Amélie de Montchalin

Amélie de Montchalin
Portrait, 2020
Minister of Public Action and Accounts
In office
23 December 2024 – 22 February 2026
Prime MinisterFrançois Bayrou
Sébastien Lecornu
Preceded byLaurent Saint-Martin
Succeeded byDavid Amiel
Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion
In office
22 May 2022 – 4 July 2022
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byBarbara Pompili
Succeeded byChristophe Béchu
Minister of Public Transformation and Service
In office
6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022
Prime MinisterJean Castex
Preceded byAnnick Girardin (2017)
Succeeded byStanislas Guerini
Secretary of State for European Affairs
In office
27 March 2019 – 6 July 2020
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Preceded byNathalie Loiseau
Succeeded byClément Beaune
Member of the National Assembly
for Essonne's 6th constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 30 April 2019
Preceded byFrançois Lamy
Succeeded byStéphanie Atger
Personal details
BornAmélie Chloé Bommier
(1985-06-19) 19 June 1985
Lyon, France
PartyRenaissance
SpouseGuillaume de Montchalin
RelationsVéronique de Montchalin (aunt-in-law)
Children3
EducationLycée Hoche
Lycée Sainte-Geneviève
Alma materHEC Paris
Sorbonne University
Paris Dauphine University
Harvard University
ProfessionEconomist

Amélie Chloé de Montchalin (French pronunciation: [ameli d(ə) mɔ̃ʃalɛ̃]; née Bommier, 19 June 1985) is a French politician who was appointed Minister for Public Accounts in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou in 2024 and retained the office under Sébastien Lecornu in 2025 as Minister of Public Action and Accounts.[1]

From 2022 to 2024, she 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 Secretary of State for European Affairs at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (2019–2020).[4]

A member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!), she was a member of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2019, 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. In early 2026, she was chosen by Emmanuel Macron to become the next president of the Cour des comptes. The decision sparked criticism from the opposition as she was until then part of the government.

Early life and education

Amélie de 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]

She took part in Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign,[8] and was a staffer for Pécresse during her time as Higher Education and Research Minister.[9] Ahead of the 2016 The Republicans presidential primary, she helped craft Alain Juppé's economic platform.[9]

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.[10][11]

Political career

Before joining En Marche, Montchalin identified as on the political centre-right. She has spoken of becoming disenchanted with François Fillon of The Republicans and of being inspired by Emmanuel Macron's reformist and pro-European stance, and also by what she perceives as his willingness to prioritise skills over political experience.[7][12][13]

In the 2017 legislative election she was elected with 61.34% of the vote in Essonne's 6th constituency, defeating her opponent Françoise Couasse of the Union of Democrats and Independents.[14] Turnout was low at 41.25%.[15] In the National Assembly, Amélie de Montchalin was a member of the Finance Committee, the parliamentary body that scrutinises public spending.[16][7]

In 2021 she was elected to the Regional Council of Île-de-France in Essonne.[17]

On 27 March 2019, she was appointed as Secretary of State for European Affairs, succeeding Nathalie Loiseau.[18] She served in this post until July 2020, when she was promoted to become Minister of Public Transformation and Service in the Castex government.[4] She became Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion in the Borne government but resigned in July 2022 just over a month in this position after her defeat against Socialist Jérôme Guedj at the 2022 legislative election.

Later in 2022, she succeeded Muriel Pénicaud as the French Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OECD in Paris. She returned to the government at the end of 2024 as Minister for Public Accounts. Following the fall of the Bayrou government, she kept her office in the brief first Lecornu government as Minister of Public Accounts, before her title was changed to Minister of Public Action and Accounts in the second Lecornu government.

Other activities

See also

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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c d 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Interview de l'été - Amélie de Montchalin : "Zéro alcool, à part du champagne"". parismatch.com (in French). 26 August 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  9. ^ a b Manon Rescan (31 March 2019). "Amélie de Montchalin, une libérale convaincue au secrétariat d'État aux affaires européennes". lemonde.fr (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  10. ^ Frossard, A. L. (21 April 2015). "Nominée pour le Prix Jeune Pousse 2015 : Amélie de Montchalin". Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  11. ^ EIFR. "EIFR - Intervenant - de Montchalin Amélie". www.eifr.eu. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Législatives 2017 : qui est Amélie de Montchalin la nouvelle députée REM de l'Essonne ?". 19 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  13. ^ ""France is back." Macron's En Marche party just swept the French parliament". 18 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Résultats dans la 6e circonscription de l'Essonne : 61% pour Amélie de Montchalin (LREM)". 18 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  15. ^ BFMTV. "Résultats de la 6eme-circonscription (essonne) : élections legislatives 2017". Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  16. ^ Assemblée nationale. "Mme Amélie de Montchalin - Essonne (6e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  17. ^ "Mme Amélie DE MONTCHALIN". Île-de-France (in French).
  18. ^ "Amélie de Montchalin succeeds Nathalie Loiseau as Europe Minister". Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. 31 March 2019.
  19. ^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
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