François Baroin

François Baroin

François Baroin (born 1965) is a French journalist and politician for Les Républicains.[1]

François Baroin studied at the ISG Paris. In 1988, he became a journalist for the television channel Europe 1. He entered politics as a municipal councilor of Troyes for the RPR. In 1993, he was elected to the National Assembly. In 1995, he became mayor of Troyes. He was an ally of Jacques Chirac and served as his spokesman during the presidential election.[2]

Baroin held various ministerial positions. He was Minister of the Interior for a period in the Villepin cabinet. From 29 June 2011 to 16 May 2012, he was Minister of Finance, succeeding Christine Lagarde. Baroin was succeeded by Pierre Moscovici. In 2012, after the Socialists came to power, he ran again for the National Assembly and was elected. In 2022, he became chairman of the investment bank Barclays France.[3]

Since 2016, he has been an associate professor of macroeconomics, geopolitics and crisis management at HEC Paris.[4]

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