Antoine Armand (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan aʁmɑ̃]; born 10 September 1991) is a French civil servant and politician who has served as the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty since 2024.[1] He previously represented the 2nd constituency of the Haute-Savoie department in the National Assembly from 2022 to 2024.[2] A member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!), he served as the president of the National Assembly Committee on Economic Affairs from 2022 to 2024.
Antoine Armand | |
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 Armand in 2023 | |
| Minister of the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty | |
| Assumed office 21 September 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Michel Barnier |
| Preceded by | Bruno Le Maire |
| Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Savoie's 2nd constituency | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques Rey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 September 1991 Paris, France |
| Political party | Renaissance |
| Relations | Louis Armand (great-grandfather) |
| Education | Lycée Henri-IV |
| Alma mater | Paris-Sorbonne University Paris School of Economics École normale supérieure École nationale d'administration |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
In September 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Armand as Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty.[1] At 33 years old, Armand became one of the youngest ministers to hold this position in recent French history. His appointment came at a time when the government faced economic challenges and the need for fiscal management.[1]
Family
editHe is the great-grandson of engineer, senior civil servant and French Resistance fighter Louis Armand (1905-1971), former Chairman of the SNCF, France's national state-owned railway company. He would become President of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) from 1958 to 1959. He was elected member of the Académie française in 1963.
Education
editFollowing a high school education at the Lycée Camille Sée, Antoine Armand studied at the economics and literary Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles ('Higher school preparatory classes' at the prestigious Lycée Henri-IV in Paris (2009-2011).
After a national exam, he read economics at the École normale supérieure de Paris (2011-2015). At the same time, he pursued a 2-year master's degree at the Paris School of Economics, his thesis focusing on German ordoliberalism (2012-2014). He also graduated from the Sorbonne in 2012 with a bachelor degree in philosophy. In 2015, he obtained a research master's degree in international relations at the Sorbonne (2013-2015), on the German responsibility for the Armenian genocide.
After another exam, he entered the École nationale d'administration (class of Georges Clemenceau, 2017-2018), a school training future senior civil cervants (many of them also become ministers, bankers, and Presidents).
Political career
editPrior to his political career, Armand worked as a civil servant at the General Inspectorate of Finance.
He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2nd constituency of Haute-Savoie in 2022, after incumbent Jacques Rey chose not to run for a full term. He was reelected in the 2024 snap election.[3] In Parliament, Armand has served on the Committee on Economic Affairs.[2] In 2024, he was elected as its president for the newly-opened 17th legislature of the French Fifth Republic.[4]
In addition to his committee assignments, Armand has been a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2022.[5] He is also a member of the French-German parliamentary friendship group, the French-Italian parliamentary friendship group and the French-Swiss parliamentary friendship group.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Antoine Armand à Bercy : la forteresse confiée à un trentenaire macroniste". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "M. Antoine Armand - Haute-Savoie (2e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ Florent Pecchio (7 July 2024). "Législatives 2024: Antoine Armand largement réélu sur la 2e circonscription de Haute-Savoie". lessorsavoyard.lemessager.fr (in French).
- ^ "Antoine Armand, député de la Haute-Savoie, élu président de la Commission des affaires économiques". www.ledauphine.com (in French). 20 July 2024.
- ^ Assemblée parlementaire franco-allemande - APFA, National Assembly (in French).