Jean-Noël Barrot

Jean-Noël Barrot
Barrot in 2023
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
21 September 2024
Prime MinisterMichel Barnier
François Bayrou
Preceded byStéphane Séjourné
President of the Foreign Affairs Committee
of the National Assembly
In office
20 July 2024  21 September 2024
Preceded byJean-Louis Bourlanges
Succeeded byBruno Fuchs
Minister Delegate for European Affairs
In office
8 February 2024  21 September 2024
Prime MinisterGabriel Attal
Preceded byLaurence Boone
Succeeded byBenjamin Haddad
Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Telecommunications
In office
4 July 2022  11 January 2024
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byCédric O
Succeeded byMarina Ferrari
Member of the National Assembly
for Yvelines's 2nd constituency
In office
8 July 2024  21 October 2024
Preceded byAnne Bergantz
Succeeded byAnne Bergantz
In office
10 October 2022  9 November 2022
Preceded byAnne Grignon
Succeeded byAnne Bergantz
In office
21 June 2017  19 June 2022
Preceded byPascal Thévenot
Succeeded byAnne Grignon
Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France
Assumed office
2 July 2021
General Secretary of the Democratic Movement
In office
12 December 2018  23 July 2022
Preceded byYann Wehrling
Succeeded byMaud Gatel
Spokesperson of the Democratic Movement
In office
28 February 2018  12 December 2018
Preceded byYann Wehrling
Succeeded bySarah El Haïry
Departmental councillor of Haute-Loire
for the canton of Yssingeaux
In office
2 April 2015  27 June 2017
Served with Madeleine Dubois
Preceded byMadeleine Dubois
Succeeded byGeorges Philibert
Personal details
Born (1983-05-13) 13 May 1983
Paris, France
NationalityFrench, Swiss
Political partyDemocratic Movement
Parent(s)Jacques Barrot (father)
Florence Cattani (mother)
Alma materHEC Paris
Sciences Po
Paris School of Economics
OccupationEconomistPolitician

Jean-Noël Barrot (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃nɔɛl baʁo]; born 13 May 1983) is a French-Swiss politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in the successive governments of Prime Ministers Michel Barnier and François Bayrou since 21 September 2024. He previously served as Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Telecommunications in the government of Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2024 and Minister Delegate for European Affairs in the government of Gabriel Attal in 2024.

An academic by occupation, Barrot was elected to represent the 2nd constituency of the Yvelines department in the National Assembly in 2017 with the support of La République En Marche! (LREM), prior to joining the government. In 2024, he was elected president of the National Assembly Committee on Foreign Affairs, a position he held until his appointment as Foreign Minister.