Sophie Gagnant-Ferracci (born 1976) is a French business

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. During the

2017 French presidential election Presidential elections were held in France on 23 April and 7 May 2017. Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party (PS) was eligible to run for a second term, but declared on 1 December 2016 that he wo ...

, she headed

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Ministry of Economy and Finance (France), Minister of Economics, Industr ...

's staff. She is married to economist and politician Marc Ferracci.

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In January 2016 she became the head of the staff of Emmanuel Macron at the ministry of Economy. She left her role when Emmanuel Macron resigned and became his chief aide in his movement (

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) for the French presidential election of 2017.

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