Thomas Cazenave

Thomas Cazenave
Cazenave in 2019
Minister Delegate for Public Accounts
In office
20 July 2023 – 21 September 2024
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Gabriel Attal
Preceded byGabriel Attal
Succeeded byLaurent Saint-Martin
Member of the Municipal council of Bordeaux
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 July 2020
MayorPierre Hurmic
Member of the National Assembly
Gironde's 1st constituency
In office
21 June 2022 – 20 August 2023
Preceded byDominique David
Succeeded byAlexandra Martin
Personal details
Born (1978-03-06) 6 March 1978 (age 46)
Bordeaux, France
Political partyRenaissance
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure de Cachan
Sciences Po, ÉNA

Thomas Cazenave (French pronunciation: [tɔma kaznav]; born 6 March 1978) is a French civil servant and politician of the Renaissance party who served as Minister in charge of Public Accounts in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal from 2023 to 2024.

As a finance inspector, he was an executive at Orange France and at Pôle emploi before becoming deputy chief of staff for President Emmanuel Macron at the Ministry of the Economy, then chief of staff to the Secretary of State for Industry, Christophe Sirugue.

From December 2016 to June 2017, he was Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic and from November 2017 to November 2019, he was the interministerial delegate for public transformation.

He was head of the list of La République en Marche in the first round of the 2020 municipal elections in Bordeaux making a joint list in the second round with Nicolas Florian, the outgoing Republican Mayor. His list finished second behind the list of Pierre Hurmic's Greens who became Mayor of Bordeaux.

Cazenave then announced the creation of an opposition group, of four elected LREM and autonomous councillors distinct from that from Nicolas Florian's list.

In the 2022 French legislative election he was elected Member of Parliament for Gironde's 1st constituency.

Within the National Assembly, he was a member of the Finance Committee.

Early life and education

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Cazenave was born on 6 March 1978 in Bordeaux.[1] The rest of his family has always lived in the Bordeaux region, in particular his grandmother living in Bordeaux-Bastide whom he frequently cites to signify his roots in Bordeaux.[2]

Cazenave attended school first in Floirac then in Bordeaux, at the François-Mauriac high school in the Bastide district, where he obtained the scientific Baccalauréat.[3] He continued his studies there in the D2 preparatory class at the Lycée Gustave-Eiffel, and at the same time in a DEUG in economics and management at Montesquieu University

In September 1998, Cazenave joined the l’École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay[4] to follow the dual training of the economics-management department.[5] In the 3rd year, he passed the external competition for the aggregation of economics and management. In the 4th year he completed a master's degree in economic analysis and policy from the Paris School of Economics.

Cazenave graduated from Sciences Po[6] and was admitted following the 2004  competitive examinations, he trained at the Ecole nationale d’administration in Strasbourg from 2005 to 2007.[7] During his training at the ENA, he did a 6-month internship at the town hall of Bordeaux, in the office of the mayor, Hugues Martin [fr] who acted as the interim mayor for Alain Juppé.[8]

Early career

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Upon leaving the ENA, Cazenave joined the General Inspectorate of Finance, with Jean Bassères.[9] While working there he met and befriended Emmanuel Macron, then also a finance inspector.[2] In particular, together they will be assigned to the work and animation of the Commission for the Liberation of French Growth [fr][10] chaired by Jacques Attali, on the orders of the President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy. Thomas Cazenave holds the position of special rapporteur.

In 2011, Cazenave briefly worked as deputy director of Human Resources at Orange France.[9]

In 2012–2015, Cazenave was deputy general manager of Pôle emploi, in charge of the “strategy, coordination and institutional relations” department.[11][12]

Cazenave remained a teacher at the University of Paris I and at Sciences Po Paris, where he co-directed the executive master's degree in public policy management until 2016.[13]

Political career

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In February 2016, he joined Emmanuel Macron at the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Digital, as deputy chief of staff. He was a supporter of the “En Marche” movement launched by Macron, which in April that year became the “La République en marche (LREM)". In September 2016, within the same ministry, he assists the Secretary of State for Industry, Christophe Sirugue, as his chief of staff.[14]

In December 2016, Cazenave replaced Boris Vallaud as Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, under the mandate of President François Hollande.[15][16][2]

As a close ally of Macron, Cazenave participated in the development of his presidential program.[8] After the 2017 French presidential election, he was appointed to the Council of Ministers on 22 November 2017, as inter-ministerial delegate for public transformation, placed under the authority of the Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.[17]

Cazenave resigned from his government post and placed himself on leave from the finance inspectorate in November 2019[18] to devote himself to the municipal elections of 2020 in Bordeaux.[19]

In 2021, with a view to preparing LREM's program for the 2022 presidential election, he was responsible for leading the working group on the reorganization of administrations.[20]

Member of the National Assembly, 2022–2023

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In the 2022 French legislative election, Cazenave was elected Member of Parliament for Gironde's 1st constituency with 59.11% of the vote.

In parliament, Cazenave was a member of the Finance Committee. In this capacity, he served as the parliament's rapporteur on 2023 legislation aimed at financing the energetic renovation of public buildings.[21]

In addition to his committee assignments, Cazenave was part of the French-Québec Parliamentary Friendship Group, the French-Senegalese Parliamentary Friendship Group, and the French-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[22] He also headed the National Assembly's delegation to local authorities and decentralization.[23]

Municipal elections in Bordeaux, 2020

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In July 2019, Cazenave received the nomination of LREM for the municipal elections of 2020.[24] Until then living between Paris and Bordeaux, he settled in his native city of Bordeaux[8] and launched his campaign at the head of the “Bordeaux Renewal” movement.[25] On 7 January 2020, he unveiled his first proposal.[26] He won 12.69% of the vote in the first round of the 2020 municipal elections on 15 March 2020 and was placed in 3rd place after the ecologist Pierre Hurmic Pierre Hurmic.[27]

Between the two rounds, Cazenave joined the candidacy of outgoing mayor Nicolas Florian.[28] The list thus created finished in second place and Thomas Cazenave announced the creation of an opposition group, comprising four elected LREM representatives, autonomous and distinct from that from Nicolas Florian's list.[29]

Minister for Public Accounts, 2023–present

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On 20 July 2023, during the reshuffle of the Borne government, he succeeded Gabriel Attal as Minister for Public Accounts.[30] His seat in parliament was taken by his substitute Alexandra Martin.[31]

Recognition

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By decree of the President of the Republic of 15 November 2018, Cazenave was named Knight of the National Order of Merit for his 14 years of service, on the contingent of the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire.

See also

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Bibliography

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  • Avec Yann Algan, L'État en mode start-up (in French). Paris: Eyrolles. 2017. p. 232. ISBN 978-2-212-56842-4..[32][13][33][34]

References

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  1. ^ « Cazenave Thomas », dans Fabien Cardoni, Nathalie Carré de Malberg, Michel Margairaz (dir.), Dictionnaire historique des inspecteurs des finances, 1801-2009, Paris, Comité pour l'histoire économique et financière de la France, 2012 (lire en ligne).
  2. ^ a b c Olivier Faye; Claire Mayer (2019-07-03). "Municipales 2020 : Thomas Cazenave, un macroniste du premier cercle, candidat à Bordeaux". Le Monde. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  3. ^ Étienne Millien (29 October 2019). "Thomas Cazenave, l'enfant de la rive droite" (PDF). Sud-Ouest. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Arrêté du 27 août 1998 portant ordre de classement au concours d'entrée en première année à l'Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan, concours d'économie, droit et gestion, économie et gestion, et sciences sociales". JORF (218): 14382. 20 September 1998. NOR : MENS9802256A.
  5. ^ "Annuaire en ligne". www.aae.ens-cachan.fr. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  6. ^ "l'Association des Sciences-Po - Fiche profil". www.sciences-po.asso.fr. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  7. ^ "Arrêté du 18 janvier 2005 portant nomination des élèves de la promotion 2005-2007 de l'École nationale d'administration". JORF. 26 January 2005. NOR : FPPA0500005A.
  8. ^ a b c "Avec Thomas Cazenave, En Marche semble tenir son candidat à Bordeaux". 20minutes.fr. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  9. ^ a b "De France Télécom à Pôle emploi". germinal.over-blog.fr. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2020..
  10. ^ "Cazenave, le super techno investi par LREM pour conquérir Bordeaux". Challenges. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-14..
  11. ^ "Nouveau " dir cab " à l'Industrie". energiesdelamer.eu. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Le numéro 2 de Pôle emploi en partance pour le cabinet Macron". L'Opinion. 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2019-07-14..
  13. ^ a b Yann Algan; Thomas Cazenave (2016-06-02). "Service public: quand l'État copie les start-up". Lexpansion.com. Retrieved 2019-07-14..
  14. ^ "Thomas Cazenave, le mécano de l'industrie à Bercy". L'Opinion. 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2019-07-14..
  15. ^ "Landes : Boris Vallaud quitte le secrétariat général de l'Élysée". Sud Ouest. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  16. ^ "Michel Yahiel quitte l'Elysée pour diriger France stratégie". Le Monde. 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  17. ^ Décret du 22 novembre 2017 portant nomination du délégué interministériel à la transformation publique. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  18. ^ "Décret du 7 novembre 2019 portant cessation de fonctions du délégué interministériel à la transformation publique - M. Cazenave (Thomas)". legifrance.gouv.fr. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Elections municipales à Bordeaux : la bataille du centre entre Nicolas Florian et Thomas Cazenave". Le Monde. 2020-01-08. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  20. ^ "Comment LREM prépare la présidentielle de 2022". Challenges (in French). 12 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  21. ^ Anne Feitz (14 February 2023), Climat : un nouvel outil pour accélérer la rénovation thermique des bâtiments publics Les Echos.
  22. ^ Thomas Cazenave National Assembly.
  23. ^ "Thomas Cazenave, de la start-up nation à la décentralisation". La Gazette des Communes (in French). 2022-07-20.
  24. ^ "Mairie de Bordeaux : Thomas Cazenave reçoit l'investiture de La République en Marche". Sud Ouest (in French). 1 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  25. ^ "Vidéo. Bordeaux : Thomas Cazenave (LRM) lance "Renouveau Bordeaux"". Sud Ouest. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  26. ^ "Municipales à Bordeaux : Thomas Cazenave dévoile ses 10 premières propositions". France Bleu (in French). 2020-01-07. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  27. ^ "Municipales à Bordeaux : moins de 100 voix séparent Nicolas Florian et Pierre Hurmic". Sud Ouest (in French). 15 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  28. ^ "Elections municipales : à Bordeaux, le candidat LRM Thomas Cazenave rallie la liste du maire sortant LR Nicolas Florian". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  29. ^ Catherine Debray (2020-06-29). "Municipales à Bordeaux : Thomas Cazenave (LREM), "nous allons constituer un groupe autonome d'opposition"". SudOuest.fr. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  30. ^ "Thomas Cazenave, un " techno " proche de Macron, chargé du " redressement des finances publiques "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2023-07-22. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  31. ^ Sota, Xavier (2023-07-23). "Bordeaux: qui est Alexandra Martin, nouvelle députée de la 1re circonscription?" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  32. ^ "L'Etat, la disparition ou la métamorphose". Le Monde. 12 May 2016..
  33. ^ "L'État en mode start-up". Contrepoints. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2020..
  34. ^ "Macron, Fillon, les libéralismes et le psyché française". Le Monde (in French). 24 November 2016..
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