Bernard Cazeneuve

Bernard Cazeneuve (born 2 June 1963) is a French Socialist politician. He was Prime Minister of France from December 2016 to May 2017. He was born in Senlis, Oise.

Bernard Cazeneuve
119th Prime Minister of France
In office 6 December 2016 – 10 May 2017
President	François Hollande
Preceded by	Manuel Valls
Succeeded by	Édouard Philippe
Minister of the Interior
In office 2 April 2014 – 6 December 2016
Prime Minister	Manuel Valls
Preceded by	Manuel Valls
Succeeded by	Bruno Le Roux
Minister of State for the Budget
In office 19 March 2013 – 2 April 2014
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded by	Jérôme Cahuzac
Succeeded by	Christian Eckert
Minister of State for European Affairs
In office 16 May 2012 – 19 March 2013
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded by	Jean Leonetti
Succeeded by	Thierry Repentin
Mayor of Cherbourg-Octeville
In office 2001–2012
Preceded by	Jean-Pierre Godefroy
Succeeded by	Jean-Michel Houllegate
Member of the National Assembly for Manche's 5th constituency
In office 20 June 2007 – 16 June 2012
Preceded by	Jean Lemière
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
In office 12 June 1997 – 18 June 2002
Preceded by	Yves Bonnet
Succeeded by	Jean Lemière
Personal details
Born	(1963-06-02) 2 June 1963 Senlis, France
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux

Career

In 2012, he was appointed Minister of State for European Affairs and in 2013 was named Minister of State for the Budget in the second term of the Jean-Marc Ayrault government.

On 2 April 2014 he was appointed the 42nd Minister of the Interior in the Manuel Valls Government. On 6 December 2016, Cazeneuve was appointed Prime Minister after Valls resigned to concentrate on the upcoming presidential election.

Personal life

Cazeneuve has a wife, Véronique, and two children. The couple divorced and remarried on August 12, 2015.

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