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Pannier-Runacher joined the private company Faurecia in 2011. In 2013 she became deputy director at the Compagnie des Alpes in charge of development and performance of skiing and leisure centers.[7]
Pannier-Runacher was appointed as Secretary of State for Economy and Finance, serving under the leadership of minister Bruno Le Maire, on 16 October 2018.[13][14] At the time of her appointment, she was the highest-paid official to join the government, earning more than €500,00 per year.[15]
Early in her tenure, Pannier-Runacher oversaw the 2.8 billion euros auction of 5G frequencies conducted by French regulator ARCEP in October 2020.[16]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in France, Pannier-Runacher was put in charge of organizing and reinforcing the production and supply of materials for health care personnel and institutions, such as respirators, personal protective equipment and swabs. She also oversaw the ramp-up of the production of face masks in France.[17]
She resisted calls from opposition figures such as Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen, as well as the General Confederation of Labour to nationalise a factory which manufactured oxygen cylinders located in Gerzat, Puy-de-Dôme. Workers continued to maintain the equipment despite its closure in 2019 and had occupied the factory since January 2020, accusing Luxfer of intentionally creating a shortage by closing down the last oxygen cylinder manufacturing factory in Europe.[18] Pannier-Runacher argued that the factory was not considered for nationalisation as it had no strategic value in the context of health independence.[19]
She was promoted on 6 July 2020 under the new government of Jean Castex, attaining the status of minister as Minister Delegate for Industry, a newly created position which replaced that of the Secretary of State under the purview of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
She led the French inter-ministerial task force participating in the negotiation for the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines.[20]
Minister for Energy Transition
She was appointed Minister for Energy Transition under the Borne government on 20 May 2022. Her appointed was met with criticism over her lack of experience in the area under the purview of the ministry, as well as her family's ties with Perenco, the second-largest oil-and-gas company in France.
Pannier-Runacher launched an alliance of nuclear power-supporting European Union countries in March 2023 amid conflict with Germany over whether low-carbon hydrogen produced from nuclear plants should be considered equal to the hydrogen produced by renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydropower by the EU.[21][22]
In October 2023, Pannier-Runacher participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by ChancellorOlaf Scholz and PresidentEmmanuel Macron to settle differences relating to energy, industrial, and defence policies.[23][24] One week later, the twenty-seven countries in the European Union reached an agreement to reform the European electricity market that had been hindered by Franco-German disagreements. The French government claims that the agreement will allow Électricité de France to build the six EPR nuclear reactors that had been announced in February 2022.[25]
Minister Delegate to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
Elis, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (2014–2018)[27]
Bourbon, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (2009–2018)[28]
Personal life
Pannier-Runacher is in a relationship with Nicolas Bays, a former Socialist MP and longtime Macron supporter.[29] She has three children.[4][30]
In 2021, Pannier-Runacher moved to Lens, Pas-de-Calais, into a property rented by Bays from an estate company controlled by heirs of the late Olivier Dassault since 2017.[3]
^ abCardoni, Fabien; Carré de Malberg, Nathalie; Margairaz, Michel, eds. (2012). "Pannier-Runacher, Agnès Charlotte Jeanne". Dictionnaire historique des inspecteurs des finances (1801–2009): dictionnaire biographique et thématique. Paris: Comité pour l'histoire économique et financière de la France. pp. 855–856. ISBN978-2-11-097521-8.
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