Jean-Baptiste Djebbari

Jean-Baptiste Djebbari (or Djebbari-Bonnet, born 26 February 1982) is a French aircraft pilot[1] and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM)[2] who has been serving as Secretary of State for Transport in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex since 2019. From 2017 until 2019, he was a member of the French National Assembly, representing the department of Haute-Vienne.[3]

Jean-Baptiste Djebbari
Jean-Baptiste Djebbari in 2019
Minister Delegate for Transport
Assumed office
3 September 2019
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Jean Castex
Preceded byElisabeth Borne
Member of the National Assembly
for Haute-Vienne's 2nd constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 3 October 2019
Preceded byDaniel Boisserie
Succeeded byPierre Venteau
Personal details
Born (1982-02-26) 26 February 1982
Melun, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Alma materÉcole nationale de l'aviation civile

Early life and education

Djebbari was born in Melun, son of a father of Kabyle origin and a housewife.[4] He graduated from the École nationale de l'aviation civile in 2005, Technicien supérieur des études et de l'exploitation de l'aviation civile training course.[5]

Political career

In parliament, Djebbari served as the LREM group's coordinator on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning from 2017 until 2019.[6] In this capacity, he was the rapporteur on a 2018 bill on the reform of the SNCF. From January until September 2019, he later served as one of his parliamentary group's spokespersons under the leadership of its chairman Gilles Le Gendre.[7]

In September 2019, Djebbari joined the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe and was appointed Secretary of State for Transport in the Ministry of Ecology, led by Élisabeth Borne.[8] Early in his tenure, he led unsuccessful efforts to rescue French airline Aigle Azur until a commercial court rejected financial rescue offers.[9]

Within his LREM party, Djebarri is in charge of advising chairman Stanislas Guerini on campaign financing ahead of the 2022 French presidential election.[10]

See also

References
  1. Christine Ducros and Jean-Yves Guérin (7 July 2019), Un député LREM veut renationaliser les autoroutes Le Figaro.
  2. Michel Rose (29 January 2019), Gloom lifts in Elysee as townhall debates re-energize Macron Reuters.
  3. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. (in French)
  5. (in French)Jean-Baptiste Djebbari : «Par mon métier, je sais ce qu’est un "découché"»
  6. Jean-Baptiste Djebbari French National Assembly.
  7. Mathilde Siraud (14 January 2019), Le groupe LaREM à l'Assemblée muscle son équipe de porte-parole Le Figaro.
  8. (in French)Décret du 3 septembre 2019 relatif à la composition du Gouvernement
  9. Matthieu Protard (27 September 2019), French airline Aigle Azur to cease activities after court rejects rescue bids Reuters.
  10. Alexandre Lemarié (9 April 2019), LRM prépare déjà le financement de la campagne présidentielle de Macron en 2022 Reuters.
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