Marc Fesneau

Marc Fesneau (born 11 January 1971) is a French politician serving as Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament and Citizen Participation, attached to the Prime Minister since 2018 under Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex.[1] A member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem), he previously was president of the Democratic Movement and affiliated group in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2018.

Marc Fesneau
Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament
and Citizen Participation
Assumed office
16 October 2018
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Jean Castex
Preceded byChristophe Castaner
President of the Democratic Movement and affiliated group in the National Assembly
In office
27 June 2017 – 17 October 2018
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPatrick Mignola
Member of the National Assembly
for Loir-et-Cher's 1st constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 16 November 2018
Preceded byDenys Robillard
Succeeded byStéphane Baudu
Mayor of Marchenoir
In office
21 March 2008 – 1 August 2017
Preceded byGérard Martineau
Succeeded bySylvie Gagnier
Personal details
Born (1971-01-11) 11 January 1971
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyMoDem
Alma materSciences Po

Political career

Early beginnings

Fesneau is mayor of Marchenoir, Loir-et-Cher. He is a MoDem regional councilor in the Centre region. In 2009, he was selected to be the MoDem's candidate in Centre region for the 2010 regional elections.[2]

In 2010, François Bayrou included Fesneau in his shadow cabinet; in this capacity, Fesneau served as opposition counterpart to Minister of Agriculture Bruno Le Maire.[3]

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2018

In June 2017 Fesneau was elected to the National Assembly and subsequently unanimously elected President of the MoDem group in the National Assembly on 25 June; though Marielle de Sarnez had initially announced her intent to run, she ultimately decided not to.[4] He also served as member of the Defence Committee (2017-2018) and the Committee on Legal Affairs (2018).[5] In this capacity, he was his parliamentary group's rapporteur on constitutional reforms.[6][7]

In September 2018, after François de Rugy's appointment to the government, Fesneau ran for the presidency of the National Assembly;[8] the position instead went to Richard Ferrand.

Career in government

In 2018 Fesneau was appointed Minister for Relations with the Parliament in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe and thus left the Assembly.[9] He was replaced by his substitute Stéphane Baudu.

References
  1. Harriet Agnew (16 October 2018), France’s new faces: who to watch in Macron’s revamped cabinet Financial Times.
  2. L'Union régionale du Centre choisit Marc Fesneau comme tête de liste 12 November 2009.
  3. Rodolphe Geisler (September 20, 2010), François Bayrou se dote d'un «Shadow Cabinet» Le Figaro.
  4. "Marc Fesneau élu président du groupe MoDem à l'Assemblée nationale". Le Monde. Agence France-Presse. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  5. Marc Fesneau French National Assembly.
  6. Caroline Vigoureux (18 June 2018), Ferrand, Fesneau, Guévenoux... Un casting pour verrouiller la révision constitutionnelle L'Opinion.
  7. Ferrand sera rapporteur général de la révision institutionnelle Le Figaro, 22 May 2018.
  8. Le Modem désigne Marc Fesneau comme candidat au perchoir, un «signal» adressé à la majorité Libération, 12 September 2018.
  9. Harriet Agnew (19 October 2018), French regions’ anger with Macron reaches Elysée Financial Times.
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