While he is expected to form the government, François Bayrou insisted on appointing his chief of staff in advance. According to information from Le Figaro, this is the specialist in local authorities, Nicolas Pernot.
Thursday December 13, François Bayrou was appointed Prime Minister, succeeding Michel Barnier. Like his predecessors, the tenant of Matignon must begin his mandate with the heavy task of forming a government. But before building his ministerial team, the High Commissioner for Planning first chose to form his own cabinet. As revealed Le FigaroFrançois Bayrou has also appointed his director, the high-ranking official Nicolas Pernot. The information from our colleagues was also confirmed by Matignon and Nicolas Pernot himself.
The new chief of staff assured Le Figaro that he wanted “reconciling the energy of communities and the ambition of the State”. Aged 62, he is known to be a specialist in local authorities in his capacity as general director of services in the Grand Est region. Nicolas Pernot has already collaborated with François Bayrou between 2014 and 2018 as general director of services in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). A city that he joined after leaving Le Havre, in Seine-Maritime, where he officiated with Mayor Édouard Philippe.
François Bayrou: this other position filled within his office
Earlier in their careers, François Bayrou and Nicolas Pernot had already had the opportunity to collaborate on several occasions. The graduate of Sciences Po and Essec Business School notably accompanied the new tenant of Matignon as chief of staff at the Ministry of National Education, between 1995 and 1997 then as Deputy Director General of Services at the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departmental Council, between 1997 and 2001. Nicolas Pernot therefore joined once again François Bayrou in his cabinet, several positions of which have already been filled, starting with that of head with the sub-prefect of Nantes, Pierre-Emmanuel Portheret.
published on December 16 at 1:10 p.m., Tanguy Jaillant, 6Medias
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