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Let’s take a look at the life of French President Emmanuel Macron.
birthday: December 21, 1977
place of birth: Amiens, France
Birth Name: Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron
father: Jean-Michel Macron, Professor of Neurology
mother: Françoise Noguez Macron, doctor
marriage: Brigitte (Trogne) Macron (2007-present)
education: University of Paris Nanterre; Paris Institute of Politics (“Sciences Po”); 2004 National Graduate School of Public Administration
religion: He was baptized a Roman Catholic when he was 12, but his spokesman describes him as a “spiritual agnostic.”
At age 39, Macron became the youngest president in French history.
He had never held elected office before being elected President of France.
Macron, a centrist, said his goal was to unite the French people, not lead people to the left or right.
While he was Minister of Economy, he led the so-called Macron Law, which was intended to shake up the economy through labor reform. The bill had to be passed through parliament with the help of a controversial parliamentary bill and protests followed for several days.
Participated in François Hollande's 2012 presidential campaign.
Macron's wife Brigitte was his high school drama teacher. Macron claimed he would marry her when she turned 17, but she had three children at the time.
From 2004 to 2008 – Financial Comptroller of the Ministry of Economy.
2008-2012 – Investment banker at Rothschild & Cie Banque in Paris.
2012~June 2014~ He serves as President Hollande's deputy secretary-general.
August 26, 2014 – Replaces Arnaud Montebourg as Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital.
2015 – He is a key architect of the Economic Reform Act for Growth, Activity and Equal Opportunity. This law became known as the ‘Macron Law’.
April 6, 2016 – Announcing the start of the En Marche political movement! (“On the move!”).
August 30, 2016 – Minister of Economy resigns. In announcing his resignation, Macron said he needed time to prepare for a presidential run, saying, “Starting next year, I will make every effort to ensure that our values, thoughts and actions transform France.”
November 16, 2016 – He has officially announced that he will run for the French presidency.
November 2016 – Macron's book 'Revolution' was published. This sets out his vision for France.
March 1, 2017 – At an agricultural fair in Paris, Macron was hit by an egg and cracked his head.
April 23, 2017 – In the first round of the presidential election, Macron recorded over 23% of the votes, while far-right candidate Marine Le Pen recorded just under 22% of the votes.
May 5, 2017 – With less than 48 hours left before the second and final presidential election, Macron has become the victim of a “large-scale, coordinated hacking operation,” his campaign said. Approximately 14.5 GB of emails, personal and business documents are posted to the text sharing site Pastebin, with links to over 70,000 files. Dear Macron En Marche officials! The party said the hackers mixed fake and real documents “to create confusion and misinformation.”
May 7, 2017 – Macron was elected as the next president of France, defeating Le Pen with more than 66% of the vote.
May 14, 2017 – He was inaugurated as president.
May 29, 2017 – During his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Macron called for an end to the crackdown on gays in Chechnya.
June 11, 2017 – Macron's party received a majority of votes in the first round of this general election, despite low voter turnout. Less than 50% of people voted.
June 18, 2017 – France held its second general election, and with 97% of the vote, Macron's party was on track to secure a decisive majority of 300 seats.
June 23, 2017 – Macron and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appear in a video together discussing climate change. In the clip What Schwarzenegger posted on Twitter Macron said he and Schwarzenegger would “make our planet great again,” echoing US President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan.
July 3, 2017 – A spokesman for the Paris prosecutor's office said police had foiled a plot to assassinate Macron. Authorities said the 23-year-old planned to attack Macron during the Bastille Day parade in Paris. The suspect, a self-proclaimed right-wing nationalist, told investigators he wanted to make a political statement. Separately, President Macron pledged in a speech to lawmakers to lift the state of emergency due to terrorism by the end of this year.
April 25, 2018 – Addressing a joint session of Congress. In his speech, Macron called for the United States to become more involved in international affairs and rejoin the Paris climate agreement.
December 10, 2018 – “The protests are unacceptable and will not be tolerated in any way,” Macron said in a televised address in response to weeks of violent protests. He also proposes several social reforms, such as raising the minimum wage.
December 3, 2019 – At a news briefing at the NATO summit in London, Macron stood by his warning that Europe was facing “NATO brain death” due to America's indifference to the transatlantic alliance. President Trump called the remarks “offensive and insulting.” Macron's blunt remarks came after the Trump administration withdrew U.S. troops from northern Syria in November, a move that shocked European NATO members.
October 2, 2020 – “Islam is a religion that is currently experiencing a crisis around the world,” Macron said in a speech in Les Meureau, a northwestern Paris suburb, detailing plans to fight “Islamic separatism.”
October 21, 2020 – Macron praised the teacher's “passion for knowledge” at an event honoring Samuel Paty, who was beheaded in a terrorist attack in a northern Paris suburb after showing students controversial Charlie Hebdo cartoons in class. “We will continue to love debate, reasoned arguments, and we love science and its debate,” France added. “Even if others retreat, we will not give up caricatures and drawings.”
December 17, 2020 – Macron tested positive for the coronavirus after showing symptoms and will self-isolate for a week, according to a statement from his office.
June 8, 2021 – A video was posted on social media showing President Macron being slapped in the face by a man in the crowd while he was addressing the public during a visit to southeastern France. The man is later sentenced to four months in prison.
September 22, 2021 – US President Joe Biden and Macron are speaking for the first time since a serious diplomatic crisis erupted between the two longtime allies over a deal to equip Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. Biden and Macron agreed in a phone call to meet in person in Europe at the end of next month.
April 24, 2022 – He defeated far-right candidate Le Pen with 58.5% of the vote and became the first French president to be re-elected in 20 years.
December 1, 2022 – Biden hosts Macron and his wife at the White House. This is President Biden's first state visit.
May 21, 2023 – Macron visited Mongolia, becoming the first French president to do so.
July 13, 2023 – The Paris prosecutor's office told CNN that a police investigation began after the severed finger was sent to Macron's residence.