Benjamin Griveaux

Benjamin Griveaux (born December 29, 1977 in Saint-Rémy , Saône-et-Loire department ) is a French politician ( La République en Marche ). From 2016 to 2019 he was government spokesman before running as a candidate for the office of mayor of Paris. In February 2020, he resigned from his candidacy during an election campaign as part of an affair.

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Benjamin Griveaux studied at Sciences Po in Paris and graduated there in 1999; he continued his studies at HEC Paris and graduated in 2001 with a master's degree. His application for the French elite administration college École nationale d'administration was unsuccessful.

Griveaux was initially a member of the Socialist Party and worked for Dominique Strauss-Kahn to 2007. He then became involved as a local in Chalon-sur-Saone before the Vice President Départemental of Saone-et-Loire was. From 2012 to 2014 he served in the cabinet of Health Minister Marisol Touraine before moving to the private sector until 2016.

He is considered a confidante of Emmanuel Macron and took part in the founding of his party La République en Marche (LREM). From 2015 he was their spokesman; In 2016 he was elected as a member of the Assemblée Nationale and State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance before becoming government spokesman for Edouard Philippe in November 2017 . In March 2019, Griveaux resigned to run for Paris mayor in the 2020 local elections. Party comrade Cédric Villani also ran for the LREM , but Macron preferred Griveaux's candidacy. While this first achieved good results in opinion polls, its popularity fell in the context of the protests against the pension reform of the Macron government.

In February 2020, the Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky distributed photos and videos of an intimate nature that Griveaux had sent to an acquaintance (and later Pawlensky’s partner) in May 2018. Pawlenski justified the dissemination with the fact that Griveaux alleged an intact family life and this "hypocrisy" had to be published. Griveaux then announced his withdrawal because a campaign was running against him and he was threatened. The police arrested Pavlensky and his girlfriend shortly afterwards; Griveaux had filed a complaint for violation of privacy.

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Individual evidence

↑ Benjamin Griveaux: Futur président du mouvement marche En! LSA-Conso.fr, accessed February 20, 2020 .
^ ^A ^b Joseph Hanimann: Election campaign scandal in Paris: platitudes in the spotlight. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
↑ RND: Attacks and threats: Macron's candidate in Paris withdraws , February 14, 2020, accessed on February 24, 2020
↑ Griveaux reports action artists - Macron's affair gets into trouble. February 17, 2020, accessed February 19, 2020 .

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SURNAME	Griveaux, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French politician (La République en Marche)
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[1] Benjamin Griveaux: Futur président du mouvement marche En! LSA-Conso.fr, accessed February 20, 2020 .

[:0-2] A ^b Joseph Hanimann: Election campaign scandal in Paris: platitudes in the spotlight. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .

[3] RND: Attacks and threats: Macron's candidate in Paris withdraws , February 14, 2020, accessed on February 24, 2020

[4] Griveaux reports action artists - Macron's affair gets into trouble. February 17, 2020, accessed February 19, 2020 .