Bruno Le Roux (; born 2 May 1965) is a French politician of the

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who served as the

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of France from December 2016 to March 2017.

Political career

Le Roux was a member of the

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where he represented the

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department and was the leader of the Socialist, Ecologist & Republican Group. He led the

in the

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from 2012 until 2016. In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Le Roux endorsed

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as the party's candidate for the

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. On 6 December 2016, Le Roux was named Minister of the Interior in the government of

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. In 2015, news media reported that Le Roux was included in a Russian blacklist of prominent people from the

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who are not allowed to enter the country. Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Le Roux endorsed

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as the party's candidate for the

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later that year.

Resignation

On 21 March 2017, Le Roux was forced to resign from the government when it was revealed that he employed his two daughters, aged just 15 and 16, as parliamentary assistants and paid them a total of €55,000 ($59,000), using public funds, while he served as a deputy in the

. He was succeeded by

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, the Minister of State for Foreign Trade.

References

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