Michel Sapin

Michel Sapin
Minister of the Economy
In office 30 August 2016 – 10 May 2017
Prime Minister	Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded by	Emmanuel Macron
Succeeded by	Bruno Le Maire
Minister of Finance
In office 2 April 2014 – 17 May 2017
Prime Minister	Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded by	Pierre Moscovici
Succeeded by	Bruno Le Maire
In office 2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993
Prime Minister	Pierre Bérégovoy
Preceded by	Pierre Bérégovoy
Succeeded by	Edmond Alphandéry
Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue
In office 16 May 2012 – 2 April 2014
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded by	Xavier Bertrand
Succeeded by	François Rebsamen
Minister of the Civil Service
In office 28 March 2000 – 7 May 2002
Prime Minister	Lionel Jospin
Preceded by	Émile Zuccarelli
Succeeded by	Jean-Paul Delevoye
Personal details
Born	(1952-04-09) 9 April 1952 (age 72) Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Political party	Socialist Party
Education	Lycée Henri-IV
Alma mater	École normale supérieure Paris-Sorbonne University Sciences Po École nationale d'administration

Michel Sapin (French pronunciation: [mi.ʃɛl sa.pɛ̃]; born 9 April 1952) is a French politician who served as Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2014 to 2017. He is a member of the Socialist Party.^[1]

He was Minister of the Civil Service from 2000 to 2002 and Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs from 2012 to 2014. Sapin has also served as a member of the National Assembly of France.^[2]

After President François Hollande took office, Sapin became the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs in the government headed by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on 16 May 2012.^[3] Two years later, he was moved to the post of Minister of Finance under Ayrault's successor, Manuel Valls.