Christian Eckert

Christian Eckert
Christian Eckert in 2014
Minister of the Budget
In office
9 April 2014 – 10 May 2017
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterManuel Valls
Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded byBernard Cazeneuve
Succeeded byGérald Darmanin
Personal details
Born (1956-02-08) 8 February 1956
Algrange, France
PartySocialist Party

Christian Eckert (born 8 February 1956 in Algrange, Moselle) is a former member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Meurthe-et-Moselle department,[1] and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Eckert publicly endorsed Manuel Valls as the party's candidate for the presidential election later that year.[2]

Biography

Christian Eckert attended the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud as an auditor and passed the agrégation in mathematics.[3][4] Alongside his studies, he worked during the summer at the Florange blast furnaces, at the Martin steelworks, to earn some money.

He teaches mathematics at high school level in BTS (advanced vocational training certificate) and preparatory Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles. He taught at the Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Fameck (Moselle) from 1981 to 1991 and at the Lycée Louis-Bertrand in Briey (Meurthe-et-Moselle) from 1991 to 2007.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Liste Définitive des Députés Élus à L'issue des Deux Tours" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  2. ^ Arnaud Focraud (12 December 2016) Primaire de la gauche : pour qui votent les ministres? Le Journal du Dimanche.
  3. ^ Anne de Guigné. "Christian Eckert : un pur et dur au Budget". Le Figaro.
  4. ^ "Christian Eckert". gouvernement.fr (in French).
  5. ^ "Biographie Christian ECKERT". trombinoscope.com.