Michel Barnier

Michel Barnier
Michel Barnier
Prime Minister of France
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 September 2024
President	Emmanuel Macron
Preceded by	Gabriel Attal
President
EU offices
Head of the UK Task Force
	In office; 16 November 2019 – 31 March 2021
President	Jean-Claude Juncker; Ursula von der Leyen
Deputy	Clara Martínez Alberola
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	João Vale de Almeida (as Ambassador to the United Kingdom)
Chief Negotiator of Task Force 50
	In office; 1 October 2016 – 15 November 2019
President	Jean-Claude Juncker
Deputy	Sabine Weyand
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
	In office; 10 February 2010 – 31 October 2014
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Charlie McCreevy
Succeeded by	Elżbieta Bieńkowska
European Commissioner for Regional Policy
	In office; 16 September 1999 – 31 March 2004
President	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Monika Wulf-Mathies
Succeeded by	Jacques Barrot
Member of the European Parliament; for Île-de-France
	In office; 14 July 2009 – 10 February 2010
Succeeded by	Constance Le Grip
Prime Minister
French political offices
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
	In office; 19 June 2007 – 22 June 2009
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Christine Lagarde
Succeeded by	Bruno Le Maire
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 31 March 2004 – 31 May 2005
Prime Minister	Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Preceded by	Dominique de Villepin
Succeeded by	Philippe Douste-Blazy
Minister for European Affairs
	In office; 18 May 1995 – 3 June 1997
Prime Minister	Alain Juppé
Preceded by	Alain Lamassoure
Succeeded by	Pierre Moscovici
Minister of the Environment
	In office; 29 March 1993 – 18 March 1995
Prime Minister	Édouard Balladur
Preceded by	Ségolène Royal
Succeeded by	Corinne Lepage
Senator for Savoie
	In office; 22 September 1997 – 23 October 1999
	In office; 2 October 1995 – 31 October 1995
Member of the National Assembly; for Savoie's 2nd constituency
	In office; 3 April 1978 – 1 May 1993
Departmental Councillor of Savoie
	In office; 5 September 1973 – 13 September 1999
Personal details
Born	9 January 1951 (age 73); La Tronche, France
Political party	LR (2015–present)
Other political; affiliations	UDR (1967–1976); RPR (1976–2002); UMP (2002–2015)
Spouse(s)	Isabelle Altmayer (m. 1982)
Children	3
Relatives	Éric and Nicolas Altmayer (brothers-in-law); René Altmayer (grandfather-in-law); Victor Joseph Altmayer (great-grandfather-in-law)
Alma mater	ESCP Business School
Occupation	Diplomat • Politician

Michel Bernard Barnier (born 9 January 1951) is a conservative French politician who has been the Prime Minister of France since 2024. He was the European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom (UK Task Force/UKTF) from 2019 to 2021. He was Chief Negotiator - Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom from October 2016 to November 2019.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In France, he was minister of foreign affairs from 2004 to 2005, minister of state for European affairs from 1995 to 1997 and minister of the environment and way of life from 1993 to 1995.

Barnier unsuccessfully ran for President of France in the 2022 election.

On 5 September 2024, Barnier was appointed as Prime Minister by President Emmanuel Macron.^[4]

Michel Barnier Media

Official portrait of Barnier as EU Commissioner, 1999
Barnier at the European People's Party conference in Rotterdam, June 2022
Barnier speaking about Brexit in the European Parliament in January 2019
Legion of Honour - Officer (France)
Ordre du Merite agricole Commandeur 1999 ribbon
Ordre du Merite maritime Commandeur ribbon
GER Bundesverdienstkreuz 5 GrVK Stern
Ribbon bar of the Commander's Cross (3rd class) of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Cross BAR
PRT Order of Christ - Grand Officer BAR