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{{Short description|French politician}}
{{Short description|French politician (born 1981)}}
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{{ infobox Politician
| name = Clément Beaune
| name = Clément Beaune
| image = Clément Beaune.jpg
| image = Clément Beaune in Paris, 2023 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Clément Beaune in 2021
| caption = Beaune in 2023
| office2 = Member of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]<br>for [[Paris]]'s [[Paris's 7th constituency|7th]] constituency
| term_start2 = 12 February 2024
| term_end2 = 9 June 2024
| president2 =
| primeminister2 =
| predecessor2 = [[Clara Chassaniol]]
| successor2 = [[Emmanuel Grégoire]]
| term_start3 = 22 June 2022
| term_end3 = 22 July 2022
| predecessor3 = [[Pacôme Rupin]]
| successor3 = [[Clara Chassaniol]]
| office = [[Minister of Transport (France)|Minister Delegate for Transport]]
| office = [[Minister of Transport (France)|Minister Delegate for Transport]]
| term_start = 4 July 2022
| term_start = 4 July 2022
| president = [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| term_end = 11 January 2024
| president =
| primeminister = [[Élisabeth Borne]]
| primeminister = [[Élisabeth Borne]]
| predecessor = [[Jean-Baptiste Djebbari]]
| predecessor = [[Jean-Baptiste Djebbari]]
| office2 = [[Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)|Secretary of State for European Affairs]]
| successor = [[Patrice Vergriete]]
| office1 = [[Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)|Secretary of State for European Affairs]]
| term_start2 = 26 July 2020
| term_start1 = 26 July 2020
| term_end2 = 4 July 2022
| term_end1 = 4 July 2022
| president2 = [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| president1 =
| primeminister2 = [[Jean Castex]]
| primeminister1 = [[Jean Castex]]
| predecessor2 = [[Amélie de Montchalin]]
| predecessor1 = [[Amélie de Montchalin]]
| successor2 = [[Laurence Boone]]
| successor1 = [[Laurence Boone]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|08|14|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|08|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Paris]], France
| birth_place = [[Paris]], France
|party = [[Renaissance (French political party)|Renaissance]] (2022–present)
|party = [[Renaissance (French political party)|Renaissance]] (2022–present)
|otherparty = [[Territories of Progress]] (2020-2022)
|otherparty = [[Territories of Progress]] {{nobr|(2020–2022)}}
| alma_mater = [[Sciences Po]]<br>[[College of Europe]]<br>[[École nationale d'administration]]
| alma_mater = [[Sciences Po]]<br>[[College of Europe]]<br>[[École nationale d'administration]]
}}
}}
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'''Clément Beaune''' ({{IPA|fr|klemɑ̃ bon}}; born 14 August 1981) is a French public servant and politician who served as Secretary of State for European Affairs (2020–2022) and [[Minister of Transport (France)|Minister for Transport]] (2022–2024) in the governments of [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]]s [[Jean Castex]] and [[Élisabeth Borne]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gay French minister to visit 'LGBT-free zone' in Poland |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20201208-gay-french-minister-to-visit-lgbt-free-zone-in-poland |access-date=9 December 2020 |work=[[France 24]] |date=8 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Marlowe>{{cite news |last1=Marlowe |first1=Lara |title='Like talking to the president': Macron's go-to man for Europe |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/like-talking-to-the-president-macron-s-go-to-man-for-europe-1.4427902 |date=5 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Clément Beaune |url=https://www.politico.eu/person/clement-beaune/#:~:text=Cl%C3%A9ment%20Beaune%20has%20been%20minister,France%20from%202017%20to%202020. |access-date=9 December 2020 |work=[[Politico|POLITICO]]}}</ref>

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'''Clément Beaune''' (born 14 August 1981) is a French public servant and politician who has been serving as the Secretary of State for European affairs in the governments of [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]]s [[Jean Castex]] and [[Élisabeth Borne]] between 2020 and 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gay French minister to visit 'LGBT-free zone' in Poland |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20201208-gay-french-minister-to-visit-lgbt-free-zone-in-poland |access-date=9 December 2020 |work=[[France 24]] |date=8 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Marlowe>{{cite news |last1=Marlowe |first1=Lara |title='Like talking to the president': Macron's go-to man for Europe |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/like-talking-to-the-president-macron-s-go-to-man-for-europe-1.4427902 |date=5 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Clément Beaune |url=https://www.politico.eu/person/clement-beaune/#:~:text=Cl%C3%A9ment%20Beaune%20has%20been%20minister,France%20from%202017%20to%202020. |access-date=9 December 2020 |work=[[Politico|POLITICO]]}}</ref>


==Background and early life==
==Background and early life==
Beaune was born in Paris. His mother was a nurse from [[Marseille]], and his father was a biochemistry teacher and researcher from [[Auvergne (region)|Auvergne]].<ref name="Paris Match">{{cite web|last=Jeudy|first=Bruno|title=Clément Beaune, le surdoué de la Macronie |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Politique/Clement-Beaune-le-surdoue-de-la-Macronie-1697213 |website=[[Paris Match]] |date=6 August 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="l'homme de confiance">{{cite web| last=Faye|first=Olivier|title=Clément Beaune, l'homme de confiance du chef de l'État |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2020/09/30/clement-beaune-l-homme-de-confiance-de-macron-aux-affaires-europeennes_6054239_823448.html |website=[[Le Monde]] |date=30 September 2020}}</ref> Beaune is a graduate of [[Sciences Po]] (the Institut d'études politiques de Paris),<ref name="Paris Match"/><ref name=official_bio>{{cite web|title= Biography, Minister of State for European Affairs|url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/our-ministers/clement-beaune/biography |website=France Diplomacy |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref> the Bruges [[College of Europe]] ("Montesquieu Year", 2004-2005)<ref name=official_bio/> and the [[École nationale d'administration]] ("Willy Brandt Year", 2007-2009).<ref name="l’indispensable européen de l’ombre">{{cite web|title=Clément Beaune, l'indispensable européen de l'ombre |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2019/05/18/clement-beaune-l-indispensable-europeen-de-l-ombre_5463804_823448.html |website=[[Le Monde]] |date=18 May 2019 |access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=L'Elysée nomme onze secrétaires d'Etat pour compléter le gouvernement |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2020/07/26/l-elysee-nomme-onze-secretaires-d-etat-pour-completer-le-gouvernement_6047338_823448.html |website=[[Le Monde]] |date=26 July 2020 |access-date=27 July 2020 }}</ref><ref name=official_bio/> As part of his studies he spent the academic year 2001/2002 in Ireland via the [[Erasmus Programme]], studying at [[Trinity College Dublin]] and living with Irish and other European students in a rundown house at the Seapoint Dart station. “Sometimes it was like camping. The heating didn’t work and there was rarely hot water. Real student life. It was for me a year of joy and freedom.”<ref name=Marlowe/> Beaune has described his family as left-wing. He defines himself as "[[Jacques Delors|Delorist]]". He campaigned for [[François Hollande]] in the [[2012 French presidential election|2012 Presidential Election]].<ref name="Paris Match"/>
Beaune was born in Paris. His mother was a nurse from [[Marseille]], and his father was a biochemistry teacher and researcher from [[Auvergne (region)|Auvergne]].<ref name="Paris Match">{{cite web|last=Jeudy|first=Bruno|title=Clément Beaune, le surdoué de la Macronie |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Politique/Clement-Beaune-le-surdoue-de-la-Macronie-1697213 |website=[[Paris Match]] |date=6 August 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="l'homme de confiance">{{cite web| last=Faye|first=Olivier|title=Clément Beaune, l'homme de confiance du chef de l'État |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2020/09/30/clement-beaune-l-homme-de-confiance-de-macron-aux-affaires-europeennes_6054239_823448.html |website=[[Le Monde]] |date=30 September 2020}}</ref> Beaune is a graduate of [[Sciences Po]] (the Institut d'études politiques de Paris),<ref name="Paris Match"/><ref name=official_bio>{{cite web|title= Biography, Minister of State for European Affairs|url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/our-ministers/clement-beaune/biography |website=France Diplomacy |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref> the Bruges [[College of Europe]] ("Montesquieu Year", 2004–2005)<ref name=official_bio/> and the [[École nationale d'administration]] ("Willy Brandt Year", 2007–2009).<ref name="l’indispensable européen de l’ombre">{{cite web|title=Clément Beaune, l'indispensable européen de l'ombre |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2019/05/18/clement-beaune-l-indispensable-europeen-de-l-ombre_5463804_823448.html |website=[[Le Monde]] |date=18 May 2019 |access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=L'Elysée nomme onze secrétaires d'Etat pour compléter le gouvernement |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2020/07/26/l-elysee-nomme-onze-secretaires-d-etat-pour-completer-le-gouvernement_6047338_823448.html |website=[[Le Monde]] |date=26 July 2020 |access-date=27 July 2020 }}</ref><ref name=official_bio/> As part of his studies he spent the academic year 2001/2002 in Ireland via the [[Erasmus Programme]], studying at [[Trinity College Dublin]] and living with Irish and other European students in a rundown house at the Seapoint Dart station. "Sometimes it was like camping. The heating didn't work and there was rarely hot water. Real student life. It was for me a year of joy and freedom."<ref name=Marlowe/> Beaune has described his family as left-wing. He defines himself as "[[Jacques Delors|Delorist]]". He campaigned for [[François Hollande]] in the [[2012 French presidential election|2012 presidential election]].<ref name="Paris Match"/>


==Early career==
==Early career==
After graduating the École nationale d'administration in 2009, Beaune began his career as a civil servant in the French government's Budget Directorate, as Deputy Head of the Finance Acts Bureau.<ref name="Forum de la performance">{{cite web|title=Clément BEAUNE, conseiller Europe et G20 à la présidence de la République|url=https://www.performance-publique.budget.gouv.fr/actualites/2019/clement-beaune-conseiller-europe-g20-a-presidence-republique|website=Forum de la performance|access-date=27 July 2020|publication-date=}}</ref><ref name=official_bio/> In 2011, he became Deputy Head of the Research and Higher Education Bureau.<ref name=official_bio/>
After graduating the École nationale d'administration in 2009, Beaune began his career as a civil servant in the French government's Budget Directorate, as Deputy Head of the Finance Acts Bureau.<ref name="Forum de la performance">{{cite web|title=Clément BEAUNE, conseiller Europe et G20 à la présidence de la République|url=https://www.performance-publique.budget.gouv.fr/actualites/2019/clement-beaune-conseiller-europe-g20-a-presidence-republique|website=Forum de la performance|access-date=27 July 2020|publication-date=|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727033503/https://www.performance-publique.budget.gouv.fr/actualites/2019/clement-beaune-conseiller-europe-g20-a-presidence-republique|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=official_bio/> In 2011, he became Deputy Head of the Research and Higher Education Bureau.<ref name=official_bio/>


From 2013 to 2014, Beaune worked in the office of [[Jean-Marc Ayrault]], then Prime Minister of France, as a budgetary technical advisor.<ref name=official_bio/><ref>{{cite web|last=Auffray|first=Alain|title=Clément Beaune, le discret architecte de l'union macronienne|url=https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/05/15/clement-beaune-le-discret-architecte-de-l-union-macronienne_1727189 |website=[[Libération (journal)|Libération]] |date=15 May 2019 |access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> He then spent a brief period as an Economic, Financial and Monetary Affairs advisor to the French Permanent Representation in [[European Union|Brussels]] in 2014,<ref name="Forum de la performance"/> before returning to French domestic government service at the [[Ministry of the Economy and Finance (France)|Ministry of the Economy and Finance]] in the same year. Here he initially worked for the offices of both [[Carole Delga]] (Secretary of Commerce, Crafts, Consumer Affairs, and Social Solidarity Economy) and [[Emmanuel Macron]] (the Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs) as European, International and Budgetary Affairs Adviser. From 2015 until 2016 he was reassigned to work exclusively in Macron's office.<ref name=gouvernement>{{cite web|title= Clément Beaune, Secrétaire d'État auprès du ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, chargé des Affaires européennes|url=https://www.gouvernement.fr/ministre/clement-beaune |website=Gouvernement |access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=official_bio/><ref>{{cite web|title= Arrêté du 30 novembre 2015 portant nomination au cabinet du ministre de l'économie, de l'industrie et du numérique (NOR : EINP1528606A)|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000031561194 |website=[[Légifrance]] |access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref>
From 2013 to 2014, Beaune worked in the office of [[Jean-Marc Ayrault]], then Prime Minister of France, as a budgetary technical advisor.<ref name=official_bio/><ref>{{cite web|last=Auffray|first=Alain|title=Clément Beaune, le discret architecte de l'union macronienne|url=https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/05/15/clement-beaune-le-discret-architecte-de-l-union-macronienne_1727189 |website=[[Libération (journal)|Libération]] |date=15 May 2019 |access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> He then spent a brief period as an Economic, Financial and Monetary Affairs advisor to the French Permanent Representation in [[European Union|Brussels]] in 2014,<ref name="Forum de la performance"/> before returning to French domestic government service at the [[Ministry of the Economy and Finance (France)|Ministry of the Economy and Finance]] in the same year. Here he initially worked for the offices of both [[Carole Delga]] (Secretary of Commerce, Crafts, Consumer Affairs, and Social Solidarity Economy) and [[Emmanuel Macron]] (the Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs) as European, International and Budgetary Affairs Adviser. From 2015 until 2016 he was reassigned to work exclusively in Macron's office.<ref name=gouvernement>{{cite web|title= Clément Beaune, Secrétaire d'État auprès du ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, chargé des Affaires européennes|url=https://www.gouvernement.fr/ministre/clement-beaune |website=Gouvernement |access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=official_bio/><ref>{{cite web|title= Arrêté du 30 novembre 2015 portant nomination au cabinet du ministre de l'économie, de l'industrie et du numérique (NOR : EINP1528606A)|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000031561194 |website=[[Légifrance]] |access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref>
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==Political career==
==Political career==
Beaune was reportedly considered for ministerial office as Secretary of State for European Affairs in 2019 upon the departure of [[Nathalie Loiseau]];<ref>{{cite web|last=Albertini|first=Dominique|title=Secrétaire d'Etat : Clément Beaune, le "Monsieur Europe" de l'Elysée sorti de l'ombre|url=https://www.liberation.fr/france/2020/07/26/secretaire-d-etat-clement-beaune-le-monsieur-europe-de-l-elysee-sorti-de-l-ombre_1795313|website=[[Libération (journal)|Libération]]|date=26 July 2020|access-date=27 July 2020|publication-date=}}</ref><ref name="l’indispensable européen de l’ombre"/> in the event [[Amélie de Montchalin]] was appointed. Beaune was also expected to appear on the [[La République En Marche!|LREM]] candidate list in the 2019 European elections.<ref name="Pléthorique">{{cite web|title=Pléthorique, le gouvernement Castex est enfin au complet|url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/270720/plethorique-le-gouvernement-castex-est-enfin-au-complet|website=[[Mediapart]]|date=27 July 2020|access-date=27 July 2020|publication-date=}}</ref> He was subsequently named Secretary of State for European Affairs on 26 July 2020, serving under the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs [[Jean-Yves Le Drian]] in the [[Jean Castex]] government.<ref>{{cite web|title=Qui sont les 11 secrétaires d'Etat du gouvernement Castex ? |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/jean-castex/gouvernement-de-jean-castex/sophie-cluzel-aux-personnes-handicapees-olivia-gregoire-a-l-economie-solidaire-decouvrez-la-liste-des-11-secretaires-d-etat-du-gouvernement_4056919.html|website=[[France Info]] |date=26 July 2020 |issn= |pages= }}</ref>
Beaune was reportedly considered for ministerial office as Secretary of State for European Affairs in 2019 upon the departure of [[Nathalie Loiseau]];<ref>{{cite web|last=Albertini|first=Dominique|title=Secrétaire d'Etat : Clément Beaune, le "Monsieur Europe" de l'Elysée sorti de l'ombre|url=https://www.liberation.fr/france/2020/07/26/secretaire-d-etat-clement-beaune-le-monsieur-europe-de-l-elysee-sorti-de-l-ombre_1795313|website=[[Libération (journal)|Libération]]|date=26 July 2020|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="l’indispensable européen de l’ombre"/> in the event [[Amélie de Montchalin]] was appointed. Beaune was also expected to appear on the [[La République En Marche!|LREM]] candidate list in the 2019 European elections.<ref name="Pléthorique">{{cite web|title=Pléthorique, le gouvernement Castex est enfin au complet|url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/270720/plethorique-le-gouvernement-castex-est-enfin-au-complet|website=[[Mediapart]]|date=27 July 2020|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> He was subsequently named Secretary of State for European Affairs on 26 July 2020, serving under the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs [[Jean-Yves Le Drian]] in the [[Jean Castex]] government.<ref>{{cite web|title=Qui sont les 11 secrétaires d'Etat du gouvernement Castex ? |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/jean-castex/gouvernement-de-jean-castex/sophie-cluzel-aux-personnes-handicapees-olivia-gregoire-a-l-economie-solidaire-decouvrez-la-liste-des-11-secretaires-d-etat-du-gouvernement_4056919.html|website=[[France Info]] |date=26 July 2020 |issn= |pages= }}</ref>

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In November 2020, Beaune joined the [[Territoires de progrès]] Party (TdP), founded earlier in 2020. The party is ideologically on the left wing of the presidential majority.<ref name="l'homme de confiance"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Segaunes|first=Nathalie|title=Clément Beaune rejoint les macronistes de gauche|url=https://www.lopinion.fr/edition/politique/clement-beaune-rejoint-macronistes-gauche-229720|website=[[L'Opinion (French newspaper)|L'Opinion]]|language=fr|date=2020-11-20|access-date=2020-11-20}}</ref>


In October 2023, Beaune participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Olaf Scholz]] and [[President of France|President]] [[Emmanuel Macron]].<ref>Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-france-hold-unprecedented-cabinet-retreat-oil-creaky-eu-motor-2023-10-09/ Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref><ref>[https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/deutsch-franzoesisches-kabinett-2023-2228354 Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert] [[Cabinet of Germany]], press release of 10 October 2023.</ref>
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In November 2020, Beaune joined the [[Territoires de progrès]] Party (TdP), founded earlier in 2020. The party is ideologically on the left wing of the presidential majority.<ref name="l'homme de confiance"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Segaunes|first=Nathalie|title=Clément Beaune rejoint les macronistes de gauche|url=https://www.lopinion.fr/edition/politique/clement-beaune-rejoint-macronistes-gauche-229720|website=[[L'Opinion (French newspaper)|L'Opinion]]|language=fr|date=2020-11-20|access-date=2020-11-20|publication-date=}}</ref>


==Political positions==
==Political positions==
Beaune is considered a leading figure on the left-wing of Macron's government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jacobin.com/2022/09/france-medef-jets-pro-business-reforms|title=Corporate France Says: Hands Off Our Private Jets|website=Jacobin|last1=Stetler|first1=Harrison|date=September 7, 2022|accessdate=September 8, 2022}}</ref>
Beaune is considered a leading figure on the left-wing of Macron's government<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jacobin.com/2022/09/france-medef-jets-pro-business-reforms|title=Corporate France Says: Hands Off Our Private Jets|website=Jacobin|last1=Stetler|first1=Harrison|date=September 7, 2022|accessdate=September 8, 2022}}</ref> and has been said to be on "the center left."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Roger |date=September 1, 2023 |title=Europe's 'Tormented History' Drives an Ambitious Macron Protégé |volume=172 |page=A4 |work=New York Times |issue=59899}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In December 2020, Beaune [[coming out|came out]] as [[homosexuality|gay]] in an interview with the French [[LGBT]] lifestyle magazine ''[[Têtu]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Le secrétaire d'État Clément Beaune "assume" son homosexualité et veut montrer que "ce n'est pas un obstacle"|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/interview-a-tetu-clement-beaune-assume-son-homosexualite-et-veut-monter-que-ce-n-est-pas-un-obstacle-08-12-2020-8413068.php|author=J. Cl.|website=[[Le Parisien]]|date=2020-12-08|access-date=2020-12-08|publication-date=}}</ref> Beaune said he wanted to show that being gay was “not an obstacle” to becoming a government minister, and condemned [[homophobia]] in other [[Europe|European]] countries. “I wouldn’t want people to say I am fighting against ‘LGBT-free’ zones because I am gay,” he said. “It would be insulting to say I am leading that fight for myself. … However, as European affairs minister, I have an additional responsibility. I must fight for tolerance.” In the same interview Beaune announced that he planned to visit Polish “LGBT-free” cities early in 2021. He also intended to meet with an [[abortion]] rights group in Poland.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ring|first=Trudy|title=Gay French Diplomat Pledges to Visit Poland's 'LGBT-Free' Zones|url=https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/12/08/gay-french-diplomat-pledges-visit-polands-lgbt-free-zones|website=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|Advocate]]|date=8 December 2020|access-date=23 December 2020|publication-date=}}</ref> In the same 2020 interview Beaune disclosed his family background included Jewish relatives who suffered deportation during [[The Holocaust]].<ref>"I come from a family in which people were deported because they were Jewish, only two generations ago. That resonates with me." {{cite web|last=Reid-Smith|first=Tris|title=French minister Clément Beaune comes out as gay, will fight hate in Poland and Hungary|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/french-minister-clement-beaune-comes-out-as-gay-will-fight-hate-in-poland-and-hungary|website=[[Gay Star News]]|date=9 December 2020|access-date=23 December 2020|publication-date=}}</ref>
In December 2020, Beaune [[coming out|came out]] as [[homosexuality|gay]] in an interview with the French [[LGBT]] lifestyle magazine ''[[Têtu]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Le secrétaire d'État Clément Beaune "assume" son homosexualité et veut montrer que "ce n'est pas un obstacle"|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/interview-a-tetu-clement-beaune-assume-son-homosexualite-et-veut-monter-que-ce-n-est-pas-un-obstacle-08-12-2020-8413068.php|author=J. Cl.|website=[[Le Parisien]]|date=2020-12-08|access-date=2020-12-08}}</ref> Beaune said he wanted to show that being gay was “not an obstacle” to becoming a government minister, and condemned [[homophobia]] in other [[Europe|European]] countries. “I wouldn’t want people to say I am fighting against ‘LGBT-free’ zones because I am gay,” he said. “It would be insulting to say I am leading that fight for myself. … However, as European affairs minister, I have an additional responsibility. I must fight for tolerance.” In the same interview Beaune announced that he planned to visit Polish “LGBT-free” cities early in 2021. He also intended to meet with an [[abortion]] rights group in Poland.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ring|first=Trudy|title=Gay French Diplomat Pledges to Visit Poland's 'LGBT-Free' Zones|url=https://www.advocate.com/world/2020/12/08/gay-french-diplomat-pledges-visit-polands-lgbt-free-zones|website=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|Advocate]]|date=8 December 2020|access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref> In the same 2020 interview Beaune disclosed his family background included Jewish relatives who suffered deportation during [[The Holocaust]].<ref>"I come from a family in which people were deported because they were Jewish, only two generations ago. That resonates with me." {{cite web|last=Reid-Smith|first=Tris|title=French minister Clément Beaune comes out as gay, will fight hate in Poland and Hungary|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/french-minister-clement-beaune-comes-out-as-gay-will-fight-hate-in-poland-and-hungary|website=[[Gay Star News]]|date=9 December 2020|access-date=23 December 2020|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205010200/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/french-minister-clement-beaune-comes-out-as-gay-will-fight-hate-in-poland-and-hungary/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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Clément Beaune
Beaune in 2023
Minister Delegate for Transport
In office
4 July 2022 – 11 January 2024
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byJean-Baptiste Djebbari
Succeeded byPatrice Vergriete
Secretary of State for European Affairs
In office
26 July 2020 – 4 July 2022
Prime MinisterJean Castex
Preceded byAmélie de Montchalin
Succeeded byLaurence Boone
Member of the National Assembly
for Paris's 7th constituency
In office
12 February 2024 – 9 June 2024
Preceded byClara Chassaniol
Succeeded byEmmanuel Grégoire
In office
22 June 2022 – 22 July 2022
Preceded byPacôme Rupin
Succeeded byClara Chassaniol
Personal details
Born (1981-08-14) 14 August 1981 (age 43)
Paris, France
Political partyRenaissance (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		Territories of Progress (2020–2022)
Alma materSciences Po
College of Europe
École nationale d'administration

Clément Beaune (French pronunciation: [klemɑ̃ bon]; born 14 August 1981) is a French public servant and politician who served as Secretary of State for European Affairs (2020–2022) and Minister for Transport (2022–2024) in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean Castex and Élisabeth Borne.[1][2][3]

Background and early life

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Beaune was born in Paris. His mother was a nurse from Marseille, and his father was a biochemistry teacher and researcher from Auvergne.[4][5] Beaune is a graduate of Sciences Po (the Institut d'études politiques de Paris),[4][6] the Bruges College of Europe ("Montesquieu Year", 2004–2005)[6] and the École nationale d'administration ("Willy Brandt Year", 2007–2009).[7][8][6] As part of his studies he spent the academic year 2001/2002 in Ireland via the Erasmus Programme, studying at Trinity College Dublin and living with Irish and other European students in a rundown house at the Seapoint Dart station. "Sometimes it was like camping. The heating didn't work and there was rarely hot water. Real student life. It was for me a year of joy and freedom."[2] Beaune has described his family as left-wing. He defines himself as "Delorist". He campaigned for François Hollande in the 2012 presidential election.[4]

Early career

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After graduating the École nationale d'administration in 2009, Beaune began his career as a civil servant in the French government's Budget Directorate, as Deputy Head of the Finance Acts Bureau.[9][6] In 2011, he became Deputy Head of the Research and Higher Education Bureau.[6]

From 2013 to 2014, Beaune worked in the office of Jean-Marc Ayrault, then Prime Minister of France, as a budgetary technical advisor.[6][10] He then spent a brief period as an Economic, Financial and Monetary Affairs advisor to the French Permanent Representation in Brussels in 2014,[9] before returning to French domestic government service at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance in the same year. Here he initially worked for the offices of both Carole Delga (Secretary of Commerce, Crafts, Consumer Affairs, and Social Solidarity Economy) and Emmanuel Macron (the Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs) as European, International and Budgetary Affairs Adviser. From 2015 until 2016 he was reassigned to work exclusively in Macron's office.[11][6][12]

From 2016 to 2017, he was Deputy CEO of Groupe ADP.[13][6]

In 2017, after the election of Emmanuel Macron as President of France, Beaune became a Special Adviser within the Diplomatic Unit of the Presidency of the Republic,[11] specialising in European issues,[6] and on the G20.[9]

Beaune worked on Emmanuel Macron's presidential campaign, advising Macron on European affairs, between February and May 2017.[11]

Political career

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Beaune was reportedly considered for ministerial office as Secretary of State for European Affairs in 2019 upon the departure of Nathalie Loiseau;[14][7] in the event Amélie de Montchalin was appointed. Beaune was also expected to appear on the LREM candidate list in the 2019 European elections.[15] He was subsequently named Secretary of State for European Affairs on 26 July 2020, serving under the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian in the Jean Castex government.[16]

In November 2020, Beaune joined the Territoires de progrès Party (TdP), founded earlier in 2020. The party is ideologically on the left wing of the presidential majority.[5][17]

In October 2023, Beaune participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron.[18][19]

Political positions

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Beaune is considered a leading figure on the left-wing of Macron's government[20] and has been said to be on "the center left."[21]

Personal life

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In December 2020, Beaune came out as gay in an interview with the French LGBT lifestyle magazine Têtu.[22] Beaune said he wanted to show that being gay was “not an obstacle” to becoming a government minister, and condemned homophobia in other European countries. “I wouldn’t want people to say I am fighting against ‘LGBT-free’ zones because I am gay,” he said. “It would be insulting to say I am leading that fight for myself. … However, as European affairs minister, I have an additional responsibility. I must fight for tolerance.” In the same interview Beaune announced that he planned to visit Polish “LGBT-free” cities early in 2021. He also intended to meet with an abortion rights group in Poland.[23] In the same 2020 interview Beaune disclosed his family background included Jewish relatives who suffered deportation during The Holocaust.[24]

Beaune is a fencing enthusiast.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Gay French minister to visit 'LGBT-free zone' in Poland". France 24. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b Marlowe, Lara (5 December 2020). "'Like talking to the president': Macron's go-to man for Europe". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Clément Beaune". POLITICO. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Jeudy, Bruno (6 August 2020). "Clément Beaune, le surdoué de la Macronie". Paris Match. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b Faye, Olivier (30 September 2020). "Clément Beaune, l'homme de confiance du chef de l'État". Le Monde.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Biography, Minister of State for European Affairs". France Diplomacy. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Clément Beaune, l'indispensable européen de l'ombre". Le Monde. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  8. ^ "L'Elysée nomme onze secrétaires d'Etat pour compléter le gouvernement". Le Monde. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "Clément BEAUNE, conseiller Europe et G20 à la présidence de la République". Forum de la performance. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  10. ^ Auffray, Alain (15 May 2019). "Clément Beaune, le discret architecte de l'union macronienne". Libération. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  11. ^ a b c "Clément Beaune, Secrétaire d'État auprès du ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, chargé des Affaires européennes". Gouvernement. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Arrêté du 30 novembre 2015 portant nomination au cabinet du ministre de l'économie, de l'industrie et du numérique (NOR : EINP1528606A)". Légifrance. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Nominations au sein du Groupe ADP,21.11.16" (PDF). parisaeroport. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  14. ^ Albertini, Dominique (26 July 2020). "Secrétaire d'Etat : Clément Beaune, le "Monsieur Europe" de l'Elysée sorti de l'ombre". Libération. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Pléthorique, le gouvernement Castex est enfin au complet". Mediapart. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Qui sont les 11 secrétaires d'Etat du gouvernement Castex ?". France Info. 26 July 2020.
  17. ^ Segaunes, Nathalie (20 November 2020). "Clément Beaune rejoint les macronistes de gauche". L'Opinion (in French). Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  18. ^ Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023), Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor Reuters.
  19. ^ Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert Cabinet of Germany, press release of 10 October 2023.
  20. ^ Stetler, Harrison (7 September 2022). "Corporate France Says: Hands Off Our Private Jets". Jacobin. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  21. ^ Cohen, Roger (1 September 2023). "Europe's 'Tormented History' Drives an Ambitious Macron Protégé". New York Times. Vol. 172, no. 59899. p. A4.
  22. ^ J. Cl. (8 December 2020). "Le secrétaire d'État Clément Beaune "assume" son homosexualité et veut montrer que "ce n'est pas un obstacle"". Le Parisien. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  23. ^ Ring, Trudy (8 December 2020). "Gay French Diplomat Pledges to Visit Poland's 'LGBT-Free' Zones". Advocate. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  24. ^ "I come from a family in which people were deported because they were Jewish, only two generations ago. That resonates with me." Reid-Smith, Tris (9 December 2020). "French minister Clément Beaune comes out as gay, will fight hate in Poland and Hungary". Gay Star News. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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