Emmanuel Macron

Macron was born in Amiens, France. He is the son of Françoise (Noguès), a physician, and Jean-Michel Macron, professor of neurology at the University of Picardy.^[8] He was raised in a non-religious family, but he was baptised a Roman Catholic at his own will at age 12.^[9] He learnt piano in Amiens conservatory.^[10]

His parents sent him off to Paris to study because of how close he had become with his teacher Brigitte Auzière, a married woman with three children at Jésuites de la Providence.^[11] Macron was 15 years old..^[12] She later became his wife.^[11] He studied Philosophy at the University of Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense.

Macron was a member of the Socialist Party (PS) from 2006 to 2009.^[13]

He was appointed as the Minister of Economy and Finance in the second Valls Cabinet on 26 August 2014, replacing Arnaud Montebourg.^[14] In August 2015, Macron stated that he was no longer a member of the PS and was now an Independent.^[15]

Macron founded an independent political party, En Marche!, in Amiens on 6 April 2016.^[16] On 16 November 2016, Macron formally declared his candidacy for the French presidency after months of speculation. In his announcement speech, Macron called for a "democratic revolution" and promised to "unblock France".^[17]

Many foreign politicians have voiced support for Macron, including European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, German Chancellor Angela Merkel,^[18] and former US President Barack Obama.^[19]

On 23 April 2017, Macron won 24% of the vote with opponent Marine Le Pen winning 21%. During the second round, Macron beat Le Pen by a Landslide victory with 66% of the vote to LePen's 34%.^[5]

Macron formally became President on 14 May.^[20] On 15 May, he appointed Édouard Philippe of the Republicans as Prime Minister.^[21] On the same day, he met Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, as part of his first official foreign visit. The two leaders emphasized the importance of France–Germany relations to the European Union.^[22] They agreed to draw up a "common road map" for Europe, insisting that neither was against changes to the Treaties of the European Union.^[23]

Opposition to his domestic reforms, such as a proposed fuel tax, caused the 2018 yellow vests protests and other protests. From 2020, he led France's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination rollout. In foreign policy, he called for reforms to the European Union, and signed bilateral treaties with Italy and Germany.

He also oversaw a dispute with Australia and the United States over the AUKUS security pact, continued French involvement in the Syrian civil war, and joined in the international response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

He was the first major European leader to call for a ceasefire in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war^[24]

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