Bernard Cazeneuve

Bernard Cazeneuve
Bernard Cazeneuve
119th Prime Minister of France
	In office; 6 December 2016 – 10 May 2017
President	François Hollande
Preceded by	Manuel Valls
Succeeded by	Édouard Philippe
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 2 April 2014 – 6 December 2016
Prime Minister	Manuel Valls
Preceded by	Manuel Valls
Succeeded by	Bruno Le Roux
Minister of State for the Budget
	In office; 19 March 2013 – 2 April 2014
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded by	Jérôme Cahuzac
Succeeded by	Christian Eckert
Minister of State for European Affairs
	In office; 16 May 2012 – 19 March 2013
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded by	Jean Leonetti
Succeeded by	Thierry Repentin
Mayor of Cherbourg-Octeville
	In office; 2001–2012
Preceded by	Jean-Pierre Godefroy
Succeeded by	Jean-Michel Houllegate
Member of the National Assembly; for Manche's 5th constituency
	In office; 20 June 2007 – 16 June 2012
Preceded by	Jean Lemière
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
	In office; 12 June 1997 – 18 June 2002
Preceded by	Yves Bonnet
Succeeded by	Jean Lemière
Personal details
Born	2 June 1963 (age 60); Senlis, France
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux

Bernard Cazeneuve (born 2 June 1963) is a French Socialist politician. He was Prime Minister of France from December 2016 to May 2017. He was born in Senlis, Oise.

Career[change | change source]

In 2012, he was appointed Minister of State for European Affairs and in 2013 was named Minister of State for the Budget in the second term of the Jean-Marc Ayrault government.

On 2 April 2014 he was appointed the 42nd Minister of the Interior in the Manuel Valls Government. On 6 December 2016, Cazeneuve was appointed Prime Minister after Valls resigned to concentrate on the upcoming presidential election.