Speaker

Michel SAPIN

Minister of Finance and Budget - France

Michel Sapin was born on 9 April 1952

Ministerial positions

  • Since April 2014: Minister for Finance and Public Accounts
  • 2012 to 2014: Minister for Labour, Employment, Vocational Training and Industrial Relations
  • 2000 to 2002: Minister for the Civil Service and State Reform
  • 1992 to 1993: Minister for the Economy and Finance
  • 1991 to 1992: Minister Delegate for Justice

Elected positions

  • From 1995 to 2012: Chairman of the Community of Communes of Pays d’Argenton-sur-Creuse
  • From 2007 to 2012: Mayor of Argenton-sur-Creuse (Indre) and MP for the Indre département
  • 2004 to 2007: Chairman of the Regional Council of the Centre region
  • 2002 to 2004: Mayor of Argenton-sur-Creuse (Indre)
  • 2000 to 2004: Vice-Chairman of the Regional Council of the Centre region
  • 1998 to 2004: Member of the Indre département Council
  • 1998 to 2000 : Chairman of the Regional Council of the Centre region
  • 1995 to 2001: Mayor of Argenton-sur-Creuse (Indre)
  • 1992 to 1994: Regional Councillor for the Ile-de-France region
  • 1988 to 1991: Chairman of the Constitutional Acts, Legislation and General Administration Committee of the French National Assembly
  • 1986 to 1991: MP for the Hauts-de-Seine département
  • 1984 to 1985: Deputy Speaker of the French National Assembly
  • 1981 to 1986: MP for the Indre département

Political positions with the Socialist Party (PS)

  • From 2007 to 2012: National Secretary with responsibility for the economy and taxation
  • 2003 to 2008: National Treasury Officer reporting to the First Secretary
  • 1998 to 2000: National Secretary with responsibility for employment
  • 1997 to 1998: National Secretary with responsibility for economic issues

Other positions

  • 2004 to 2007: Chairman of Avenir Rail
  • 1998 to 2000: First Vice-Chairman of the Association des régions de France (ARF)
  • 1994 to 1995: Member of the Monetary Policy Council at Banque de France

Career

  • Since 1980: Magistrate at the Paris Administrative Court

Education

  • Graduate of the École nationale d’administration (ENA, Voltaire class)
  • Graduate of the École normale supérieure (ENS), Ulm campus
  • Graduate of the Institut d’études politiques (IEP) de Paris
  • DEA (postgraduate diploma) in geography

Published works

La France peut s’en sortir, co-authored with Jean Arthuis(Éditions l’Archipel, 2012)

L’écume et l’océan (Éditions Flammarion, 2014)

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