Michel Sapin
Michel Sapin | |
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Sapin in 2015 | |
| Minister of the Economy | |
| In office 30 August 2016 – 10 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Preceded by | Emmanuel Macron |
| Succeeded by | Bruno Le Maire |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 2 April 2014 – 17 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Preceded by | Pierre Moscovici |
| Succeeded by | Bruno Le Maire |
| In office 2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Preceded by | Pierre Bérégovoy |
| Succeeded by | Edmond Alphandéry |
| Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue | |
| In office 16 May 2012 – 2 April 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| Preceded by | Xavier Bertrand |
| Succeeded by | François Rebsamen |
| Minister of the Civil Service | |
| In office 28 March 2000 – 7 May 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Émile Zuccarelli |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Paul Delevoye |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 April 1952 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Education | Lycée Henri-IV |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure Paris-Sorbonne University Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
Michel Sapin (French pronunciation: [mi.ʃɛl sa.pɛ̃]; born 9 April 1952) is a French politician who served as Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2014 to 2017. He is a member of the Socialist Party.
He was Minister of the Civil Service from 2000 to 2002 and Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs from 2012 to 2014. Sapin has also served as a member of the National Assembly of France.
After President François Hollande took office, Sapin became the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs in the government headed by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on 16 May 2012. Two years later, he was moved to the post of Minister of Finance under Ayrault's successor, Manuel Valls.