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==Early life and education==
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Borne was born in Paris on 18 April 1961.<ref name="Sage">{{Cite news |last=Sage |first=Adam |date=17 May 2022 |title=Elisabeth Borne: France's first female prime minister for 30 years seeks unity |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elisabeth-borne-frances-first-female-prime-minister-for-30-years-seeks-unity-30g9hbc89 |access-date=17 May 2022 |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516233602/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elisabeth-borne-frances-first-female-prime-minister-for-30-years-seeks-unity-30g9hbc89 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her French mother, Marguerite Lecèsne, was a pharmacist, and her father, Joseph Bornstein, was a Russian<ref>{{cite news |author1=Angelique Chrisafis |title=Élisabeth Borne: a long-serving technocrat and ‘woman of the left’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/16/elisabeth-borne-a-long-serving-technocrat-and-woman-of-the-left?fr=operanews |publisher=The Guardian |date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526160505/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/16/elisabeth-borne-a-long-serving-technocrat-and-woman-of-the-left?fr=operanews |archive-date=26 May 2022 |quote=Her father was Jewish with Russian roots, from a family who had taken refuge in France in 1939.}}</ref> Jew living in Belgium who fled to France at the outset of the [[Second World War]]; he was active in the [[Résistance]], was deported, but survived the [[Holocaust]] and was naturalised as French in 1950.<ref name=fatherrip>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-706911|title=What are the Jewish roots of France's newest prime minister?|first=Zvika|last=Klein|publisher=Jerusalem Post|date=May 17, 2022|accessdate=May 18, 2022|archive-date=18 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518171904/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-706911|url-status=live}}</ref> Her parents ran a pharmaceutical laboratory after the war.<ref name="Bloch">{{Cite news |last=Bloch |first=Ben |date=17 May 2022 |title=France's new prime minister is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and French Resistance hero |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/france's-new-prime-minister-is-the-daughter-of-a-holocaust-survivor-and-french-resistance-hero-5ujMXmR2BbPn36a1N6JVj7 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=17 May 2022 |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517143438/https://www.thejc.com/news/world/france%27s-new-prime-minister-is-the-daughter-of-a-holocaust-survivor-and-french-resistance-hero-5ujMXmR2BbPn36a1N6JVj7 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sage"/> Her father's death when she was 11 years old resulted in Borne receiving "[[Ward of the Nation]]" education benefits, which the state granted to minors who had a parent injured or killed during a war, a terrorist attack or while rendering certain public services.<ref name=fatherrip />
Borne was born in Paris on 18 April 1961.<ref name="Sage">{{Cite news |last=Sage |first=Adam |date=17 May 2022 |title=Elisabeth Borne: France's first female prime minister for 30 years seeks unity |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elisabeth-borne-frances-first-female-prime-minister-for-30-years-seeks-unity-30g9hbc89 |access-date=17 May 2022 |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516233602/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elisabeth-borne-frances-first-female-prime-minister-for-30-years-seeks-unity-30g9hbc89 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her French mother, Marguerite Lecèsne, was a pharmacist, and her father, Joseph Bornstein and grandpa Zelig Bornstein, were Polish Jews from [[Łuków]]<ref name="Bloch"/><ref name=fatherrip/> (given erroneously as Russian)<ref>{{cite news |author1=Angelique Chrisafis |title=Élisabeth Borne: a long-serving technocrat and ‘woman of the left’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/16/elisabeth-borne-a-long-serving-technocrat-and-woman-of-the-left?fr=operanews |publisher=The Guardian |date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526160505/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/16/elisabeth-borne-a-long-serving-technocrat-and-woman-of-the-left?fr=operanews |archive-date=26 May 2022 |quote=Her father was Jewish with Russian roots, from a family who had taken refuge in France in 1939.}}</ref> living in Belgium, who fled to France at the outset of the [[Second World War]]; he was active in the [[Résistance]], was deported, but survived the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] and [[Death marches during the Holocaust#End of the war|Death march]]. He was naturalised as French in 1950.<ref name=fatherrip>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-706911|title=What are the Jewish roots of France's newest prime minister?|first=Zvika|last=Klein|publisher=Jerusalem Post|date=May 17, 2022|accessdate=May 18, 2022|archive-date=18 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518171904/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-706911|url-status=live}}</ref> Her parents ran a pharmaceutical laboratory after the war.<ref name="Bloch">{{Cite news |last=Bloch |first=Ben |date=17 May 2022 |title=France's new prime minister is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and French Resistance hero |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/france's-new-prime-minister-is-the-daughter-of-a-holocaust-survivor-and-french-resistance-hero-5ujMXmR2BbPn36a1N6JVj7 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=17 May 2022 |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517143438/https://www.thejc.com/news/world/france%27s-new-prime-minister-is-the-daughter-of-a-holocaust-survivor-and-french-resistance-hero-5ujMXmR2BbPn36a1N6JVj7 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sage"/> Her father's death when she was 11 years old resulted in Borne receiving "[[Ward of the Nation]]" education benefits, which the state granted to minors who had a parent injured or killed during a war, a terrorist attack or while rendering certain public services.<ref name=fatherrip />


Borne attended high school at Lycée Janson-de-Sailly in Paris. Later, she entered the [[École Polytechnique]] (class of 1981). In 1986, she obtained her [[Diplôme d'Ingénieur]] in civil engineering from the [[École des ponts ParisTech|École nationale des ponts et chaussées]] (National School of Road and Bridge engineering) and one year later a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the [[Collège des Ingénieurs]].
Borne attended high school at Lycée Janson-de-Sailly in Paris. Later, she entered the [[École Polytechnique]] (class of 1981). In 1986, she obtained her [[Diplôme d'Ingénieur]] in civil engineering from the [[École des ponts ParisTech|École nationale des ponts et chaussées]] (National School of Road and Bridge engineering) and one year later a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the [[Collège des Ingénieurs]].

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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 byOlivier Dussopt
Minister of 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 partyRenaissance (since 2017)
Territories of Progress (since 2020)
Spouse
Olivier Allix
​
​
(m. 1989; div. 2008)​
Children1
ResidenceHôtel Matignon (official)
EducationÉcole Polytechnique
École des ponts ParisTech
Collège des Ingénieurs

Élisabeth Borne (Template:IPA-fr; born 18 April 1961) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since May 2022.

A civil engineer, former government official and manager of state enterprises in the transport and construction sectors, Borne previously served as minister of transport (2017–2019) and minister of ecology (2019–2020). She was then minister of labour, employment and integration in the Castex government 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] Borne is the first woman to hold the position since Édith Cresson, who served from 1991 to 1992.[3] She is both a member of Macron's party Renaissance and of the centre-left party Territories of Progress.

Early life and education

Borne was born in Paris on 18 April 1961.[4] Her French mother, Marguerite Lecèsne, was a pharmacist, and her father, Joseph Bornstein and grandpa Zelig Bornstein, were Polish Jews from Łuków[5][6] (given erroneously as Russian)[7] living in Belgium, who fled to France at the outset of the Second World War; he was active in the Résistance, was deported, but survived the Auschwitz concentration camp and Death march. He was naturalised as French in 1950.[6] Her parents ran a pharmaceutical laboratory after the war.[5][4] Her father's death when she was 11 years old resulted in Borne receiving "Ward of the Nation" education benefits, which the state granted to minors who had a parent injured or killed during a war, a terrorist attack or while rendering certain public services.[6]

Borne attended high school at Lycée Janson-de-Sailly in Paris. Later, she entered the École Polytechnique (class of 1981). In 1986, she obtained her Diplôme d'Ingénieur in civil engineering from the École nationale des ponts et chaussées (National School of Road and Bridge engineering) and one year later a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Collège des Ingénieurs.

Career in the public sector

Borne joined the civil service as a government official at the French planning and works ministry (ministère de l'Equipement) in 1987. In the early 1990s, she was an advisor in the ministry of education under Lionel Jospin and Jack Lang (both members of the Socialist Party). From 1993 to 1996 she worked as a technical director for the public housing company Sonacotra. In 1997, prime minister Lionel Jospin appointed her as his advisor for urban planning, housing and transport.[8]

In 2002, Borne became a strategy director and member of the executive committee at the state-owned railway company SNCF, before joining the public works construction company Eiffage as concessions manager in 2007. She worked as director of urban planning for the City of Paris under mayor Bertrand Delanoë from 2008 until 2013.[9]

In 2013 Borne was appointed Prefect of the department Vienne and the region of Poitou-Charentes, the first woman to occupy that position.[10] At that time, Socialist politician Ségolène Royal was president of the regional council of Poitou-Charente. When Royal became Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy in 2014, she appointed Borne as her chief of staff (directrice de cabinet).[11] Borne subsequently was the President and CEO of RATP Group, a state-owned enterprise which operates public transport in Greater Paris, from 2015 to 2017.[9]

Political career

For a long time Borne was close to the Socialist Party (PS), but without formally joining the party. After Emmanuel Macron's victory in the 2017 French presidential election, she joined La République En Marche! (LREM).[12] Since 2020 she has additionally been a member of Territories of Progress, a centre-left party allied with LREM.[13]

Borne served as minister-delegate of transport in the first and second Philippe government from May 2017 to July 2019.[14][15][16] 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.[17] After the resignation of ecology minister François de Rugy in 2019, Borne was promoted to head the ministry of the ecological and inclusive transition. In that capacity, she led efforts to pass a long-term energy planning bill aimed at increasing security of supply and a clean mobility bill committing the country to reaching carbon neutrality in the transport sector by 2050.[18]

In 2019, Borne opposed France's ratification of the European Union–Mercosur free trade agreement.[19]

In July 2020, Borne was appointed minister of labour, employment and economic inclusion in the government of prime minister Jean Castex, succeeding Muriel Pénicaud.[20] In that capacity, she oversaw negotiations with unions that resulted in a cut to unemployment benefits for some job seekers.[17] 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, three 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. She is also the first of Macron's prime ministers to be a member of his centrist party.[21]

Borne is a candidate for Renaissance (formerly known as La République En Marche!) in the June 2022 French legislative election in Calvados's 6th constituency in the Normandy region in northwestern France.[22] 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.

Personal life

Borne was admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in March 2021 and was administered oxygen.[23] She is an enthusiastic breeder of chihuahuas.

Honours

Ribbon bar Honour Date and comment
Chevalier of the Legion of Honour 12 July 2013[24]
Officer of the National Order of Merit 14 November 2016[25]
Chevalier of the National Order of Merit 6 November 2008[25]
Commandeur of the National Order of Maritime Merit 2017[26]

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. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Élisabeth Borne va être nommée Première ministre". INFO BFMTV. 16 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Élisabeth Borne becomes France's first female prime minister in 30 years". the Guardian. 16 May 2022. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b Sage, Adam (17 May 2022). "Elisabeth Borne: France's first female prime minister for 30 years seeks unity". The Times. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b Bloch, Ben (17 May 2022). "France's new prime minister is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and French Resistance hero". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Klein, Zvika (17 May 2022). "What are the Jewish roots of France's newest prime minister?". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  7. ^ Angelique Chrisafis (16 May 2022). "Élisabeth Borne: a long-serving technocrat and 'woman of the left'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Her father was Jewish with Russian roots, from a family who had taken refuge in France in 1939.
  8. ^ "Elisabeth Borne". Who's Who in France. 17 May 2022. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  9. ^ a b Philippe Jacqué, Cédric Pietralunga and Isabelle Chaperon (March 24, 2015), RATP : Elisabeth Borne devrait remplacer Pierre Mongin Archived 8 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine Le Monde, April 24, 2014.
  10. ^ "Elisabeth Borne, la nouvelle ministre de la Transition écologique, a été préfète de la région Poitou-Charente". France Bleu (in French). 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  11. ^ La préfète de Poitou-Charentes nommée directrice de cabinet de Ségolène Royal Archived 8 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine Le Monde, April 24, 2014.
  12. ^ Dominique Albertini and Franck Bouaziz (January 8, 2018) Transports : Elisabeth Borne, lasse du volant ? Archived 29 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine Libération.
  13. ^ Jean-Rémi Baudot (20 September 2020). "Avec le mouvement "Territoires de progrès", Emmanuel Macron travaille son aile gauche". Europe 1. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  14. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Elisabeth Borne passe de la RATP au ministère des Transports". Bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com. 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Élisabeth Borne, ministre des transports, 56 ans". La Croix. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  17. ^ a b Elizabeth Pineau and Dominique Vidalon (16 May 2022), France's Macron picks Elisabeth Borne as new prime minister Archived 17 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine Reuters.
  18. ^ Louise Guillot (23 May 2022), Macron’s new (not so) green team Politico Europe.
  19. ^ Benoit Van Overstraeten (October 8, 2019), France will not sign Mercosur deal under current conditions: minister Borne Archived 16 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine Reuters.
  20. ^ "Élisabeth Borne". Gouvernement.fr (in French). 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  21. ^ Angelique Chrisafis (16 May 2022), Élisabeth Borne: a long-serving technocrat and ‘woman of the left’ Archived 18 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian.
  22. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  23. ^ Angelique Chrisafis (16 May 2022), Élisabeth Borne: a long-serving technocrat and ‘woman of the left’ Archived 18 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian.
  24. ^ "Décret du 12 juillet 2013 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French). Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  25. ^ a b "Décret du 14 novembre 2016 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French). Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  26. ^ "Décret n° 2002-88 du 17 janvier 2002 relatif à l'ordre du Mérite maritime". Légifrance (in French). Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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 Ecology
2019–2020 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Labour
2020–2022 		Succeeded by
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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