The Cazeneuve government ( French: ''Gouvernement Bernard Cazeneuve'') was the thirty-ninth government in the Fifth Republic of France. It was led by

Bernard Cazeneuve Bernard Guy Georges Cazeneuve (; born 2 June 1963) is a French politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 December 2016 to 15 May 2017. A member of the Socialist Party, he represented Manche’s 5th constituency in the ...

who was appointed Prime Minister of France on 6 December 2016. It consisted of 15 ministers from the

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(PS), two from the

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(PRG) and one from

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(PE). Ahead of 2017 presidential election, incumbent President François Hollande announced he would not run for a second presidential term after which incumbent Prime Minister

Manuel Valls Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti (, , ; born 13 August 1962) is a French-Spanish politician who has served as a Barcelona city councillor from 2019 to 2021. He served as Prime Minister of France from 2014 until 2016 under president François Hol ...

announced his candidacy at the 2017 Socialist Party presidential primary election and resignation from the position of the Prime Minister the following day.

, who served as

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under Valls, was appointed head of a new government which resumed almost entirely the composition of the preceding one.

Members

Prime Minister

Ministers

Secretaries of State

Changes

The following changes were made to the Cazeneuve government: *On 27 February 2017,

Axelle Lemaire Axelle Lemaire (born 18 October 1974) is a French former Socialist politician who served as a Deputy for the Third constituency for French overseas residents in the National Assembly of the French Parliament, for which she was elected in 2012. ...

resigned from her post of Secretary of State for Digital Affairs and Innovation to devote time to the presidential campaign of

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and her candidacy in the upcoming

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. The post of Secretary of State for Digital Affairs and Innovation was taken over by Christophe Sirugue. *On 21 March 2017,

Bruno Le Roux Bruno Le Roux (; born 2 May 1965) was the Minister of the Interior of France from 6 December 2016 to 21 March 2017. He was a member of the National Assembly of France where he represented the Seine-Saint-Denis department and was the leader of ...

resigned from his post of Minister of the Interior, after accusations of alleged fictitious parliamentary assistant jobs held by his minor daughters while he was a member of the National Assembly. He was replaced by the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Tourism and French citizens abroad

Matthias Fekl Matthias Fekl (; born 4 October 1977) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Interior in the government of Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve in 2017. A member of the Socialist Party, he was elected to the National Assembly in the se ...

. The post of Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Tourism and French citizens abroad was abolished.

References

{{Governments of the French Fifth Republic French governments 2016 establishments in France Cabinets established in 2016 François Hollande 2017 disestablishments in France Cabinets disestablished in 2017