Stéphane Séjourné

Stéphane Séjourné
Official portrait, 2024
Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy
Assumed office
1 December 2024
PresidentUrsula von der Leyen
Preceded byPosition established
Commissioner for Industry, SMEs and the Single Market
Assumed office
1 December 2024
PresidentUrsula von der Leyen
Preceded byMargrethe Vestager (caretaker)
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
In office
11 January 2024 – 21 September 2024
Prime MinisterGabriel Attal
Preceded byCatherine Colonna
Succeeded byJean-Noël Barrot
General Secretary of Renaissance
Assumed office
18 September 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Preceded byStanislas Guerini (as Executive Officer)
Leader of Renew Europe
In office
19 October 2021 – 11 January 2024
Preceded byDacian Cioloș
Succeeded byValérie Hayer
Member of the National Assembly
for Hauts-de-Seine's 9th constituency
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Preceded byEmmanuel Pellerin
Member of the European Parliament
for France
In office
2 July 2019 – 11 January 2024
Succeeded byGuy Lavocat
Personal details
Born (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39)
Versailles, France
Political partyRenaissance (since 2016)
Other political
affiliations		Socialist Party (2001–2016)
Domestic partnerGabriel Attal (2015–2022)
Alma materUniversity of Poitiers

Stéphane Séjourné (French pronunciation: ​[stefan seʒuʁne]; born 26 March 1985) is a French lawyer and politician of Renaissance who has been the Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy since 2024. He was the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs for France for a short time in 2024.

Séjourné was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2019.[1] He was an adviser to Emmanuel Macron. In 2022, he became general secretary of Renaissance.

Séjourné is gay and was in a partnership with Gabriel Attal, who has been serving as Prime Minister of France since January 2024.[2] The relationship had ended by 2022.[3]

References

  1. ↑ CAZENAVE, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Sidoinec (5 January 2019). "Les révélations de Juan Branco sur Gabriel Attal et Stéphane Séjourné". Club de Mediapart (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Who is Gabriel Attal, France's new prime minister?". POLITICO. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.