PARIS
France’s new prime minister announced a Cabinet reshuffle on Monday.
Installed on Friday with the departure of his predecessor Edouard Philippe, Jean Castex has big shoes to fill as he has to ensure that those chosen will carry out the vision that President Emmanuel Macron has for the remaining three years of his term.
Castex has named new figures to certain posts while others have been retained. There are 31 ministers in total, some of them deputies, with 17 women and 14 men comprising the lot.
They will convene in their first Council of Ministers meeting on Tuesday.
As announced by the Elysee Palace, the following is the official list of ministers:
Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Barbara Pompili, Minister for the Ecological Transition
Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports
Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Recovery
Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces
Gerald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior
Elisabeth Borne, Minister of Labor, Employment, and Integration
Sebastian Lecornu, Minister of Overseas France
Jacqueline Gourault, Minister for Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities
Eric Dupond-Moretti, Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice
Roselyne Bachelot, Minister of Culture
Olivier Veran, Minister of Solidarity and Health
Annick Girardin, Minister of the Sea
Frederique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation
Julien Denormandie, Minister of Agriculture and Food
Amelie de Montchalin, Minister of Transformation and the Public Service
The delegate ministers are as follows:
Marc Fesneau, Minister to the Prime Minister, responsible for relations with Parliament and Citizen Participation
Elizabeth Moreno, Minister to the Prime Minister, in charge of Equality Between Women and Men, Diversity and Equal Opportunities
Franck Riester, Minister to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in charge of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness
Emmanuelle Wargon, Minister to the Minister for the Ecological Transition, in charge of Housing
Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, Minister to the Minister for the Ecological Transition, in charge of Transport
Olivier Dussopt, Minister to the Minister of the Economy, in charge of Public Accounts
Agnes Pannier-Runnacher, Minister to the Minister of the Economy, in charge of Industry
Alain Griset, Minister to the Minister of the Economy, in charge of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Roxana Maracineanu, Minister to the Minister of National Education, responsible for Sports
Genvieve Darrieussecq, Minister to the Minister of the Armed Forces, in charge of Memory and Veterans
Marlene Schiappa, Minister to the Minister of the Interior, responsible for Citizenship
Brigitte Klinkert, Minister to the Minister of Labor, in Charge of Integration
Nadia Hai, Minister to the Minister for Territorial Cohesion, responsible for the City
Brigitte Bourguignon, Minister to the Minister of Solidarity and Health, responsible for Autonomy
Gabriel Attal, Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, spokesperson for the government
