Emmanuel Macron

Biography

Macron served as economy minister under François Hollande before resigning to found En Marche in 2016. A year later he defeated Marine Le Pen to become the youngest president in French history, and won re-election in 2022 — the first French president to do so in two decades.

French politician and former investment banker who built a new party from scratch and won the presidency at 39.

Known for

Becoming France's youngest president and founding the En Marche movement.

Notable works & defining projects

• Révolution (book)
• En Marche / Renaissance party
• Pension reform (2023)

Notable achievements

• Elected president of France in 2017, aged 39 — the youngest in the Fifth Republic's history
• Re-elected in 2022, the first French president to win a second term since Jacques Chirac
• Founded the political movement En Marche (later Renaissance) in 2016

Timeline

1. 2014Appointed minister of the economy under President Hollande
2. 2017Won the presidency at 39
3. 2022Won re-election for a second term

Did you know?

• He worked as an investment banker at Rothschild & Co before entering government
• He is an accomplished classical pianist, having studied at the Amiens conservatory