Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron was born in Amiens in 1977. After graduating from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in 2004, he worked as an inspector in the Inspectorate General of Finances and later became an investment banker at Rothschild & Co. Macrn was appointed minister of economy, industry, and digital affairs in Francois Hollande's government in 2014, and resigned in August 2016 to launch the political party En Marche! as part of his candidacy for the 2017 presidential election. He won the election in May 2017 with 66 percent of the vote, defeating National Front candidate Marine Le Pen.