Hervé Berville

Hervé Berville
Secretary of State for the Sea and Biodiversity
In office
8 February 2024 – 21 September 2024
Prime MinisterGabriel Attal
Preceded byHimself (Sea)
Sarah El Haïry (Biodiversity)
Succeeded byFabrice Loher
In office
4 July 2022 – 11 January 2024
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byJustine Benin
Succeeded byHimself
Member of the National Assembly
for Côtes-d'Armor's 2nd constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Preceded byChantal Bouloux
In office
21 June 2017 – 5 August 2022
Preceded byViviane Le Dissez
Succeeded byChantal Bouloux
Personal details
Born (1990-01-15) 15 January 1990 (age 34)
Madanzh-Buhimga, Rwanda
Political partyRenaissance
Alma materSciences Po Lille
London School of Economics

Hervé Berville (born 15 January 1990) is a French economist and politician of Renaissance (RE) who has served as a member of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022 and again since 2024, representing the department of Côtes-d'Armor.[1]

From 2022 to 2024, Berville served as Secretary of State for the Sea and Biodiversity in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal.[2]

Early life and education

A survivor of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Berville was adopted by a French couple in Brittany, graduated from the London School of Economics[3] and worked for Stanford University.[4] During his studies, he conducted research in Kenya in 2016.[5][6] Berville is active in the French intellectual circles.[7][8]

Political career

In the French National Assembly, Berville was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he served as vice chairman of the French Parliamentary Friendship Group for relations with Burundi and Rwanda.

In April 2020, Berville was dispatched by President Emmanuel Macron to Kigali to officially represent the French government at the commemorations on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsi of Rwanda.[9]

Political positions

In July 2019, Berville voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[10]

Other activities

See also

References

  1. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Remaniement : Hervé Berville, député Renaissance des Côtes-d’Armor, nommé secrétaire d’Etat à la mer Le Monde, 4 July.
  3. ^ "Hervé Berville, 27 ans, nouveau député de Dinan : "Nous n'avons pas droit à l'erreur"". 18 June 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Législatives : Hervé Berville, 27 ans, rejoint La République en marche". 12 May 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  5. ^ Rebecca Tan and Sarah Wildman (19 June 2017), Meet some of the colorful, wildly inexperienced members of France’s new parliament Vox.
  6. ^ Valérie de Senneville (8 June 2017), Portraits d’inconnus En marche Les Échos.
  7. ^ "Le fondement des Trumponomics". 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Il faut changer la logique politique". Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  9. ^ Chrisafis, Angelique (5 April 2019). "Macron asks experts to investigate French role in Rwandan genocide". The Guardian.
  10. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  11. ^ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Appoints New Members to Goalkeepers Advisory Group to Accelerate Progress Toward Global Goals Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, press release of 9 May 2019.
  12. ^ Composition of the Supervisory Board, 11 November 2018 French Development Agency (AFD).