Emmanuel Macron is the current President of the Republic of France. A graduate of the Sciences Po University in Paris, he began a university course in Nanterre. In 2002, he headed for the senior civil service and joined the ENA - promotion Léopold Sédar Senghor - from where he graduated in 2004.
In May 2012, he accepted the proposal of François Hollande, met in 2007 during a dinner at Jacques Attali, to join the Elysée as deputy secretary general of the presidency. On August 26, 2014, he was appointed Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital in the second government of Manuel Valls. On August 30, 2016, Emmanuel Macron announced his resignation from the government. A few weeks later, on November 16, he officially announced his candidacy for the 2017 presidential election. On April 23, 2017, during the first round of the presidential election, he won the vote with 24% of the vote. On May 7, 2017, he won the presidential election with more than 66% of the vote, and became the youngest President of the French Republic. The Elysée indicates in a press release that Emmanuel Macron tested positive for covid-19 on Thursday December 17, 2020. On March 3, 2022, he formalized his candidacy for the presidential elections, in the regional daily press.