Amélie de Montchalin

Amélie de Montchalin
de Montchalin in 2020
Minister delegate for the Budget and Public Accounts
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 December 2024
Prime Minister	François Bayrou
Preceded by	Laurent Saint-Martin
Minister of Ecological Transition
In office 22 May 2022 – 4 July 2022
President	Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister	Élisabeth Borne
Preceded by	Barbara Pompili
Succeeded by	Christophe Béchu
Minister of Public Transformation and Service
In office 6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022
President	Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister	Jean Castex
Preceded by	Annick Girardin (2017)
Secretary of State for European Affairs
In office 27 March 2019 – 6 July 2020
President	Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister	Édouard Philippe
Preceded by	Nathalie Loiseau
Succeeded by	Clément Beaune
Member of the National Assembly for Essonne's 6th constituency
In office 21 June 2017 – 30 April 2019
Preceded by	François Lamy
Succeeded by	Stéphanie Atger
Personal details
Born	Amélie Bommier (1985-06-19) 19 June 1985 (age 39) Lyon, France
Political party	Renaissance
Spouse	Guillaume de Montchalin
Relations	Véronique de Montchalin (aunt-in-law)
Children	3
Education	Lycée Hoche Lycée Sainte-Geneviève
Alma mater	HEC Paris Sorbonne University Harvard University
Profession	Economist

Amélie de Montchalin (French pronunciation: [ameli də mɔ̃ʃalɛ̃]; née Bommier, born 19 June 1985) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister Delegate for the Budget and Public Accounts in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou since 2024.[1]

From 2022 to 2024, Montchalin was the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).[2]

Montchalin previously served as Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion under Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne (2022),[3] Minister of Public Transformation and Service under Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022)[4] and as Secretary of State for European Affairs at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (2019–2020).[4]

A member of La République En Marche! (LREM), Montchalin was a member of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the 6th constituency of Essonne.[5] From 2017 to 2018, she was the La République En Marche whip in the National Assembly’s Finance Committee.

Early life and education

Montchalin was born in Lyon. Her father is an administrative executive and her mother is a nurse.[6] She entered HEC Paris in 2005, graduating with a master's degree in management in 2009. During her studies, she interned for Valérie Pécresse in the National Assembly.[7]

Career in the private sector

From 2009 to 2012, Montchalin worked as an economist in charge of Eurozone analysis for Exane BNP Paribas.[7] She then studied at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, graduating with a Master of Public Administration in 2014. From September 2014 she worked at the insurance firm AXA on issues related to global public policy, data protection and climate change.[8][9]

Political career

Before joining En Marche, Montchalin identified as on the political center-right. She has spoken of becoming disenchanted with François Fillon and of being inspired by Emmanuel Macron's reformist and pro-European stance, and also by what she perceives as his willingness to prioritize skills over political experience.[7][10][11] In the 2017 legislative elections she was elected with 61.34% of the vote, defeating her opponent Françoise Couasse of the Union of Democrats and Independents.[12] Turnout was low at 41.25%.[13]

Montchalin was a member of the Finance Committee, the parliamentary body that scrutinises public spending.[14][7]

On 27 March 2019, Montchalin was appointed as Secretary of State for European Affairs, succeeding Nathalie Loiseau.[15] She served in this post until July 2020, when she was promoted to become Minister for Transformation and Public Service.[4] She left the Borne government in July 2022 after her defeat at the 2022 French legislative election.

Other activities

• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member of the Council (since 2023)[16]

See also

• 2017 French legislative election
• Second Philippe government
• Castex government
• Borne government

References

1. Thomas Engrand (24 November 2024), Gouvernement Bayrou : Amélie de Montchalin aux Comptes publics, le retour en grâce d’une étoile déchue du macronisme Le Figaro.
2. Mathilde Karsenti (24 November 2022), Amélie de Montchalin ambassadrice à l’OCDE : les diplomates en colère Marianne.
3. Victor Boiteau (20 May 2022), Changement dans la continuité: Darmanin, Le Maire, Attal… Ces ministres qui remettent ça dans le gouvernement Borne Libération.
4. "Movers and Shakers | 31 July 2020". The Parliament Magazine. 31 July 2020.
5. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
6. "10 choses à savoir sur Amélie de Montchalin, "la Marianne du macronisme"". L'Obs (in French). 31 March 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
7. Rescan, Elvire Camus, Enora Ollivier, Thibaut Godet, Sylvia Zappi et Manon (13 June 2017). "Comment les futurs députés En marche ! se préparent à siéger pour la première fois". Le Monde.fr. Retrieved 29 June 2017 – via Le Monde.
8. Frossard, A. L. (21 April 2015). "Nominée pour le Prix Jeune Pousse 2015 : Amélie de Montchalin". Retrieved 29 June 2017.
9. EIFR. "EIFR - Intervenant - de Montchalin Amélie". www.eifr.eu. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
10. "Législatives 2017 : qui est Amélie de Montchalin la nouvelle députée REM de l'Essonne ?". 19 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
11. ""France is back." Macron's En Marche party just swept the French parliament". 18 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
12. "Résultats dans la 6e circonscription de l'Essonne : 61% pour Amélie de Montchalin (LREM)". 18 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
13. BFMTV. "Résultats de la 6eme-circonscription (essonne) : élections legislatives 2017". Retrieved 29 June 2017.^[permanent dead link‍]
14. Nationale, Assemblée. "Mme Amélie de Montchalin - Essonne (6e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
15. "Amélie de Montchalin succeeds Nathalie Loiseau as Europe Minister". Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. 31 March 2019.
16. Members European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).