Stéphane Le Foll

Stéphane Le Foll
Stéphane Le Foll (2014)
French Minister of Agriculture
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2012
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault Manuel Valls
Preceded by	Bruno Le Maire
Government spokespeople
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2014
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Manuel Valls
Preceded by	Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Personal details
Born	(1960-02-03) 3 February 1960 Le Mans, France
Nationality	French
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	University of Nantes

Stéphane Le Foll (French pronunciation: ​[ste.fan lə.fɔl] (born 3 February 1960) is a French politician for the Socialist Party. He has been Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of France under Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls, as well as Government Spokesperson under Valls.

Born in Le Mans, he was elected to the European Parliament for the Socialist Party, part of Party of European Socialists, in 2004 and served to 2012.^[1]

He won a seat in the National Assembly in June 2012 and served to July 2012 when the deputy-elect replaced him.

As Minister of Agriculture he is in charge of reforming the Common Agricultural Policy. He also put an accent on "resocializing rural territories in France".

References

Ayrault Cabinet
Jean-Marc Ayrault Laurent Fabius Vincent Peillon Christiane Taubira Pierre Moscovici Marisol Touraine Cécile Duflot Manuel Valls Nicole Bricq Arnaud Montebourg Michel Sapin Jean-Yves Le Drian Aurélie Filippetti Geneviève Fioraso Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Stéphane Le Foll Marylise Lebranchu Victorin Lurel Valérie Fourneyron Philippe Martin