President —present Minister of Economy and Industry — Renaissance. He has been a member of Renaissance since he founded it in Appointed Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs in August in the second Valls government , he led a number of business-friendly reforms. He resigned in August , in order to launch his presidential campaign.
A member of the Socialist Party from to , he ran in the election under the banner of En Marche , a centrist and pro-European political movement he founded in April At the age of 39, he became the youngest president in French history.
Macron was elected to a second term in the presidential election , again defeating Le Pen, thus becoming the first French presidential candidate to win reelection since Jacques Chirac defeated Jean-Marie Le Pen in Following crushing defeat at the European Parliament elections , Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called for a snap legislative election which resulted in another hung parliament and electoral defeat for his ruling coalition.
It was only the third time in the French Republic's history that a president lost an election he called of his own initiative. During his presidency , Macron has overseen several reforms to labour laws , taxation , and pensions ; and has pursued a renewable energy transition.
Dubbed "president of the rich" by political opponents, increasing protests against his domestic reforms and demanding his resignation marked the first years of his presidency, culminating in — with the yellow vests protests and the pension reform strike.
