President —present Minister of Economy and Industry — Renaissance. He has been a member of Renaissance since he founded it in Appointed Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs in August in the second Valls government , he led a number of business-friendly reforms. He resigned in August , in order to launch his presidential campaign.
A member of the Socialist Party from to , he ran in the election under the banner of En Marche , a centrist and pro-European political movement he founded in April At the age of 39, he became the youngest president in French history. Macron was elected to a second term in the presidential election , again defeating Le Pen, thus becoming the first French presidential candidate to win reelection since Jacques Chirac defeated Jean-Marie Le Pen in Following crushing defeat at the European Parliament elections , Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called for a snap legislative election which resulted in another hung parliament and electoral defeat for his ruling coalition.
It was only the third time in the French Republic's history that a president lost an election he called of his own initiative. During his presidency , Macron has overseen several reforms to labour laws , taxation , and pensions ; and has pursued a renewable energy transition. Dubbed "president of the rich" by political opponents, increasing protests against his domestic reforms and demanding his resignation marked the first years of his presidency, culminating in — with the yellow vests protests and the pension reform strike.
In foreign policy, he called for reforms to the European Union EU and signed bilateral treaties with Italy and Germany. Macron was born on 21 December in Amiens. He has two siblings, Laurent, born in , and Estelle, born in The Macron family legacy is traced back to the village of Authie , Picardy.
Although raised in a non-religious family, Macron was baptized a Catholic at his own request at age 12; he is agnostic today.
