Michel Sapin | |
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.jpg) Sapin in 2015 | |
| Minister of the Economy | |
| In office 30 August 2016 – 10 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Preceded by | Emmanuel Macron |
| Succeeded by | Bruno Le Maire |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 2 April 2014 – 17 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Preceded by | Pierre Moscovici |
| Succeeded by | Bruno Le Maire |
| In office 2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Preceded by | Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Succeeded by | Edmond Alphandéry |
| Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue | |
| In office 16 May 2012 – 2 April 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| Preceded by | Xavier Bertrand |
| Succeeded by | François Rebsamen |
| Minister of the Civil Service | |
| In office 28 March 2000 – 7 May 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Émile Zuccarelli |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Paul Delevoye |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1952-04-09)9 April 1952 (age 73) |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Education | Lycée Henri-IV |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure Paris-Sorbonne University Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
Michel Sapin (French pronunciation:[mi.ʃɛlsa.pɛ̃]; born 9 April 1952) is a French politician who served asMinister of Finance from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2014 to 2017. He is a member of theSocialist Party.[1]
He wasMinister of the Civil Service from 2000 to 2002 andMinister of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs from 2012 to 2014. Sapin has also served as a member of theNational Assembly of France.[2]
After PresidentFrançois Hollande took office, Sapin became the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs in the government headed by Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault on 16 May 2012.[3] Two years later, he was moved to the post of Minister of Finance under Ayrault's successor,Manuel Valls.
Sapin was born on 9 April 1952 inBoulogne-Billancourt,Hauts-de-Seine, France.[2][4] He attended theLycée Henri IV, followed byParis-Sorbonne University, where he received a B.A. in History and an MPhil in Geography.[4] He then attended theÉcole Normale Supérieure, theInstitut d'études politiques de Paris, and theÉcole nationale d'administration.[4] He graduated from the ENA as part of thePromotion Voltaire, which also includedFrançois Hollande,Dominique de Villepin,Ségolène Royal andRenaud Donnedieu de Vabres.[5] He became an administrative law judge.
From 1989 to 1994, Sapin served as councillor forNanterre.[4] From 1995 to 2001, he was the Mayor ofArgenton-sur-Creuse.[4] He has served again as such since 2002.[2] He served as Deputy Minister of Justice from May 1991 to April 1992, Finance Minister from April 1992 to March 1993, and Minister of Civil Servants and State Reforms from March 2000 to May 2002.[2]
In the Socialist Party's2011 primaries, Sapin endorsedFrançois Hollande as the party's candidate for the2012 presidential election.[6]
In 2012 Sapin was appointedMinister of Social Affairs by President Hollande. From April 2014, he then served as head of a newly created ministry dealing with public finances under Prime MinisterManuel Valls.[7]
On 30 August 2016, following the resignation ofEmmanuel Macron as Minister of the Economy in preparation for Macron to be sworn-in as President, the duties of the office were added to Sapin’s remit. He thus became theMinister for the Economy and Finance.[8][9]
Sapin supportedManuel Valls in theSocialist Party primary of 2017. Following Valls’ defeat toBenoît Hamon, he supported Hamon in thepresidential election while also defending Francois Hollande’s record as president.[10][11]
In March 2016, Sapin stated his opposition touniversal basic income in an interview withFrance Info.[12]
During his audience with the President of CameroonPaul Biya, Sapin was appointed anOfficer of the Order of Valor on 8 April 2016.[13]
On 26 September 2016, Sapin was awarded theSash rank of the Order of the Aztec Eagle by the then president of Mexico,Enrique Peña Nieto.[14]
When President Hollande published a list of bank deposits and property held by all 38 ministers for first time 2012,[15] Sapin declared personal assets worth 2 million euros.[16]
In the remainder of the case concerning the indemnities wrongly paid to Sapin while he was mayor of Argenton-sur-Creuse, the administrative court ofLimoges by order of 30 March 2017 has just rejected the personal request of Sapin and Of the other elected representatives of Argenton who had formed a third party against the judgment of 29 September 2016.[citation needed]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Minister of Finance 1992–1993 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of the Civil Service 2000–2002 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue 2012–2014 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Finance 2014–2017 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs 2016–2017 | |
