Alexis Kohler

Secrétaire général de la présidence de la République française
Assumed office
14 May 2017
President Emmanuel Macron
Preceded by Jean-Pierre Jouyet
Personal details
Born Arnaud Alexis Michel Kohler
(1972-11-16) 16 November 1972
Strasbourg
Children 3
Alma mater Sciences Po
École nationale d'administration
ESSEC

Alexis Kohler, complete name Arnaud Alexis Michel Kohler, (born 16 November 1972) in Strasbourg, is a French senior official and politician. Énarque, former director of cabinet of Pierre Moscovici then of Emmanuel Macron at the Ministry of Finance, he was appointed general secretary of the Élysée Palace on 14 May 2017.

Biography

Born in 1972 in Strasbourg, Alexis Kohler is the son of Charles Kohler, a senior European official, and Sola Hakim, a lawyer.[1] He grew up in a small village called Thannenkirch. His training was quite classical: Sciences Po,[2] ESSEC class 1993,[3] ENA (class Averroès (1998-2000), like Fleur Pellerin, and Audrey Azoulay).[4]

Kohler began his career at the Direction générale du Trésor of the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance, then he was detached to various organisms, including the International Monetary Fund, then the Agence des participations de l'État.[5] On 22 November 2003 he married Sylvie Schirm with whom he had three children.

Following François Hollande's election, he became deputy director[1] of Pierre Moscovici's cabinet, Minister of the Economy and Finance. In August 2014, he became the director of Emmanuel Macron's cabinet at Bercy (where the Ministry of finance is located).[3][6]

When Emmanuel Macron resigned in 2016 to establish En marche !, Kohler returned to a position in the private sector as chief financial officer of MSC Cruises, the world's second largest ocean freight company.[7] At the request of his employer, he settled in Grenoble, then Geneva, but continued to work remotely for Emmanuel Macron, by mails and WhatsApp loops. When the 2017 présidential campaign started, he was a central figure in the headquarters of En marche ![5][8]

Kohler was appointed general secretary of the Élysée on 14 May 2017[6] [9][10][11] et prépare le passage de relais avec le secrétaire général sortant, Jean-Pierre Jouyet.[12] He is close to Édouard Philippe, whom Emmanuel Macron didn't know much when he appointed him Prime Minister.[13]

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