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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
New French government unveiled, Le Drian foreign minister
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNewly elected French President Emmanuel Macron appoints his first government, naming veteran Socialist Jean-Yves Le Drian to foreign affairs and European lawmaker Sylie Goulard as defense minister.
Other key figures during his campaign were given senior roles, with the mayor of Lyon, Gerard Collomb, named as interior minister and centrist ally Francois Bayrou given the justice portfolio. Rightwinger Bruno Le Maire was named economy minister.
— AFP
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