32-497: This is a list of ministers of finance of France , including the equivalent positions of Superintendent of Finances and Controller-General of Finances during the Ancien Régime . The position of Superintendent of Finances was abolished following the arrest of Nicolas Fouquet ; his powers were transferred to First Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert , who would become ex officio Controller-General of Finances four years later after
64-670: A conference in New York . Speaking to the BBC in January 2019, Le Maire said the Brexit withdrawal agreement could not be renegotiated and it was up to the UK to find way through the impasse. He also said a no-deal Brexit would be "catastrophic" for the UK. On foreign policy, Le Maire is a traditional Gaullist , favouring French national independence. He has argued for a reinforced European defense policy to secure
96-458: 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
128-491: 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
160-638: A political advisor for the UMP. He also serves as a council member of Évreux . 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
192-508: A poor result with 2.4%. He became LR candidate François Fillon ’s international affairs spokesman, but resigned when Fillon was embroiled in a financial scandal during his campaign. Le Maire has since distanced himself from his party, calling for the right to work constructively with Macron to ensure the president's five years in office succeeds and prevents the far-right National Front making further electoral inroads. On 17 May 2017, The Republicans Secretary-General Bernard Accoyer issued
224-414: A reformist line and to focus his campaign around four main axes: He failed however to obtain the necessary number of sponsors. In November 2014, Le Maire obtained 29.8% of votes against Nicolas Sarkozy in the election for the presidency of The Republicans (formerly UMP). Le Maire was considered a serious challenger of the 2016 centre-right primary as the polls suggested he could be third-placed but got
256-453: A statement that anyone from the party that was a member of the government was no longer a member, including Le Maire. 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
288-810: Is an embarcadero with fast river boats for faster liaisons to other government agencies. It is also served by Paris Métro lines 6 and 14 at Bercy station . The 5-hectare complex is made of five buildings: Sully and Turgot buildings (both occupied by the Directorate-General of the Taxes), the Necker building (along the railways), the Vauban building, and the Colbert building (housing the Ministries). The Colbert building contains two 70-meter long arches weighting 8000 tons each (weight of
320-615: 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 . 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
352-451: Is one of the most important ministries in the Government of France . Its minister is one of the most prominent cabinet members after the prime minister . The name of the ministry has changed over time; it has included the terms "economics", "industry", "finance" and "employment" throughout its history. The Minister of Economics and Finance oversees: The officeholder, who has authority on
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#1732848452207384-509: Is to monitor the global agricultural market under a rotating presidency. An intervention Forum can be convoked if the presiding country judges it necessary. 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
416-624: The Eiffel Tower ). It is the only administrative building in Paris to have been built at a perpendicular angle against the Seine, and the only one that has part of its foundations in the Seine's water. The saying "the Bercy Fortress" (French: la forteresse de Bercy ) refers to the ministry as a dark department with obscure civil servants, especially of high rank. This is emphasised by the impressive look of
448-736: The Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen . On 1 March 2022, Le Maire warned that the EU "will bring about the collapse" of the Russian economy . He said France rejected Russia's demand that foreign buyers must pay in rubles for Russian gas from 1 April, adding that "we are preparing" for a "situation tomorrow in which ... there is no longer any Russian gas." In 2019, Le Maire received several letters containing death threats, including one with bullets enclosed. In 2021, Reuters reported that Le Maire's phone
480-518: The digital economy and stated that a "new momentum" was needed to get a fairer contribution from digital platforms, after a report that Airbnb paid less than €100,000 of taxes in France in 2016. He categorised low tax payments as "unacceptable". Amid the COVID-19 pandemic , Le Maire and his German counterpart Olaf Scholz were credited as instrumental in overcoming Dutch and Italian resistance and securing
512-715: The government of Prime Minister Jean Castex , he is assisted by three junior ministers: Olivier Dussopt as Minister for Public Accounts, Agnès Pannier-Runacher as Minister for Industry and Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne as Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Bruno Le Maire Bruno Le Maire ( French: [bʁyno lə mɛʁ] ; born 15 April 1969) is a French politician, writer, and former diplomat who served as Economy and Finance Minister from 2017 to 2024 under President Emmanuel Macron . A former member of The Republicans (LR), which he left in 2017 to join La République En Marche! (LREM), he
544-561: The Colbert, Necker and Vauban buildings. Louis Arretche and Roman Karasinski were selected in July 1983 to design the Tugot and Sully buildings. Construction started in 1984. In 1989, the Ministry's employees left the Louvre to move into the new building. Pierre Bérégovoy was the first finance minister to work in the new building. Bruno Le Maire has been Minister of Economics and Finance since 2017. In
576-430: The EU's 500 billion euros emergency deal to provide financial aid to workers, companies and governments struggling as a result of the virus. In July 2020, Le Marie announced that the French government will cut taxes French companies have to pay in addition to normal corporate income tax by 20 million euros over the course of next two years. On Brexit itself, Le Maire caused controversy on 20 July 2017 when he told
608-555: 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 Brexit during
640-528: The German cabinet ’s weekly meetings, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz . In October 2023, he participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Scholz and Macron. On 21 September 2024, when the ministers of Barnier government were announced, he was replaced by Antoine Armand as economy and finance minister, ending his 7-year and 4-month tenure. During
672-634: 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. In July 2006, Le Maire was appointed to the office of Chief of Staff to
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#1732848452207704-619: The Prime Minister, replacing Pierre Mongin; he remained in the role until De Villepin's departure from the office of Prime Minister. From 2007 to 2008, he was a member of the National Assembly of France , representing Eure's 1st constituency . After becoming a political advisor to the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), Le Maire was appointed Secretary of State in charge of European Affairs, replacing Jean-Pierre Jouyet , in December 2008, serving until 2009. From 2008, Le Maire served as
736-465: The bloc's exterior borders and fight terrorism, with more spending on the military by Germany in particular. In February 2019, Le Maire criticized Germany's ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia . Le Maire said: "It is useless to produce weapons through improved cooperation between France and Germany if we are unable to export them." Germany imposed the ban after the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and over human rights concerns about
768-529: The bloc's main champion of deregulation. He vowed on 9 July 2017 to put forward a plan to protect French companies from foreign takeovers. On foreign trade, Le Maire expressed his opposition against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and also argued for a more protectionist trade policy in order to better defend against "dumping" by China . In August 2017, Le Maire called upon EU nations to step up efforts to address how they tax
800-511: The building. During the Grands Projets of François Mitterrand , it was decided that the Ministry of Finance would leave the Louvre 's Richelieu wing where it had been located for 110 years. Forty other offices of the Ministry spread around the capital would be reunited in the new building. After an architectural contest, Paul Chemetov and Borja Huidobro were selected in December 1982 to design
832-442: 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. Le Maire has set out a free-market economic agenda, calling for the privatisation of France's labour offices,
864-875: The elevation of the office. (President of the Finances Council) (vice-President of the Finances Council) (President of the Finances Council) (Commissioner of Finance) (Director-General of Finances) (President of the Royal Council of Finances) (Director-General of Finances) (Director-General of Finances) Ministry of the Economy and Finance (France) 48°50′21″N 2°22′33″E / 48.83917°N 2.37583°E / 48.83917; 2.37583 The Ministry of Economics, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty ( French : Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique , pronounced [ministɛʁ d(ə) lekɔnɔmi e definɑ̃s] ), informally referred to as Bercy ,
896-424: 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 for France" as it would remove
928-546: The financial assets of the state, the financial and economic national system and the taxation rules overall, also represents France in the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN). The Ministry of Economics and Finance is situated in Bercy , in the 12th arrondissement of Paris . The building it shares with the Ministry of Public Action and Accounts extends to the Seine , where there
960-647: 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 . In September 2023, Le Maire took part in one of
992-507: 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. 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,
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1024-498: 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 inclusion of an explicit sex scene, in the French media. He was accused of spending his time writing while the country was rocked by social tension. Le Maire is married to Pauline Doussau de Bazignan. They have four children. The family has
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