Jean-Noël Barrot
MinisterMinister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem) · France
Profil scrit en English
Jean-Noël Barrot is a French (and Swiss) economist and politician of the Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem) who has served as Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs since 21 September 2024, a position he retained through the Barnier, Bayrou and Lecornu governments, including after the 26 February 2026 reshuffle. The son of former minister and European commissioner Jacques Barrot, he previously served as Minister Delegate for European Affairs (Feb–Sept 2024) and Minister Delegate for the Digital Transition and Telecommunications (2022–2024), and represents the 2nd constituency of Yvelines in the National Assembly. A former professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management and at HEC Paris, his research focuses on finance, production networks and the evaluation of business-support public policies.
Istorgia electorala
2024 French snap legislative election
Member of the National Assembly, Yvelines 2nd constituency2024-07
Re-elected
72.69% (second round)
Re-elected under the Ensemble banner with 72.69% in the second round; subsequently elected chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee before being reappointed Foreign Minister.
2022 French legislative by-election (partielle)
Member of the National Assembly, Yvelines 2nd constituency2022-10
Elected
71.67% (second round)
cunter Maïté Carrive-Bedouani (NUPES) – 28.33%
By-election triggered by the resignation of his substitute Anne Grignon over a legal incompatibility; won with 71.67% against NUPES candidate Maïté Carrive-Bedouani.
2022 French legislative election
Member of the National Assembly, Yvelines 2nd constituency2022-06
Re-elected (2nd term)
64.27% (second round)
Re-elected with 64.27% of the second-round vote. After being appointed minister, his substitute briefly sat in the Assembly.
Funtauna:lcp.fr2021 French regional elections
Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France2021-06
Elected
Elected to the Regional Council of Île-de-France on the La République En Marche! list led by Laurent Saint-Martin.
Funtauna:en.wikipedia.org2017 French legislative election
Member of the National Assembly, Yvelines 2nd constituency2017-06
Elected (1st term)
58.3% (second round)
cunter Pascal Thévenot (Les Républicains), outgoing deputy
Elected with the support of La République En Marche!, defeating outgoing LR deputy Pascal Thévenot with 58.3% in the second round.
2015 French departmental elections
Departmental councillor, canton of Yssingeaux (Haute-Loire)2015-03
Elected
Elected departmental councillor for the canton of Yssingeaux (serving with Madeleine Dubois); resigned in 2017 after his election to the National Assembly.
Funtauna:en.wikipedia.org
Carriera professiunala
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Sep 21, 2024Government of France (Barnier, Bayrou, Lecornu governments)
Head of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Quai d'Orsay), retained across successive governments including after the 26 February 2026 reshuffle under PM Sébastien Lecornu.
President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly
Jul 20, 2024 – Sep 21, 2024National Assembly (France)
Chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly following the 2024 snap legislative election, until his appointment as Foreign Minister.
Minister Delegate for European Affairs
Feb 8, 2024 – Sep 21, 2024Government of France (Attal government)
Minister Delegate for European Affairs, attached to Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné.
Minister Delegate for the Digital Transition and Telecommunications
Jul 4, 2022 – Jan 11, 2024Government of France (Borne government)
Minister Delegate for the Digital Transition and Telecommunications; oversaw digital regulation including the loi visant à sécuriser et réguler l'espace numérique (SREN).
Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France
Jul 2, 2021 – Oct 2025Regional Council of Île-de-France
Regional councillor elected on the La République En Marche! list led by Laurent Saint-Martin in the 2021 regional election. HATVP records the mandate ending in October 2025.
Secretary General, then Vice-President, of the Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem)
Dec 12, 2018Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem)
Party spokesperson (2018), Secretary General of the MoDem (Dec 2018–July 2022) under François Bayrou, then Vice-President from July 2022.
Member of the National Assembly (Député), Yvelines 2nd constituency
Jun 21, 2017National Assembly (France)
MP for the 2nd constituency of Yvelines, first elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2022 (and an October 2022 by-election) and 2024. Served as Vice-President of the Finance Committee. Mandate suspended while serving as a minister, with a substitute (suppléant) sitting in his place.
Associate Professor of Finance (assistant then associate professor)
2017 – Jul 2022HEC Paris
Faculty member in finance at HEC Paris (on leave of absence while in government). HATVP declaration records teaching/research income from HEC Paris through July 2022.
Departmental councillor of Haute-Loire (canton of Yssingeaux)
Apr 2, 2015 – Jun 27, 2017Departmental Council of Haute-Loire
Departmental councillor for the canton of Yssingeaux, a seat his father Jacques Barrot had held until 2004; resigned in 2017.
Funtauna:en.wikipedia.orgResearch affiliate / faculty (finance)
2013 – 2017MIT Sloan School of Management
Taught finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management; research on finance, production networks and evaluation of business-support policies, published in journals including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Financial Economics and Management Science.
Furmaziun
Lycée Henri-IV (Paris)
before 2004Classe préparatoire · Preparatory classes (grandes écoles)
Followed a classe préparatoire at the Lycée Henri-IV before entering HEC Paris.
Funtauna:en.wikipedia.orgHEC Paris
2007Master (grande école programme) · Business / Management
Graduated from the HEC Paris grande école master's programme in 2007.
Sciences Po (Paris)
2008Master's degree · Governance / Public affairs
Master's degree from Sciences Po, obtained in 2008.
Paris School of Economics
2008Master's degree · Economics
Master's degree from the Paris School of Economics, obtained in 2008.
HEC Paris
2013PhD (Doctorate) · Management / Finance
Doctorate (PhD) from HEC Paris, completed in 2013.
Legislaziun impurtanta
Dispositif anti-CumEx / CumCum (lutte contre l'arbitrage de dividendes)
Tax / anti-fraud (Finance Committee)2018
As an MP and Vice-President of the Finance Committee, Barrot co-authored (with Bénédicte Peyrol) provisions adopted by the National Assembly in December 2018 to combat large-scale dividend-stripping tax-avoidance schemes (CumEx/CumCum), in the wake of the CumEx Files revelations.
Impurtanza: Strengthened French rules against dividend-arbitrage tax avoidance.
Proposition de loi rétablissant le vote par correspondance (vote par correspondance)
Electoral law2020
As an MP, Barrot (with Patrick Mignola) proposed a bill to (re)introduce postal voting to facilitate voting during the COVID-19 health crisis, ahead of the 2021 regional elections. The proposal was contested and not adopted.
Impurtanza: Notable but unsuccessful legislative proposal; illustrative of his parliamentary work, not enacted law.
Loi visant à encadrer l'influence commerciale (régulation des influenceurs)
Consumer protection / influencer marketing2023
Barrot, as Digital Minister, supported and helped shape the law regulating commercial influence on social media, which legally defines influencers, requires labelling of retouched/AI-altered images and bans the promotion of certain products (e.g. cryptocurrencies, cosmetic surgery).
Impurtanza: First French legal framework specifically regulating social-media influencers.
Funtauna:publicsenat.frLoi visant à sécuriser et réguler l'espace numérique (loi SREN)
Digital regulation / online safety2024
As Minister Delegate for the Digital Transition, Barrot was the lead government sponsor of the SREN bill, transposing EU digital rules (DSA/DMA) and creating French measures on access to online pornography for minors, cyber-harassment, online scams and platform accountability. Definitively adopted 10 April 2024 and promulgated 21 May 2024.
Impurtanza: Major French law structuring online-space regulation; presented by Barrot as a tool to protect French citizens online.
Onurificenzas e distincziuns
Young Leader (Class of 2020)
2020French-American Foundation
Selected for the French-American Foundation's Young Leaders programme, Class of 2020.