12 Facts About Franck Riester

Franck Alix Georges Riester was born on 3 January 1974 and is a French politician of Renaissance.

Franck Riester has represented the fifth constituency of Seine-et-Marne in the National Assembly since 2024, having previously held the seat from 2017 to 2018 and briefly in 2022.

Franck Riester was a member of the National Assembly from 2007 until 2018.

From June 2017, Franck Riester co-chaired UDI and Independents group in the National Assembly, alongside Stephane Demilly.

Franck Riester was excluded from the Republicans on 31 October 2017, alongside Gerald Darmanin, Sebastien Lecornu and Thierry Solere.

Franck Riester was a candidate for mayor of Coulommiers in the 2020 French municipal elections which he won in the first round with more than 50 percent of the vote, but entrusted the role of mayor to Laurence Picard.

Franck Riester is appointed Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on 16 October 2018.

Franck Riester merged the Superior Council of the Audiovisual and the Supreme Authority for the Distribution and Protection of Intellectual Property on the Internet.

On 6 July 2020, after the appointment of Jean Castex as Prime Minister, Franck Riester is appointed Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian.

In January 2013, Franck Riester was one of the two UMP deputies, along with Benoist Apparu, to publicly declare his support and vote for a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in France which had been proposed by the government of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

Franck Riester came out as gay in 2011, the first French MP to do so.

In March 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic Franck Riester tested positive for COVID-19.