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Marc Fesneau

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Marc Fesneau
Fesneau in 2024
Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 May 2022
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Gabriel Attal
Preceded byJulien Denormandie
Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament and Citizen Participation
In office
16 October 2018 – 20 May 2022
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Jean Castex
Preceded byChristophe Castaner
Succeeded byOlivier Véran
President of theDemocratic Movement and affiliated groupin theNational Assembly
In office
27 June 2017 – 17 October 2018
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPatrick Mignola
Member of theNational Assembly
forLoir-et-Cher's1stconstituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 16 November 2018
Preceded byDenys Robillard
Succeeded byStéphane Baudu
MayorofMarchenoir
In office
21 March 2008 – 1 August 2017
Preceded byGérard Martineau
Succeeded bySylvie Gagnier
Personal details
Born(1971-01-11)11 January 1971(age 53)
Paris, France
Political partyDemocratic Movement(2007–present)
Other political
affiliations		Union for French Democracy(1997–2007)
Alma materSciences Po

Marc Fesneau(French pronunciation:[maʁkfeno];born 11 January 1971) is a French politician who has served asMinister of Agriculture and Foodin the government ofPrime MinistersÉlisabeth BorneandGabriel Attalsince 20 May 2022. A member of theDemocratic Movement(MoDem), he previously represented the1st constituencyof theLoir-et-Cherdepartmentand presided over theDemocratic Movement and affiliated groupin theNational Assemblyfrom 2017 to 2018.

Fesneau also served as Minister for Relations with Parliament under Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippefrom 2018 until 2020, when his portfolio was expanded in the subsequentgovernmentofJean Castexto include citizen participation.[1]

Political career

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Early career

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First elected to themunicipal councilofMarchenoir,Loir-et-Cherin1995,Fesneau assumed the mayorship in 2008. He served as a regional councillor inCentrefrom 2004 to 2010. In 2009, he was selected to be theDemocratic Movement's candidate in Centre for the2010 regional election,in which the list he led placed sixth. He failed to be reelected regional councillor.[2]

In 2010, Fesneau was appointed secretary-general of the Democratic Movement.François Bayrouincluded Fesneau in hisshadow cabinet;in this capacity, he served as opposition counterpart toMinister of AgricultureBruno Le Maire.[3]In 2017, Fesneau became party vice president.

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2018

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In the2017 legislative election,Fesneau was elected to theNational Assembly.He was subsequently unanimously elected to the presidency of theMoDem groupin the National Assembly on 25 June; thoughMarielle de Sarnezhad initially announced her intent to run, she ultimately decided not to.[4]He also served as member of the Committee on National Defence and Armed Forces (2017–2018) and the Committee on Legal Affairs (2018).[5]In this capacity, he was his parliamentary group'srapporteuron constitutional reforms.[6][7]

In September 2018, followingFrançois de Rugy's appointment to the government, Fesneau ran for the presidency of the National Assembly.[8]He placed third behindAnnie GenevardofThe RepublicansandRichard FerrandofLa République En Marche!,who was elected with 254 votes.

Career in government, 2018–present

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In October 2018, Fesneau was appointed Minister for Relations with Parliament in thegovernmentofPrime MinisterÉdouard Philippeunder the direct leadership of Philippe.[9]He was replaced by hissubstituteStéphane Bauduin the National Assembly. Upon the inauguration of thegovernmentofJean Castexin July 2020, the citizen participation portfolio was added to his title, which was changed tominister delegate.

In the2021 regional electioninCentre-Val de Loire(Centre until 2015), Fesneau led the MoDem list supported byLa République En Marche!andAgir,which placed fifth. He regained a seat in the regional council, where he took the presidency of the MoDem group.

In May 2022, Fesneau succeededJulien DenormandieasMinister of Agriculture and Foodunder Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne.In June 2022, heran for reelectionto his seat in Loir-et-Cher and won.

Under Fesneau’s leadership, France became the first member of the European Union to launch a tender for 80 million doses ofbird fluvaccines in 2023; the previous year, France had been the worst affected European Union country and had to cull more than 20 million birds.[10]

In October 2023, Fesneau participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired byChancellorOlaf ScholzandPresidentEmmanuel Macron.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^Harriet Agnew (16 October 2018),France’s new faces: who to watch in Macron’s revamped cabinetFinancial Times.
  2. ^L'Union régionale du Centre choisit Marc Fesneau comme tête de liste12 November 2009.
  3. ^Rodolphe Geisler (20 September 2010),François Bayrou se dote d'un «Shadow Cabinet»Le Figaro.
  4. ^"Marc Fesneau élu président du groupe MoDem à l'Assemblée nationale".Le Monde.Agence France-Presse. 25 June 2017.Retrieved25 June2017.
  5. ^Marc FesneauFrench National Assembly.
  6. ^Caroline Vigoureux (18 June 2018),Ferrand, Fesneau, Guévenoux... Un casting pour verrouiller la révision constitutionnelleL'Opinion.
  7. ^Ferrand sera rapporteur général de la révision institutionnelleLe Figaro,22 May 2018.
  8. ^Le Modem désigne Marc Fesneau comme candidat au perchoir, un «signal» adressé à la majoritéArchived2019-04-19 at theWayback MachineLibération,12 September 2018.
  9. ^Harriet Agnew (19 October 2018),French regions’ anger with Macron reaches ElyséeFinancial Times.
  10. ^Sybille De La Hamaide (6 April 2023),France launches first order for bird flu vaccinesReuters.
  11. ^Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023),Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motorReuters.
  12. ^Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiertCabinet of Germany,press release of 10 October 2023.
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