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Confirmation hearings of the Commissioners-designate: Stéphane Séjourné – Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy

Briefing 15-10-2024

Before being nominated as Commissioner-designate, Stéphane Séjourné had been serving as French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs since January 2024. In July 2024, he was elected to the French Ϸվ for the ninth constituency of Hauts-de-Seine (Boulogne-Billancourt). He has also been secretary-general of the Renaissance party since 2022. From 2019 to 2024, Séjourné was a Member of the European Ϸվ, and President of the Renew Europe group (2021-2024). Before that, he was a political adviser to the President of the French Republic from 2017 to 2019, and an adviser to the Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry and Digital Affairs from 2014 to 2016, responsible for relations with elected representatives. Séjourné was previously a member of the cabinet of the President of the Île-de-France Regional Council (2012-2014). Prior to that, he worked for a federation of grocery and specialised nutrition products from 2011 to 2012. Born in 1985, Séjourné graduated from the University of Poitiers with a double masters in law. He was also an Erasmus student at the University of Granada in international and EU law.