Alongside a few names that have attracted attention, Manuel Valls, Elisabeth Borne, Gérald Darmanin and François Rebsamen, who all join this new Bayrou government, that of Breton Françoise Gatel, who retains her portfolio as delegate minister to rurality.
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Gérald Darmanin is appointed to Justice, Elisabeth Borne to National Education or even Manuel Valls to Overseas… many are the new entrants to this Bayrou government, whose composition was announced this Monday, December 23, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. But some keep their ministries, like Bruno Retailleau, for the Interior, Jean-Noël Barrot for Foreign Affairs, Rachida Dati, for Culture or even Sébastien Lecornu, for the Armed Forces.
And then a Breton woman, Françoise Gatel, also remains the Minister for Rural Affairs. But it's Véronique Louwagie, who by becoming Minister Delegate in charge of Commerce, Crafts, SMEs and the Social and Solidarity Economy, takes on part of her former functions.
It must be said that the former senator (UDI) of Ille-et-Vilaine was like a fish in water, at the Ministry of Rural Affairs. The one, who chaired the association of Small cities of character France, joined the Barnier government on September 21, 2024. A politician, attached to Châteaugiron, in Ille-et-Vilaine, a town of which she was mayor for sixteen years.
To read on the subject: “I want people to be happy living in the countryside”: Ille-et-Vilaine senator Françoise Gatel appointed Minister for Rural Affairs
Born in Rochefort-en-Terre (Morbihan), this 71-year-old woman, well anchored in her territory, chaired her community of municipalities and the Association of Mayors of France for Ille-et-Vilaine (AMF35) before resigning of these three positions in 2017 in favor of his parliamentary mandate in the Senate.
Commerce and crafts in the city center are what makes the heart of the city, what gives activity and where people meet. Commerce is the first place of exchange.
Françoise GatelMinister Delegate in charge of Rurality
The Lorient resident Fabrice Loher, on the other hand, is no longer Minister of the Sea, it is Agnès Pannier-Runacher who brings together, under a large ministry, Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries.
The ministers will meet around François Bayrou on January 3.
