“This is the most delicate exercise in forming a government since the beginning of the Fifth Republic.”summed up a senior member of the presidential party on Thursday. Michel Barnier’s government team was finally announced on Saturday 21 September early in the evening, after more than two weeks of difficult negotiations between the different parties of the presidential coalition and the right. The list of 39 ministers, deputy ministers and secretaries of state was revealed by Alexis Kohler, the Secretary General of the Elysée.
Led by Michel Barnier, the new government brings together different sensibilities from the center and the right, two camps that lost in the legislative elections at the beginning of the summer. In the protocol order, the first personality appointed to Les Républicains is Bruno Retailleau, president of the LR group in the Senate since 2014 and now Minister of the Interior. At the Council of Ministers, he will be accompanied in particular by Annie Genevard, Minister of Agriculture.
Only Didier Migaud, a former socialist and head of the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life, appointed to the Ministry of Justice, is a personality classified on the left in this government. Here is the complete composition of the government, which includes 20 women and 19 men, in the order of their statement by Alexis Kohler.
• Didier MigaudKeeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice
• Catherine VautrinMinister of Partnership with the Territories and Decentralization
• Bruno RetailleauMinister of the Interior
• Anne GenetetMinister of National Education
• Jean-Noel BarrotMinister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
• Rachida DatiMinister of Culture and Heritage
• Sebastien LecornuMinister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs
• Agnes Pannier-RunacherMinister of Ecological Transition, Energy, Climate and Risk Prevention
• Antoine ArmandMinister of Economy, Finance and Industry
• Genevieve DarrieussecqMinister of Health and Access to Healthcare
• Paul ChristopheMinister of Solidarity, Autonomy and Equality between Women and Men
• Valerie LetardMinister of Housing and Urban Renewal
• Annie GenevardMinister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry
• Astrid Panosyan-BouvetMinister of Labor and Employment
• Gil AvérousMinister of Sports, Youth and Community Life
• Patrick HetzelMinister of Higher Education and Research
• Guillaume KasbarianMinister of Civil Service, Simplification and Transformation of Public Action
• Francois-Noël BuffetMinister to the Prime Minister, responsible for Overseas Territories
• Laurent Saint-MartinMinister to the Prime Minister, responsible for the Budget and Public Accounts.
In addition to this list of ministers, there is that of the delegate ministers, also revealed on Saturday evening:
• Benjamin Haddadresponsible for Europe
• Nathalie Delattreresponsible for Relations with Parliament
• Maud BregeonGovernment Spokesperson
• Marie-Claire Carrère-Geeresponsible for Government Coordination
• Francoise Gatelresponsible for Rurality, Commerce and Crafts
• Francois Durovrayresponsible for Transport
• Fabrice Loherresponsible for the Sea and Fisheries
• Nicolas Daragonresponsible for daily security
• Alexandre Portierresponsible for Academic Success and Vocational Education
• Sophie Primasresponsible for foreign trade and French people abroad
• Marc Ferracciresponsible for Industry
• Marie-Agnes Poussier-Winsbackresponsible for the Social and Solidarity Economy, Profit-Sharing and Participation
• Marina Ferrariresponsible for the Tourism Economy
• Olga Givernetresponsible for Energy
• Agnes Canayerresponsible for Family and Early Childhood
Finally, Michel Barnier’s government understands five secretaries of state who, for the most part, were not present in Gabriel Attal’s team before the dissolution:
• Othman Nasrouresponsible for Citizenship and the Fight against Discrimination
• Thani Mohamed Soilihiresponsible for Francophonie and International Partnerships
• Laurence Garnierresponsible for Consumption
• Salima Saaresponsible for Equality between women and men
• Clara Chappazresponsible for Artificial Intelligence and Digital