27 Facts About Bernard Cazeneuve

Bernard Cazeneuve represented Manche's 5th constituency in the National Assembly from 1997 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2012, in addition to the department's 4th constituency briefly in 2012 and 2017.

Bernard Cazeneuve was Mayor of Cherbourg-Octeville from 2001 to 2012.

In 2016, Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed prime minister by President Francois Hollande, after Manuel Valls resigned to concentrate on his candidacy for the 2017 presidential election.

Bernard Cazeneuve was born on 2 June 1963 in Senlis, Oise.

Bernard Cazeneuve's father was the head of the Socialist Party in Oise, which gave him the opportunity to attend a meeting with Francois Mitterrand.

Bernard Cazeneuve began his career as a legal adviser in Groupe Banque Populaire, before starting in politics.

Bernard Cazeneuve held the position in the Manche department from 1994 to 1998.

Bernard Cazeneuve was later elected mayor of Octeville where he served from 1995 to 2000.

Bernard Cazeneuve focused on urban renewal of the Bassins and Provinces quarters of Cherbourg-Octeville, bringing together commercial and cultural projects.

Bernard Cazeneuve spoke to the media on issues related to industry and nuclear power, particularly the latter due to his role in not postponing the construction of a new reactor at the Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant and the reprocessing of nuclear waste at the La Hague site.

Bernard Cazeneuve was elected to head the new commune of Cherbourg-Octeville in 2001, succeeding Jean-Pierre Godefroy and defeating the Rally for the Republic candidate Jean Lemiere.

Bernard Cazeneuve was called to the bar of Cherbourg-Octeville in 2003.

In 2004, Francois Hollande convinced Bernard Cazeneuve to join the Socialist Party electoral list for the 2004 regional elections, representing the Manche department in the Regional Council of Lower Normandy, after Jean-Pierre Godefroy withdrew from consideration.

Bernard Cazeneuve was replaced as Junior Minister for European Affairs by Thierry Repentin, formerly Minister of State for Professional Training and Apprenticeship.

Bernard Cazeneuve intervened personally in the National Assembly to bury an amendment enlarging the tax base for a proposed tax on transactions for high frequency trading, one of Francois Hollande's campaign promises.

On 2 April 2014, Bernard Cazeneuve was named Minister of the Interior in the First Valls Government.

Bernard Cazeneuve, said the clampdown on borders would take effect immediately.

Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed by outgoing President Hollande to replace Valls.

Bernard Cazeneuve officially resigned on 10 May 2017, after the official announcement of the results of the presidential election.

Bernard Cazeneuve was replaced by Edouard Philippe, nominated by new President Emmanuel Macron.

In 2022, Bernard Cazeneuve resigned from the Honorary Board of Fight Impunity, a Brussels-based human rights NGO, following corruption allegations against its founder, Antonio Panzeri.

That same year, Bernard Cazeneuve resigned from the Socialist Party over leader Olivier Faure's agreement to run a joint electoral list with Jean-Luc Melenchon's La France Insoumise, known as the Nouvelle Union populaire ecologique et sociale, feeling that Melenchon's party and traditional French social democracy were incompatible.

However, in August 2024, Le Monde reported that Bernard Cazeneuve was among the front-runners.

Bernard Cazeneuve's candidacy sparked controversy with the NFP, with members of La France Insoumise condemning it as a "total betrayal of millions of voters".

Bernard Cazeneuve had a wife, Veronique, with whom he had two children.

Bernard Cazeneuve was an editor at Editions A dos d'ane, a publisher of young adult fiction.

Bernard Cazeneuve was a business lawyer from 2006 to 2008.