Cazeneuve government

The Cazeneuve government was the thirty-ninth Government of France. It was led by Bernard Cazeneuve who was appointed Prime Minister of France on 6 December 2016. It consisted of 15 ministers from the Socialist Party (PS), two from the Radical Party of the Left (PRG) and one from Ecologist Party (E!).

Ahead of 2017 presidential election, incumbent president François Hollande announced he would not run for a second presidential term after which incumbent Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced his candidacy at the 2017 Socialist Party presidential primary elections and resignation from the position of the Prime Minister the following day.^[1][2] Bernard Cazeneuve, former Minister of the Interior, was appointed head of a new government which resumed almost entirely the composition of the preceding one.^[3]

Members

Prime Minister

	Post	Name	Party
	Prime Minister	Cazeneuve, BernardBernard Cazeneuve	PS

Ministers

	Post	Name	Party
	Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development	Jean-Marc Ayrault	PS
	Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy	Royal, SégolèneSégolène Royal	PS
	Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research	Vallaud-Belkacem, NajatNajat Vallaud-Belkacem	PS
	Minister of Justice Keeper of the Seals	Jean-Jacques Urvoas	PS
	Minister of Finance and the Economy	Sapin, MichelMichel Sapin	PS
	Minister of Social Affairs, Health	Touraine, MarisolMarisol Touraine	PS
	Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue	Myriam El Khomri	PS
	Minister of Defence	Le Drian, Jean-YvesJean-Yves Le Drian	PS
	Minister of the Interior	Bruno Le Roux (until 21 March 2017) ; Matthias Fekl (from 21 March 2017)	PS
	Minister of the Urbanity, Youth Affairs and Sports	Patrick Kanner	PS
	Minister of Decentralization, State Reform and Public Service	Annick Girardin	PRG
	Minister of Culture and Communication	Audrey Azoulay	Ind.
	Minister of Agriculture, Agrifood and Forestry, Government Spokesperson	Le Foll, StéphaneStéphane Le Foll	PS
	Minister of Housing and Territorial Development	Emmanuelle Cosse	E
	Minister of Overseas France	Ericka Bareigts	PS
	Minister of Spatial Planning, Rurality and Territorial Communities	Baylet, Jean-MichelJean-Michel Baylet	PRG
	Minister for Family, Children and Women's Rights	Rossignol, LaurenceLaurence Rossignol	PS

Secretaries of State

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	Post	Ministry	Name	Party
	Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations	Prime Minister	Vallini, AndréAndré Vallini	PS
	Secretary of State for State Reform and Simplification	Prime Minister	Placé, Jean-VincentJean-Vincent Placé	Écologistes !
	Secretary of State for Aid Victims	Prime Minister	Méadel, JulietteJuliette Méadel	PS
	Secretary of State for European Affairs	Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development	Désir, HarlemHarlem Désir	PS
	Secretary of State for Development and Francophonie	Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development	Le Guen, Jean-MarieJean-Marie Le Guen	PS
	Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Tourism and French overseas	Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development	Matthias Fekl (until 21 March 2017)	PS
	Secretary of State for Transport, Marine and Fisheries	Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy	Vidalies, AlainAlain Vidalies	PS
	Secretary of State for International Relations Climate and Biodiversity	Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy	Pompili, BarbaraBarbara Pompili	Écologistes !
	Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research	Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research	Mandon, ThierryThierry Mandon	PS
	Secretary of State for the Budget	Minister of Finance and the Economy	Eckert, ChristianChristian Eckert	PS
	Secretary of State for Trade, Crafts, Consumer and Social Economy and Solidarity	Minister of Finance and the Economy	Pinville, MartineMartine Pinville	PS
	State Secretary for Digital Affairs and Innovation (since 27 February 2017)	Minister of Finance and the Economy	Lemaire, AxelleAxelle Lemaire	PS
	Secretary of State for Industry (until 27 February 2017) Secretary of State for Industry, Digital Affairs and Innovation (since 27 February 2017)	Minister of Finance and the Economy	Sirugue, ChristopheChristophe Sirugue	PS
	State Secretary for the Disabled and against Social Exclusion	Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Women's Rights	Ségolène Neuville	PS
	Secretary of State for Seniors and Autonomy	Minister of Social Affairs, Health	Boistard, PascalePascale Boistard	PS
	Secretary of State for Veterans	Defence	Todeschini, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Todeschini	PS
	Secretary of State for Vocational Training and Apprenticeship	Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue	Clotilde Valter	PS
	Secretary of State for Local Authorities	Minister of Spatial Planning and Rurality	Grelier, EstelleEstelle Grelier	PS
	Secretary of State of the City	Minister of the Urbanity, Youth Affairs and Sports	Geoffroy, HélèneHélène Geoffroy	PS
	Secretary of State for Sports	Minister of Women's Rights, Urbanity, Youth Affairs and Sport	Thierry Braillard	PRG

Changes

• On 27 February 2017 Axelle Lemaire resigned from his post of State Secretary for Digital Affairs and Innovation to devote to the presidential campaign of Benoît Hamon and to his candidature for the legislative elections. The post of State Secretary for Digital Affairs and Innovation is taken over by Christophe Sirugue, cumulating with its secretariat To Industry

• On 21 March 2017, Bruno Le Roux resigned from his post of Minister of the Interior, after accusations of alleged fictitious jobs of parliamentary assistants of her minor daughters while he was deputy. He was replaced by the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Tourism and French oversea Matthias Fekl. The post of Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Tourism and French overseas is deleted.

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