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On 16 May 2022 Borne was appointed [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]], succeeding [[Jean Castex]], 3 weeks after the re-election of [[Emmanuel Macron]] for a second term as [[President of the French Republic]]. After [[Edith Cresson|Édith Cresson]], in 1991–1992, she is the second woman only to hold the position.
On 16 May 2022 Borne was appointed [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]], succeeding [[Jean Castex]], 3 weeks after the re-election of [[Emmanuel Macron]] for a second term as [[President of the French Republic]]. After [[Edith Cresson|Édith Cresson]], in 1991–1992, she is the second woman only to hold the position.

Borne is a candidate for [[La République En Marche!|Renaissance]] (formerly known as La République En Marche!) in the June [[2022 French legislative election]] in [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Normandy (administrative region)|Normandy]] [[Regions of France|region]] in northwestern [[France]]<ref>https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/vire-normandie-14500/legislatives-2022-candidate-dans-le-calvados-elisabeth-borne-est-nommee-premiere-ministre-7a7dce7a-d52d-11ec-bd06-4e730397c904</ref>. However, while remaining a candidate, under the [[Dual mandate]] (cumuls des mandats) law she will not be able to take up the position if she wins the election, and will be replaced by a designated alternate.


== Political positions ==
== Political positions ==

Revision as of 11:12, 17 May 2022

Élisabeth Borne
Prime Minister of France
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 May 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Preceded byJean Castex
Minister of Labour, Employment and Integration
In office
6 July 2020 – 16 May 2022
Prime MinisterJean Castex
Preceded byMuriel Pénicaud
Succeeded byTBD
Minister of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition
In office
16 July 2019 – 6 July 2020
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Preceded byFrançois de Rugy
Succeeded byBarbara Pompili
Minister of Transport
In office
17 May 2017 – 16 July 2019
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Preceded byAlain Vidalies
Succeeded byJean-Baptiste Djebbari
Personal details
Born (1961-04-18) 18 April 1961 (age 63)
Paris, France
Political partySocialist Party (before 2020)
Territories of Progress (2020–2022)
Renaissance (2022–present)
Spouse
Olivier Allix
​
​
(m. 1989; div. 2008)​
Children1
EducationÉcole Polytechnique
École des ponts ParisTech
Collège des Ingénieurs

Élisabeth Borne (born 18 April 1961) is a French politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of France since 2022.

Borne previously served as Minister of Labour, Employment and Integration in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022.[1] On 16 May 2022, President Emmanuel Macron appointed her as the next Prime Minister of France, following Castex's resignation as it is the tradition following the presidential elections in France.[2] She is a new member Macron's political party La République En Marche! (LREM).

Early life and education

Elisabeth Borne was born in Paris.[3] Her French mother was a chemist and her father was a Jew from Russia who fled to France at the outset of the Second World War; her parents ran a pharmaceutical laboratory after the war.[3] Borne attended high school at Lycée Janson-de-Sailly in Paris. Later, she entered the École Polytechnique (class of 1981) and graduated as a civil engineer. She obtained her engineering degree from the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. In 1986, she joined the Collège des Ingénieurs where she obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Career in the public sector

Borne worked as director of urban planning for the City of Paris from 2008 until 2013.[4] In 2013 she was appointed Prefect of Vienne and the Region of Poitou-Charentes, the first woman to occupy that position.[5]

From 2014 until 2015, she served as private secretary to Ségolène Royal, then Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy.[6]

Borne subsequently was the chief executive officer of RATP Group, a state-owned enterprise providing services in the field of public transport, from 2015 to 2017.[7]

Political career

A long-time member of the Socialist Party (PS), Borne voted for Emmanuel Macron in the 2017 French presidential election and later joined La République En Marche! (LREM).[8]

Borne was Minister of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition (2019–2020) after serving as Minister of Transport (2017–2019) in the First and Second Philippe government.[9][10][11] During her time in office, she held out against weeks of strikes and demonstrations in 2017 to end a generous pension and benefits system for SNCF railway workers.[12]

In 2020, Borne was appointed Minister of Labour, Employment and Economic Inclusion in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex, succeeding Muriel Pénicaud.[13] In that capacity, she oversaw negotiations with unions that resulted in a cut to unemployment benefits for some job seekers.[14] During her time in office, France’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 15 years and youth unemployment to its lowest level in 40 years.

On 16 May 2022 Borne was appointed Prime Minister, succeeding Jean Castex, 3 weeks after the re-election of Emmanuel Macron for a second term as President of the French Republic. After Édith Cresson, in 1991–1992, she is the second woman only to hold the position.

Borne is a candidate for Renaissance (formerly known as La République En Marche!) in the June 2022 French legislative election in Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France[15]. However, while remaining a candidate, under the Dual mandate (cumuls des mandats) law she will not be able to take up the position if she wins the election, and will be replaced by a designated alternate.

Political positions

In 2019, Borne opposed France's ratification of the European Union–Mercosur free trade agreement.[16]

Honours

Ribbon bar Honour Date and comment
Chevalier of the Legion of Honour 12 July 2013[17]
Officer of the National Order of Merit 14 November 2016[18]
Chevalier of the National Order of Merit 6 November 2008[18]
Commandeur of the National Order of Maritime Merit 2017[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gouvernement Castex en direct : Darmanin nommé ministre de l'intérieur, Dupond-Moretti garde des sceaux et Bachelot à la culture". Le Monde.fr (in French). 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Élisabeth Borne va être nommée Première ministre". INFO BFMTV. 16 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b Sage, Adam (17 May 2022). "Elisabeth Borne: France's first female prime minister for 30 years seeks unity". The Times. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  4. ^ Philippe Jacqué, Cédric Pietralunga and Isabelle Chaperon (March 24, 2015), RATP : Elisabeth Borne devrait remplacer Pierre Mongin Le Monde, April 24, 2014.
  5. ^ "Elisabeth Borne, la nouvelle ministre de la Transition écologique, a été préfète de la région Poitou-Charente". France Bleu (in French). 17 July 2019.
  6. ^ La préfète de Poitou-Charentes nommée directrice de cabinet de Ségolène Royal Le Monde, April 24, 2014.
  7. ^ Philippe Jacqué, Cédric Pietralunga and Isabelle Chaperon (March 24, 2015), RATP : Elisabeth Borne devrait remplacer Pierre Mongin Le Monde, April 24, 2014.
  8. ^ Dominique Albertini and Franck Bouaziz (January 8, 2018) Transports : Elisabeth Borne, lasse du volant ? Libération.
  9. ^ "L'ancienne préfète de Poitou-Charentes Élisabeth Borne nommée ministre déléguée aux transports - 17/05/2017 - La Nouvelle République Vienne" (in French). Orig.lanouvellerepublique.fr. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Elisabeth Borne passe de la RATP au ministère des Transports". Bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Élisabeth Borne, ministre des transports, 56 ans". La Croix. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  12. ^ Elizabeth Pineau and Dominique Vidalon (16 May 2022), France's Macron picks Elisabeth Borne as new prime minister Reuters.
  13. ^ "Élisabeth Borne". Gouvernement.fr (in French). 20 March 2018.
  14. ^ Elizabeth Pineau and Dominique Vidalon (16 May 2022), France's Macron picks Elisabeth Borne as new prime minister Reuters.
  15. ^ https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/vire-normandie-14500/legislatives-2022-candidate-dans-le-calvados-elisabeth-borne-est-nommee-premiere-ministre-7a7dce7a-d52d-11ec-bd06-4e730397c904
  16. ^ Benoit Van Overstraeten (October 8, 2019), France will not sign Mercosur deal under current conditions: minister Borne Reuters.
  17. ^ "Décret du 12 juillet 2013 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French).
  18. ^ a b "Décret du 14 novembre 2016 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French).
  19. ^ "Décret n° 2002-88 du 17 janvier 2002 relatif à l'ordre du Mérite maritime". Légifrance (in French).
Government offices
Preceded by President of the RATP
2015–2017 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Transport
2017–2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of the Ecological Transition
2019–2020 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Labour
2020–2022 		TBD
Preceded by Prime Minister of France
2022–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
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Prime Minister 		Succeeded byas President of the Senate

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