Amélie de Montchalin


Amélie de Montchalin is a French politician of La République En Marche! She is the Secretary of State for European Affairs, serving since 27 March 2019. She was elected as a member of the National Assembly in 2017, and represented the sixth constituency of the Essonne department until her appointment as minister. From 2017 to 2018 she was the whip of La République En Marche! in the finance committee of the National Assembly.

Early life and education

De Montchalin was born in Lyon. She comes from a family of farmers from the Plateau de Saclay. She entered HEC Paris in 2005, graduating with a master's degree in management in 2009. During her studies she worked as an intern for Valérie Pécresse in the National Assembly.

Career

From 2009 to 2012, De Montchalin worked as an economist in charge of Eurozone analysis for Exane BNP Paribas. She then studied at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, graduating with a Master of Public Administration in 2014. From September 2014 she worked at the insurance firm AXA on issues related to global public policy, data protection and climate change.
Before joining En Marche!, De Montchalin identified as on the political center-right. She has spoken of becoming disenchanted with Francois Fillon and of being inspired by Emmanuel Macron's reformist and pro-European stance, and also by what she perceives as his willingness to prioritize skills over political experience. In the 2017 legislative elections she was elected with 61.34% of the vote, defeating her opponent Françoise Couasse of the Union of Democrats and Independents. Turnout was low at 41.25%.
She is a member of the Finance Commission, the parliamentary committee that scrutinises public spending.
On 27 March 2019, she was appointed as Secretary of State for European Affairs, succeeding Nathalie Loiseau.