Sébastien Lecornu

Sébastien Lecornu
Lecornu in 2020
Minister of the Armed Forces
Assumed office
20 May 2022
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Gabriel Attal
Michel Barnier
François Bayrou
Preceded byFlorence Parly
Minister of the Overseas
In office
6 July 2020  20 May 2022
Prime MinisterJean Castex
Preceded byAnnick Girardin
Succeeded byYaël Braun-Pivet
Minister for Local Authorities
In office
16 October 2018  6 July 2020
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Preceded byJean-Michel Baylet (2017)
Succeeded byJacqueline Gourault
Secretary of State to the Minister of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition
In office
21 June 2017  16 October 2018
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEmmanuelle Wargon
President of the Departmental Council of Eure
In office
1 July 2021  16 December 2022
Preceded byPascal Lehongre
Succeeded byAlexandre Rassaërt
In office
2 April 2015  10 July 2017
Preceded byJean-Louis Destans
Succeeded byPascal Lehongre
Mayor of Vernon
In office
5 April 2014  4 December 2015
Preceded byPhilippe Nguyen Thanh
Succeeded byFrançois Ouzilleau
Personal details
Born (1986-06-11) 11 June 1986
Eaubonne, France
Political partyRenaissance (2017–present)
Other political
affiliations
Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
The Republicans (2015–2017)
ResidenceHôtel de Brienne (official)
Alma materPanthéon-Assas University

Sébastien Lecornu ([sebastjɛ̃ ləkɔʁny] ; born 11 June 1986) is a French politician who has served as Minister of the Armed Forces in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne, Gabriel Attal, Michel Barnier and François Bayrou since 2022.

Since leaving The Republicans (LR) in 2017, Lecornu has been a member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République en marche). Lecornu was President of the Departmental Council of Eure from 2015 to 2017. In government, he served as Secretary of State to the Minister of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition (2017–2018), Minister for Local Authorities (2018–2020) and Minister of the Overseas (2020–2022).