Édouard Philippe
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Édouard Philippe | |
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President of Le Havre Seine Métropole | |
Assumed office 5 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste Gastinne |
Mayor of Le Havre | |
Assumed office 5 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste Gastinne |
In office 23 October 2010 – 20 May 2017 | |
Preceded by | Antoine Rufenacht |
Succeeded by | Luc Lemonnier |
Prime Minister of France | |
In office 15 May 2017 – 3 July 2020 | |
President | Emmanuel Macron |
Preceded by | Bernard Cazeneuve |
Succeeded by | Jean Castex |
Member of the National Assembly for Seine-Maritime's 7th constituency | |
In office 23 March 2012 – 15 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Yves Besselat |
Succeeded by | Jean-Louis Rousselin |
President of the Agglomeration community of Le Havre | |
In office 18 December 2010 – 25 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Antoine Rufenacht |
Succeeded by | Luc Lemonnier |
Personal details | |
Born | Édouard Charles Philippe 28 November 1970 Rouen, France |
Political party | Horizons (2021–present) |
Other political affiliations | Socialist Party (1990s) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–2017) |
Spouse | Édith Chabre |
Children | 3 |
Education | Lycée Janson-de-Sailly |
Alma mater | Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
Profession | Lawyer |
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Édouard Charles Philippe (French pronunciation: [edwaʁ ʃaʁl filip] ⓘ; born 28 November 1970) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Le Havre since 2020, previously holding the office from 2010 to 2017.[1] He was Prime Minister of France from 15 May 2017 to 3 July 2020 under President Emmanuel Macron.[2]
A lawyer by occupation, Philippe is a former member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), which later became the Republicans (LR). He served as a member of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2017, representing the seventh constituency of Seine-Maritime. After being elected to the presidency on 7 May 2017, Macron appointed him Prime Minister of France. Philippe subsequently appointed his government on 17 May. He was succeeded by Jean Castex before his reelection to the mayorship in Le Havre.
As prime minister, he led the centrist
During his time in office, Philippe oversaw the passage of a package of labour law and taxation system reforms as part of Macron's self-proclaimed "pro-business" agenda. He also led the controversial police response to the Yellow Vests crisis starting in late 2018, and later became a prominent figure in leading the French government's early response to the COVID-19 pandemic, implementing a 55-day national lockdown starting on 17 March 2020. He resigned as PM on 3 July 2020, shortly after the second round of the 2020 local elections.
In 2021, a year after the end of his premiership, Philippe founded the centre-right
Early life and education
Édouard Philippe, the son of French teachers, was born in
He obtained his
Philippe served as an artillery officer during his national service in 1994. He continued to serve in the operational reserve for several years afterwards.[8]
In his years at Sciences Po, he supported
Political career
In 2001, Philippe joined Antoine Rufenacht as Deputy Mayor of Le Havre charged with legal affairs;[10] Rufenacht served as mayor of Le Havre from 1995 to 2010 and campaign director for Jacques Chirac in the 2002 presidential election.[7] Recognising the ideological proximity between Michel Rocard and Alain Juppé, Philippe supported the latter at the time of the creation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) in 2002, marking the end of his left-wing activism;[7] the same year, he failed to win his constituency in the legislative elections.[9] He served under Juppé as director general of services of the UMP until 2004, when the mayor of Bordeaux was convicted as a result of the fictitious jobs case implicating the Rally for the Republic (RPR). He then took a job in the private sector, working with the American law firm Debevoise & Plimpton,[6][7] and was elected to the regional council of Upper Normandy the same year.[10]
In the wake of
2017 presidential election
He worked for the campaign of
Prime Minister
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On 15 May 2017, Philippe was appointed as Prime Minister by Emmanuel Macron after speculation he was a contender for the office alongside former Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, MoDem leader François Bayrou and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.[15][16]
In the
Philippe secured a
On 12 July 2017, Philippe announced a new immigration plan. The plan attempts to speed up asylum claims from fourteen months to six, provide housing for 7,500 refugees by the end of 2019, improve living conditions for minors and deport economic migrants.[26][27] The draft of the law was to be introduced in September.[28]
On 3 July 2020, Philippe resigned as prime minister.[29] He ran successfully in the 2020 Le Havre mayoral election.[30]
In October 2020, Philippe was one of several current and former government officials whose home was searched by French authorities following complaints about the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[31]
Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, Philippe endorsed Macron for reelection.[32]
Personal life
Philippe is married to Édith Chabre, the executive director of the School of Law at Sciences Po.[33][34] They have three children.[35][36]
Since the middle of the 2010s, Philippe has sported a short beard. He is the first prime minister with facial hair since Henri Queuille (prime minister in 1951) and the first one with a full beard since Alexandre Ribot (prime minister last in 1917). Further, he is one of a few Prime Ministers in the last century (Henri Queuille, Raymond Barre, François Fillon, Jean-Marc Ayrault) to be older than the president he served under, by an unprecedented seven years.
As prime minister, he announced that he had vitiligo, a skin disease responsible for the noticeable asymetrical white patch of hair on his beard.[37] In 2023, he announced that he had alopecia areata.[38]
Honours
Ribbon bar | Honour | Date and comment |
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National Order of Merit
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22 November 2017 – by right as Prime Minister | |
Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour
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2020 |
Foreign honours
Ribbon bar | Country | Honour | Date |
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Australia | Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia | 11 November 2018 | |
Senegal | Grand Cross of the Order of Merit | 2019 |
Published works
Philippe has co-authored two works of fiction:
- With Gilles Boyer (2007). L'Heure de vérité. ISBN 9782081237728.
- With Gilles Boyer (2011). Dans l'ombre. ISBN 9782709637558. This political thriller recounts a presidential election mired in tricks and betrayals, culminating with the unmasking of the to-be-appointed Prime Minister's criminal history in extremis.[39]
- Des hommes qui lisent. Jean-Claude Lattès. 2017. ISBN 9782709661430.
In 2015, he prefaced Promenades avec Oscar Niemeyer by Danielle Knapp, published by Petit à Petit.
- With Gilles Boyer (2021). Impressions et lignes claires. ISBN 9782709668484.
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