Michel Sapin

Michel Sapin
Sapin in 2015
Minister of the Economy
In office
30 August 2016  10 May 2017
Prime MinisterManuel Valls
Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded byEmmanuel Macron
Succeeded byBruno Le Maire
Minister of Finance
In office
2 April 2014  17 May 2017
Prime MinisterManuel Valls
Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded byPierre Moscovici
Succeeded byBruno Le Maire
In office
2 April 1992  29 March 1993
Prime MinisterPierre Bérégovoy
Preceded byPierre Bérégovoy
Succeeded byEdmond Alphandéry
Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue
In office
16 May 2012  2 April 2014
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded byXavier Bertrand
Succeeded byFrançois Rebsamen
Minister of the Civil Service
In office
28 March 2000  7 May 2002
Prime MinisterLionel Jospin
Preceded byÉmile Zuccarelli
Succeeded byJean-Paul Delevoye
Personal details
Born (1952-04-09) 9 April 1952
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Political partySocialist Party
EducationLycée Henri-IV
Alma materÉcole 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.