Arnaud Montebourg

Arnaud Montebourg (French pronunciation: [aʁno mɔ̃tbuʁ]; born 30 October 1962) is a French politician, lawyer and entrepreneur who served as the Minister of Industrial Renewal from 2012 to 2014, then as Minister of Economy, Industrial Renewal, and Digital Affairs, 31 March 2014 until his resignation on 25 August.

Arnaud Montebourg
Minister of Economy, Industrial
Renewal and Digital Affairs
In office
16 May 2012  25 August 2014
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Manuel Valls
Preceded byÉric Besson
Succeeded byEmmanuel Macron
President of the General Council
of Saône-et-Loire
In office
27 March 2008  21 June 2012
Preceded byChristophe Sirugue
Succeeded byRémi Chaintron
Member of the National Assembly
for Saône-et-Loire's 6th constituency
In office
12 June 1997  16 June 2012
Preceded byRené Beaumont
Succeeded byRémi Chaintron
Personal details
Born (1962-10-30) 30 October 1962
Clamecy, France
Political partySocialist Party (1985–2018)
Spouse(s)Hortense de Labriffe (1997–2010)
Amina Walter (m. 2021)
Domestic partner(s)Audrey Pulvar (2010–2012)
Aurélie Filippetti (2014–2017)
Alma materUniversity of Burgundy
Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Sciences Po
INSEAD
OccupationLawyer

He is a former member of the Socialist Party (PS), which he left in 2018.

He previously served as the member of the National Assembly for the 6th constituency of Saône-et-Loire from 1997 until 2012, and President of the General Council of Saône-et-Loire from 2008 to 2012.

In 2021, he announced his candidacy for the French presidential election of 2022, before stepping down three months before the election.

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