Michel Sapin

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Michel Sapin (2007)

Michel Sapin (born April 9, 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt , Hauts-de-Seine department ) is a French politician of the Parti Socialiste (PS) and was Minister of Economics and Finance from August 2016 to May 2017 . Previously, he was Minister of Labor, Employment, Vocational Training and Social Dialogue from 2012 and Minister of Finance and Budget from 2014.

Life

Study and MP

Sapin, the son of a business manager , studied at two elite universities: first began studying literature in 1974 at the École normal supérieure (ENS Paris) and became a member of the Parti Socialiste in 1975. In 1978 he began further studies at the École nationale d'administration (ENA), where he attended the Voltaire class , which he graduated in 1980, together with François Hollande , Ségolène Royal , Dominique de Villepin and Pierre-René Lemas . He then worked for the Administrative Court of Paris.

Sapin began his political career in 1981 when, as a candidate for the SP, he was first elected member of the National Assembly in 1981 , initially for the Indre department , and from 1986 for the Hauts-de-Seine department . During this time he was Secretary of the National Assembly from 1983 to 1984 and then Vice-President between 1984 and 1985. From 1988 he was temporarily chairman of the legal committee. In addition, he was involved in regional and local politics and was a member of the municipal council of Nanterre from 1989 to 1994 .

Minister and Mayor

In May 1991 he took over his first government office and until April 1992 was first assistant minister in the Ministry of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Édith Cresson . In the government of Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy that followed, he was Minister of Economy and Finance between April 1992 and March 1993 . During this time there were two financial crises after the signing of the Maastricht Treaty .

Which at the same time from 1992 to 1994 Member of the Regional Council of Sapin Ile-de-France and subsequently from January 1994 to June 1995 Member of the Council for the monetary policy of the Bank of France was in 1995 Mayor of Argenton-sur-Creuse and kept this Office until 2001.

Sapin, who is also a member of the PS National Bureau, was National Secretary for Economic Affairs from 1997 to 1998 and then from December 1998 to March 2000 National Secretary of the PS for Employment. He was also President of the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Argenton-sur-Creuse and was also a member of the General Council of Indre from March 1998 to March 2004 and, at the same time, President of the Regional Council of the Center region from April 1998 to April 2000 .

In March 2000, Sapin was appointed Minister for Civil Service and State Reforms in his cabinet by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and was a member of that cabinet until the end of Jospin's term in May 2002.

After he was Vice Mayor from 2001 to 2002, he was again Mayor of Argenton-sur-Creuse between 2002 and 2004. In May 2003 he became treasurer of the PS and as such was directly subordinate to the party chairman François Hollande. Between 2004 and 2007 he was again Deputy Mayor and from 2007 to 2012 again Mayor of Argenton-sur-Creuse. In the meantime, from April 2, 2004 to August 2007, he was again President of the Regional Council of the Region Center.

In addition, on February 15, 2007, he succeeded Ségolène Royal as National Secretary for Economy and Taxes of the Parti Socialiste and subsequently supported the latter's candidacy for the office of President in the 2007 presidential election . On June 17, 2007, Sapin was re-elected as a member of the National Assembly and represented the constituency of Indre I in this . He decided not to run in the 2012 parliamentary elections.

In November 2011, he was appointed to François Hollande's team for his candidacy in the 2012 presidential election . Sapin was appointed Minister for Labor, Employment, Vocational Training and Social Dialogue in his cabinets ( Ayrault I , Ayrault II ) on May 17, 2012 after Hollande was elected President and Jean-Marc Ayrault was appointed Prime Minister . When the Valls I government was formed , he received the Ministry of Finance and Budget and kept this in the Valls II government . After the resignation of Economics Minister Emmanuel Macron on August 30, 2016, Sapin's area of ​​responsibility was expanded to include economic policy. In this role as Minister of Economics and Finance, he also remained in the Cazeneuve cabinet .

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SURNAME Sapin, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician (PS), member of the National Assembly
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Boulogne-Billancourt , Hauts-de-Seine department