Stéphane Le Foll

Stéphane Le Foll (French pronunciation: ​[ste.fan lə.fɔl]; born 3 February 1960) is a French politician for the Socialist Party. He has been Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of France under Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls, as well as Government Spokesperson under Valls.

Stéphane Le Foll
Mayor of Le Mans
Assumed office
14 June 2018
Preceded byJean-Claude Boulard
Minister of Agriculture
In office
2012–2017
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Manuel Valls
Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded byBruno Le Maire
Succeeded byJacques Mézard
Member of the National Assembly
for Sarthe's 4th constituency
In office
2017–2018
Preceded bySylvie Tolmont
Succeeded bySylvie Tolmont
Personal details
Born (1960-02-03) 3 February 1960
Le Mans, France
NationalityFrench
Political partySocialist Party
Spouse(s)Marie-Hélène Bourdais
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Nantes

Born in Le Mans, he was elected to the European Parliament for the Socialist Party, part of Party of European Socialists, in 2004 and served to 2012.[1]

He won a seat in the National Assembly in June 2012 and served to July 2012 when the deputy-elect Sylvie Tolmont replaced him.

As Minister of Agriculture in all Hollande governments, he was in charge of reforming the Common Agricultural Policy. He also put an accent on "resocializing rural territories in France".

He was reelected in the National Assembly in the 2017 French legislative election.[2]

Le Foll was a declared candidate for the leadership of the Socialist Party at the Aubervilliers Congress in 2018.[3] After the death of Jean-Claude Boulard, Le Foll became mayor of Le Mans.[4]

References
  1. "Your MEPs : Stéphane LE FOLL". Europa (web portal). Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  2. "Législatives 2017 : Stéphane Le Foll réélu député dans la 4e circonscription de la Sarthe". Le Parisien. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. "Qui sont les candidats déclarés à la présidence du PS ?". Europe 1. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/06/14/stephane-le-foll-rejoint-la-mairie-du-mans-et-s-eloigne-du-siege-du-ps_5314949_823448.html
Political offices
Preceded by
Bruno Le Maire		 Minister of Agriculture
2012–2017		 Succeeded by
Jacques Mézard
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