Annick Girardin is a French politician of the Radical Party who served as Minister of the Sea in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022),Minister of Overseas France in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe (2017–2020) and Junior Minister for Development and Francophonie in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls (2014–2018). She had represented the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon in the French Parliament,in National Assembly from 2007 to 2014,and in the Senate from 2023 to 2024.
The deputy prime minister of France was a position which existed at times in the government of France between 1870 and 1958. It was titled vice president of the Council of Ministers from 1871,or vice president of the Council for short.
Events from the year 2017 in France.
Éric Dupond-Moretti is a French-Italian lawyer and politician who was appointed Minister of Justice in 2020 by President Emmanuel Macron. As a criminal defence lawyer,he is renowned for his number of acquittals which earned him the nickname "Acquitator",some of the controversial figures he defended,as well as his outspoken personality.
Christophe Castaner is a French politician who served as Minister of the Interior from 16 October 2018 to 6 July 2020 under President Emmanuel Macron. He had been elected in 2017 for a three-year term as chairman of the La République En Marche! party with Macron's support. Castaner was Government Spokesperson under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in 2017 and Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament from 2017 to 2018. He was also Macron's 2017 presidential campaign spokesman.
Muriel Pénicaud is a former French business executive and politician who served as Minister of Labour in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 17 May 2017 to 6 July 2020.
Jean-Michel Blanquer is a French jurist and government official serving as Minister of National Education under Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2017 to 2022.
Gérald Moussa Jean Darmanin is a French politician who served as Minister of the Interior in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean Castex,Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal from 2020 to 2024.
Élisabeth Borne is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from May 2022 to January 2024. She is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance. Borne is the second woman to hold the position of Prime Minister after Édith Cresson,who served from 1991 to 1992.
Benjamin-Blaise Griveaux is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as Government Spokesman from 2017 to 2019 under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. From 2017 until 2021,he also served as a member of the National Assembly,representing the 5th constituency of Paris,which encompasses the 3rd and 10th arrondissements.
Olivia Grégoire is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises,Trade,Crafts and Tourism under President Emmanuel Macron since 2022.
Jean-Noël Barrot is a French politician who has served as Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier since 21 September 2024. A member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem),he previously served as Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Telecommunications in the government of Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2024 and Minister Delegate for European Affairs in the government of Gabriel Attal in 2024.
Gabriel Nissim Attal de Couriss is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from January to September 2024. As a member of the Renaissance party,Attal rapidly rose up the political ranks following his election to the National Assembly in June 2017. He became the Junior Minister to the Minister of National Education and Youth in 2018,which made him the youngest person to serve in the Government of France;the Spokesperson of the Government in 2020;the Minister of Public Action and Accounts in 2022;and the Minister of National Education and Youth in 2023.
The Benalla affair or Benalla affairs are political and judicial cases involving Alexandre Benalla,who served as a security officer and deputy chief of staff to President of France Emmanuel Macron.
Sibeth Ndiaye is a French-Senegalese communications advisor who served as Government Spokeswoman under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 1 April 2019 to 6 July 2020.
Agnès Pannier-Runacher is a French business executive and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.
Emmanuelle Wargon is a French civil servant,politician and former lobbyist who has been serving as president of the French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) since 2022.
The Mila affair is a French media and judicial case relating to freedom of speech and cyberbullying. After a man invoking Islam directed misogynistic and homophobic insults at "Mila" when she rejected his inappropriate sexual advances,she answered that "Islam is shit". The 16-year-old was then threatened with death and rape by numerous people online,which caused her to leave school and to be placed under police protection.
The New Ecological and Social People's Union was a left-wing electoral alliance of political parties in France. Formed on May Day 2022,the alliance included La France Insoumise (LFI),the Socialist Party (PS),the French Communist Party (PCF),The Ecologists (LE),Ensemble! (E!),and Génération.s (G.s),and their respective smaller partners. It was the first wide left-wing political alliance since the Plural Left in the 1997 French legislative election. Over 70 dissident candidates who refused the accord still ran.
Lucie Castets is a French civil servant and economist. Associated with the Socialist Party,Castets was nominated by the New Popular Front (NFP) to serve as Prime Minister of France in the aftermath of the 2024 legislative election,but her candidacy was rejected by president Emmanuel Macron.
