Who is Emmanuel Macron?

Emmanuel Macron was a former investment banker who served for two years under President François Hollande as Minister of Economy, Industry, and Digital Data, but had never held elected office. He only truly entered the public discourse when he rebelled against Hollande’s socialist party and ran as an independent presidential candidate for his En Marche! movement. After studying, he became a financial investment banker at Rotschild & Cie., which he left in 2012, before becoming deputy secretary-general at the Elysée. He then served in François Hollande’s cabinet as economy minister. One of Macron’s biggest accomplishments as a minister under Hollande is his eponymous pro-business “Loi Macron.” He wrote it to steer the socialist government towards more business-friendly policies and wrote it with Prime Minister Manuel Valls. His victory served as a relief to European allies who had feared another populist result after Britain’s vote to exit the European Union and Donald Trump’s ascension to US president last year.

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