PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron appointed former European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as the brand new prime minister on Thursday in a bid to finish political paralysis after inconclusive snap elections.
Listed below are some key details about Barnier:
* 1951 – Born on January 9 in La Troche, a suburb of Grenoble, a metropolis within the French Alps.
* 1978 – Elected to parliament on the age of 27, representing the Gaullist, center-right Savoie area.
* 1992 – Co-organizer of the Winter Olympics in Albertville, his constituency, an occasion that is still essential to his public picture.
* 1993-95 – Minister of Surroundings.
* 1995-97 – French Minister for Europe.
* 1999-2004 – EU Commissioner for Regional Coverage, accountable for grants and subsidies which account for one third of the Union price range.
* 2004-05 – Minister of International Affairs.
* 2007-09 – Minister of Agriculture.
* 2009-10 – EU legislators.
* 2010-14 – European Commissioner for Inside Market and Providers. Widespread new regulation of monetary markets was negotiated within the wake of the worldwide monetary disaster, together with reforms that had been unpopular within the Metropolis of London.
* 2016 – Appointed as Brexit negotiator after the UK voted to go away the EU.
* 2021 – Failure to safe the Conservative nomination for the 2022 presidential election.
