Jean Castex

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Jean Castex
File:Portrait Jean Castex (cropped).jpg
Castex in 2020
Prime Minister of France
In office
3 July 2020 – 16 May 2022
President Emmanuel Macron
Preceded by Édouard Philippe
Succeeded by Élisabeth Borne
President of Conflent Canigó
In office
7 January 2015 – 3 July 2020
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Jean-Louis Jallat
Assistant General Secretary of the President
In office
28 February 2011 – 15 May 2012
President Nicolas Sarkozy
Preceded by Xavier Musca
Succeeded by Emmanuel Macron
Nicolas Revel
Mayor of Prades
In office
18 March 2008 – 3 July 2020
Preceded by Jean-François Denis
Succeeded by Yves Delcor
Personal details
Born (1965-06-25) 25 June 1965 (age 59)
Vic-Fezensac, Gers, France
Political party La République En Marche! (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations		 Union for a Popular Movement (until 2015)
The Republicans (2015–2020)
Spouse(s) Sandra Ribelaygue
Children 4
Residence Hôtel Matignon
Alma mater University of Toulouse 2
Sciences Po
École nationale d'administration
Signature Jean Castex's signature

Jean Castex (French: [ʒɑ̃ kastɛks]; born 25 June 1965) is a French politician who was Prime Minister of France from 3 July 2020 to 16 May 2022.[1] He was a member of The Republicans (LR) until 2020, when he joined La République En Marche! (LREM).[2] Castex served for twelve years as Mayor of Prades, a small town in Southern France, until his appointment as Prime Minister by President Emmanuel Macron. He later resigned his post as Prime Minister of France in May 2022.[3]

Political career

Elected in 2008 as the mayor of Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales,[4] Castex served under Health Minister Xavier Bertrand as Chief of Staff in François Fillon's ministry from 2010 until 2011.[5] He succeeded Raymond Soubie as Secretary-General of the Élysée under President Nicolas Sarkozy between 2011 and 2012. In the UMP 2012 leadership primaries, he endorsed Fillon.[6]

On the local level, Castex was a regional councillor of Languedoc-Roussillon from 2010 to 2015, and has served as department councillor of Pyrénées-Orientales since 2015. In September 2017, Castex was appointed interdepartmental delegate to the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics; he was also appointed as President of the National Sports Agency.[7] On 2 April 2020, he was appointed coordinator of the phasing out of the lockdown implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

Castex was a member of The Republicans until early 2020, where he was regarded as being socially conservative.[8][9] Following Édouard Philippe's resignation on 3 July 2020, Castex was appointed Prime Minister by President Emmanuel Macron.[10] His appointment was described as a "doubling down on a course that is widely seen as centre-right in economic terms".[11] Castex subsequently named his government on 6 July.[12][13]

On 25 April 2022, following Macron's re-election as President of France, Castex agreed to resign as Prime Minister of France.[3] Castex had previously pledged to do so if Macron was re-elected.[14][15] Upon his resignation, Castex's government will resign as well.[16][3] The resignations will go into effect 13 May 2022.[16]

Personal life

Castex, whose name means 'castle' in Gascon, hails from the Gers. He is married to Sandra Ribelaygue;[17] they have four daughters.[18]

A fluent Catalan speaker, Castex is regarded a defender of the Catalan identity in Southern France and other regional sensibilities.[19] He is also friends with the ex-trades union leader Jean-Claude Mailly and the physician Patrick Pelloux, a former columnist at Charlie Hebdo.[17]

Castex tested positive for COVID-19 on 23 November 2021.[20]

Honours

Ribbon bar Honour Date and comment
Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg Knight of the Legion of Honour 2020
National Order of Merit Grand Cross Ribbon.png Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit 2020 (ex officio)
2006 (knight)

See also

References

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External links

Political offices
Preceded by
Jean-François Denis
 Mayor of Prades
2008–2020		 Succeeded by
Yves Delcor
Preceded by Deputy Secretary-General of the
Presidency of the Republic
2011–2012		 Succeeded by
Emmanuel Macron
Succeeded by
Nicolas Revel
New office President of the community of communes
Conflent Canigó
2008–2020		 Succeeded by
Jean-Louis Jallat
Preceded by Prime Minister of France
2020–2022		 Succeeded by
Élisabeth Borne
Order of precedence
Preceded by as Former Prime Minister Order of precedence in France
Former Prime Minister		 Succeeded by
Didier Tabuteau
as Vice-President of the Council of State

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  6. ↑ Copé, Fillon et l'UMP : qui soutient qui ? Archived 4 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine L'Obs, 17 October 2012.
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