Arnaud Montebourg
Arnaud Montebourg | |
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Montebourg in 2022 | |
| Minister of Economy, Industrial Renewal and Digital Affairs | |
| In office 16 May 2012 – 25 August 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls |
| Preceded by | Éric Besson |
| Succeeded by | Emmanuel Macron |
| President of the General Council of Saône-et-Loire | |
| In office 27 March 2008 – 21 June 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Christophe Sirugue |
| Succeeded by | Rémi Chaintron |
| Member of the National Assembly for Saône-et-Loire's 6th constituency | |
| In office 12 June 1997 – 16 June 2012 | |
| Preceded by | René Beaumont |
| Succeeded by | Rémi Chaintron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 October 1962 Clamecy, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party (1985–2018) |
| Spouse(s) | Hortense de Labriffe (1997–2010) Amina Walter (m. 2021) |
| Domestic partner(s) | Audrey Pulvar (2010–2012) Aurélie Filippetti (2014–2017) |
| Alma mater | University of Burgundy Panthéon-Sorbonne University Sciences Po INSEAD |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Arnaud Montebourg ([aʁno mɔ̃t(ə)buʁ] ⓘ; born 30 October 1962) is a French politician, lawyer and entrepreneur who served as Minister of Industrial Renewal from 2012 to 2014, then as Minister of Economy, Industrial Renewal and Digital Affairs from March 2014 until his resignation the following August. He is a former member of the Socialist Party (PS), which he left in 2018.
He previously served as the member of the National Assembly for the 6th constituency of Saône-et-Loire from 1997 until 2012, and President of the General Council of Saône-et-Loire from 2008 to 2012.
In 2021, he announced his candidacy for the French presidential election of 2022, before stepping down three months before the election.