biography, Political Party, Age, Presidency ...

    Emmanuel Macron (born December 21, 1977, Amiens, France) is a French banker and politician who was elected president of France in 2017. Macron was the first person in the history of the Fifth Republic to win the presidency without the backing of either the Socialists or the Gaullists, and he was France’s youngest head of state since Napoleon I. He was reelected in 2022, becoming the first French president in two decades to win a second term. ## Early life and start in politics [...] Macron is the eldest of three siblings born to a family of doctors who held politically liberal views. He attended a private lycée (secondary school) in Amiens, where he proved to be an exceptionally gifted student. While there he began a long-term relationship with his drama teacher, Brigitte Auzière (née Trogneux), and the two were later married (2007). Macron completed his baccalauréat at the prestigious Lycée Henri-IV in Paris before studying international policy and public service at the [...] SUBSCRIBE Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos Quick Facts Born: : December 21, 1977, Amiens, France (age 47) Title / Office: : president (2017-), France Founder: : En Marche! Political Affiliation: : En Marche! Notable Family Members: : spouse Brigitte Macron See all related content ## News •

  • Emmanuel Macron | Research Starters - EBSCO

    Gorman, Andree and Dina Spector. “Meet Emmanuel Macron, the 39-Year-Old Former Investment Banker Who Will Be the Next French President.” _Business Insider_, 7 May 2017, www.businessinsider.com/life-of-emmanuel-macron-2017-5/#emmanuel-macron-was-born-on-december-21-1977-in-amiens-a-city-in-northern-france-he-studied-philosophy-at-university-and-later-broke-with-the-family-tradition-of-practicing-medicine-and-instead-became-a-financial-investment-banker-1. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024. [...] Cohen, Roger. “Emmanuel Macron Defeats Marine Le Pen for Second Term as French President.” _The New York Times_, 24 Apr. 2022, www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/world/europe/french-election-results-macron-le-pen.html. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024. “Emmanuel Macron: France’s Ambitious Man ‘On the Move.’” _BBC_, 7 May 2017, www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37221220. Accessed 9 Oct. 2017. [...] In 2016, Macron formed a new centrist political party in France called En Marche! In August of that year, he announced he was stepping down from his role as economy minister. Shortly after, in November of 2016, Macron formally announced his candidacy in the 2017 presidential election. Despite a lack of experience as an elected official—all of his prior roles in government had been appointed positions—Macron garnered support from both sides of the political spectrum. His popular proposals

  • Welcome to the website of the French Presidency

    Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France in 2017. Image 4 Brigitte Macron Biography of Ms Brigitte Macron Image 5 Presidential team Private office, military staff and services of the Presidency of the Republic Image 6 Nos engagements RSE Yesterday, 150th anniversary of the Republic The Presidents since 1848 The institutions Founding texts The symbols Heritage History of presidential residences Image 7 [...] Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France in 2017. Image 11 Brigitte Macron Biography of Ms Brigitte Macron Image 12 Presidential team Private office, military staff and services of the Presidency of the Republic Image 13 Nos engagements RSE Yesterday, 150th anniversary of the Republic The Presidents since 1848 The institutions Founding texts The symbols Heritage History of presidential residences Image 14

Emmanuel Macron (French: [emanɥɛl makʁɔ̃]; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. Ex officio, he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs under President François Hollande between 2014 and 2016. Born in Amiens, he studied philosophy at Paris Nanterre University, later completing a master's degree in public affairs at Sciences Po and graduating from the École nationale d'administration in 2004. Macron worked as a senior civil servant at the Inspectorate General of Finances and later became an investment banker at Rothschild & Co. Macron was appointed Élysée deputy secretary-general by President François Hollande shortly after his election in May 2012, making him one of Hollande's senior advisers. He was appointed to the Government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls as Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs in August 2014. In this role, Macron championed a number of business-friendly reforms. He resigned in August 2016, launching a campaign for the 2017 presidential election. Although Macron had been a member of the Socialist Party from 2006 to 2009, he ran in the election under the banner of En Marche, a centrist and pro-European political movement he founded in April 2016. Partly thanks to the Fillon affair which sank The Republicans nominee François Fillon, Macron topped the ballot in the first round of voting, before he was elected President of France on 7 May 2017 with 66.1% of the vote in the second round, defeating Marine Le Pen of the National Front. At the age of 39, Macron became the youngest president in French history. In the 2017 legislative election in June, Macron's party, renamed La République En Marche! (LREM), secured a majority in the National Assembly. He appointed Édouard Philippe as prime minister until his resignation in 2020, when he appointed Jean Castex. Macron was elected to a second term in the 2022 presidential election, again defeating Le Pen, thus becoming the first French presidential candidate to win reelection since Jacques Chirac in 2002. However, in the 2022 legislative election, his political coalition lost its absolute majority, resulting in a hung parliament. During his presidency, Macron has overseen several reforms to labour laws, taxation and pensions; he has pursued a renewable energy transition. Dubbed "president of the rich" by political opponents, increasing protests against his domestic reforms and demanding his resignation marked the first years of his presidency, culminating in 2018–2019 with the yellow vests protests and the pension reform strike. From 2020, he led France's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination rollout. In foreign policy, he called for reforms to the European Union (EU) and signed bilateral treaties with Italy and Germany. Macron conducted $45-billion trade and business agreements with China during the China–United States trade war and oversaw a dispute with Australia and the United States over the AUKUS security pact. He continued Opération Chammal in the war against the Islamic State and joined in the international condemnation of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

DBPedia thumbnail