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(CNN) — The following is a look at the life of French President Emmanuel Macron.
Personal information
Date of birth: December 21, 1977
Place of birth: Amiens, France
Birth Name: Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron
Father: Jean-Michel Macron, Professor of Neurology
Mother: Françoise Nogues-Macron, doctor
Before: Brigitte Trogneux (2007–present)
Training: University of Paris Nanterre; Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (“Sciences Po”); National Administrative School, 2004
Religion: Baptized Roman Catholic at age 12 but described by his spokesman as a “spiritual agnostic”.
other data
At 39, Macron became the youngest president in French history.
Before being elected President of France, he never held a popularly elected office.
Macron, a centrist, has said his goal is not to lead people to the right or left, but to unite the French people.
During his time as Secretary of Commerce, he pushed through the so-called “Macron Act,” which was designed to shake up the economy through labor reform. The measure had to be enforced by the National Assembly with the help of a controversial parliamentary measure and led to protests lasting several days.
He worked on Francois Hollande’s 2012 presidential campaign.
Macron’s wife, Brigitte Trogneux, was his high school drama teacher. When Macron was 17, he claimed he would eventually marry her, even though she was married at the time and had three children.
chronology
2004-2008: Financial Inspector of the Ministry of Economy.
2008-2012: Investment banker at Rothschild & Cie Banque in Paris.
2012-June 2014: serves as Deputy Secretary-General to President Hollande.
08/26/2014: He replaces Arnaud Montebourg as Minister for Economy, Industry and Digital.
2015: He is the main architect of an economic reform law for growth, activity and equal opportunity. The law is known as the “Macron Law”.
April 6, 2016: Announces the launch of the political movement En Marche! (“To move!”).
08/30/2016: Resignation from the post of Economy Minister. Announcing his resignation, Macron hints that he needs time to prepare for a presidential candidacy, stating: “I am determined to do everything so that our values, ideas and actions can transform France from next year.”
November 16, 2016: He officially declares that he is running for the post of President of France.
November 2016: Macron’s book “Révolution” is published. He reveals his vision of France.
April 23, 2017: In the first round of the presidential election, Macron gets more than 23% of the vote, and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen gets just 22%.
May 5, 2017: Less than 48 hours before the second and final round of the presidential election, Macron fell victim to a “massive and coordinated hacking operation,” according to his campaign team. About 14.5 gigabytes of email, personal and business documents are published on text-sharing site Pastebin via links to more than 70,000 files. Macron’s party officials say the perpetrators of the hack mixed fake documents with authentic documents “to create confusion and misinformation.”
May 7, 2017: Macron defeats Le Pen with more than 66% of the vote to become the next President of France.
May 14, 2017: takes office as President.
May 29, 2017: At a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Macron called for an end to alleged crackdowns on gay men in Chechnya.
June 11, 2017: Macron’s party wins the majority of votes in the first round of parliamentary elections, albeit with a low turnout. Less than 50% of people vote.
June 18, 2017: France is holding its second round of general elections, and with 97% of the vote counted, Macron’s party is on track to win a decisive 300-seat majority.
June 23, 2017: Macron and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appear together in a video about climate change. In the clip posted by Schwarzenegger TwitterMacron says he and Schwarzenegger will “make the planet great again,” echoing US President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan.
July 3, 2017: A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor says the police have foiled an assassination attempt on Macron. Authorities say a 23-year-old man planned to attack Macron during a Bastille Day parade in Paris. The suspect, who describes himself as a right-wing nationalist, told investigators he wanted to make a political statement. On the other hand, Macron delivers a speech to lawmakers in which he promises to later lift the country’s terrorism-induced state of emergency.
April 25, 2018: Speech at a joint session of Congress. Macron urges the United States to become more involved in global affairs and rejoin the Paris climate accord.
December 10, 2018: Macron responds to weeks of violent protests in a televised address, saying the demonstrations were “unacceptable” and “will not be condoned in any way.” He also proposes several social reforms, such as raising the minimum wage.
December 3, 2019: During a press conference at the NATO summit in London, Macron reiterated his comments and warned that Europe is at risk of “Nato brain death” due to US indifference to the transatlantic alliance. Trump called the comments “disgusting” and “insulting.” Macron’s powerful comments came after the Trump administration withdrew US forces from northern Syria in November, a move that dismayed European NATO members.
October 2, 2020: In his speech in Les Mureaux, a north-west Paris suburb, Macron says “Islam is a religion that is currently in crisis around the world” and describes a plan he hopes will combat “Islamic separatism”. will.
October 21, 2020: At a national event to commemorate teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded in a terrorist attack in a northern Paris suburb after showing his students controversial Charlie Hebdo cartoons during a lesson, Macron praised the teacher for his “passion for knowledge “. France will continue to “love debates and reasoned arguments, we will love science and its controversies,” added the President. “We will not give up cartoons, drawings, even if others back down.”
December 17, 2020: Macron will test positive for coronavirus after showing symptoms and will self-isolate for a week, according to a statement from his office.
June 8, 2021: While speaking to the public during a visit to south-east France, a man in a crowd punches Macron, according to video of the incident posted on social media. The man was later sentenced to four months in prison.
09/22/2021: US President Joe Biden and Macron are speaking for the first time after a major diplomatic crisis erupted between the two longtime allies over a deal to equip Australia with nuclear submarines. In their phone call, Biden and Macron agree to meet in person later next month in Europe.