Edouard Philippe

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Edouard Philippe (2017)

Édouard Philippe [ eˈdwaʁ fiˈlip ] (born November 28, 1970 in Rouen ) is a French politician (non-party, until 2017 Les Républicains or UMP ). He was Prime Minister of France from May 15, 2017 to July 3, 2020 .

Youth and education

Philippe's parents were French teachers. Philippe passed the Abitur exams in Bonn , where his father was the director of the Franco-German private school École de Gaulle-Adenauer . He graduated from the École nationale d'administration (ENA, born Marc-Bloch , 1995–1997).

Political career

Philippe began his career in 1997 at the Conseil d'État , where he specialized in public law . During this time he sympathized with ideas of the social democratic, “modern” left around Michel Rocard . Shortly after the first round of the 2002 presidential election , the Mayor of Bordeaux and former Prime Minister Alain Juppé invited Philippe to work with him to create a party of the political right. In November 2002, the Union pour un mouvement populaire (UMP) was formed from several parties from the center-right spectrum . Philippe became head of administration (directeur général des services) of the UMP and held this post for two and a half years. He was a representative of the party's liberal wing and a confidante of Juppé. From 2004 he worked for the American law firm Debevoise & Plimpton from New York and was elected to the regional council of Haute-Normandie . Philippe got into politics through the longtime mayor of Le Havre , Antoine Rufenacht , a confidante of the then President Jacques Chirac . In 2010 he succeeded Rufenacht as Mayor of Le Havre. From 2012 to 2017 he was a member of the 7th constituency of the Seine-Maritime department in the National Assembly . There he was a member of the Constitutional, Legislative and Administrative Committee . In the general election in 2017 , he did not run more, his successor was Agnès Firmin Le Bodo (LR) selected. He was press spokesman for the unsuccessful Juppé campaign in the primary for the 2017 presidential nomination .

Philippe during the 54th Munich Security Conference 2018

On May 15, 2017, one day after taking office as President of France , Emmanuel Macron of the new La République en Marche (LREM) party appointed Édouard Philippe Prime Minister to ensure a large majority for his government. Philippe thus succeeded Bernard Cazeneuve , who had announced the resignation of his cabinet after the presidential election according to convention . On May 17, 2017, Philippe presented his cabinet to the public, which, in accordance with Macron's non-partisan ideas, was composed of figures from the left, the right and the center. On June 19, 2017, he traditionally resigned as Prime Minister after the general election . Macron reappointed him as head of government. At the end of October 2017, Philippe and Budget Minister Gérald Darmanin , State Secretary for the Environment Sébastien Lecornu and MPs Thierry Solère and Franck Riester were expelled from their Les Républicains party. They were accused of supporting Macron and his party. A previous attempt on October 24, 2017 failed due to the necessary quorum . While Darmanin, Lecornu and Solère then joined Macron's LREM party, Philippe remained independent. From October 3 to 16, 2018, Philippe also held the post of Interior Minister on an interim basis after Gérard Collomb's resignation . At the end of June 2020, Édouard Philippe won the second round of the French local elections of 2020 for Mayor of Le Havre with around 59 percent. On July 3, 2020, Philippe and his government resigned as Prime Minister, ahead of a government renewal announced by President Macron days earlier.

The next day the public prosecutor announced that nine complaints against members of the Philippe government had been declared admissible. The Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) conducts the proceedings. In the crisis months of March, April and June 2020, almost 30,000 people died of the Covid-19 virus; many clinics in France were overloaded. The doing and leaving of Philippe, the former health minister Agnès Buzyn and her successor Olivier Véran during the COVID-19 pandemic in France are examined .

Private life

Philippe wrote with Gilles Boyer , former director code of Alain Juppe, two political thriller : L'heure de vérité ( "moment of truth") and Dans l'ombre ( "In the Shadow").

Philippe is married and has three children.

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Web links

Commons : Édouard Philippe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Valérie Peiffer, Pierre Simon, Pascal Mateo: Edouard Philippe de A à Z. In: Lepoint.fr . December 16, 2010, accessed May 17, 2017 (French).
  2. ↑ Arrêté du 21 avril 1997 portant affectation aux carrières des élèves de la promotion 1995–1997 de l'Ecole nationale d'administration ayant terminé leur scolarité au mois de mars 1997 . Réforme de l'État, de la fonction publique et de la décentralisation, in: Journal officiel de la République française 96, April 24, 1997, p. 6248, published on legifrance.gouv.fr, accessed on May 17, 2017 (French ).
  3. ↑ M. Edouard Philippe. National Assembly website, accessed May 17, 2017 (French).
  4. ^ Édouard Philippe nommé premier ministre. In: LeFigaro.fr . May 15, 2017, accessed May 17, 2017 (French).
  5. ^ France: French Prime Minister Cazeneuve submits his resignation . ( Memento of October 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) AFP article in Zeit Online , May 10, 2017, accessed on May 17, 2017.
  6. ^ After victory in parliamentary elections: Macron reappoints Philippe as prime minister. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017 ; accessed on June 21, 2017 .
  7. ↑ France's conservatives throw premier out of the party. In: ORF.at . October 31, 2017, accessed November 1, 2017.
  8. ^ Stefan Brändle: France's Republicans go to the right. In: The Standard . October 28, 2017, accessed the same day.
  9. ↑ Darmanin, Lecornu et Solere rejoignent LREM. In: Le Figaro. November 26, 2017.
  10. ^ Anne-Charlotte Dusseaulx: Réforme constitutionnelle: le duo Philippe-Macron à la manœuvre. In: Le Journal du Dimanche. March 6, 2018.
  11. ↑ Castaner becomes the new Minister of the Interior of France. In: ORF.at. October 16, 2018, accessed October 16, 2018 .
  12. ↑ French interior minister is going. In: ORF.at. October 3, 2018, accessed October 16, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Macron punished. In: Tagesschau.de. June 28, 2020.
  14. ↑ Emmanuel Macron wants to reshape the government. In: Zeit Online. July 3, 2020, accessed July 3, 2020 .
  15. ↑ zeit.de: Corona policy of resigned government is being reviewed
personal data
SURNAME Philippe, Édouard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician (independent, until 2017 Les Républicains), Prime Minister
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Rouen