Cazeneuve government

Cazeneuve government

39th Government of France
Bernard Cazeneuve
Date formed6 December 2016
Date dissolved15 May 2017
People and organisations
Head of stateFrançois Hollande
Head of governmentBernard Cazeneuve
No. of ministers18
Member partiesSocialist Party
Radical Party of the Left
Ecologist Party
Status in legislatureMajority
323 / 577 (56%)
History
PredecessorSecond Valls government
SuccessorFirst Philippe government

The Cazeneuve government (French: Gouvernement Bernard Cazeneuve) was the thirty-ninth government in the Fifth Republic of France. It was led by Bernard Cazeneuve who was appointed Prime Minister of France on 6 December 2016. It consisted of 15 ministers from the Socialist Party (PS), two from the Radical Party of the Left (PRG) and one from Ecologist Party (PE).

Ahead of 2017 presidential election, incumbent President François Hollande announced he would not run for a second presidential term after which incumbent Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced his candidacy at the 2017 Socialist Party presidential primary election and resignation from the position of the Prime Minister the following day.[1][2] Bernard Cazeneuve, who served as Minister of the Interior under Valls, was appointed head of a new government which resumed almost entirely the composition of the preceding one.[3]

  1. ^ "France presidency: Francois Hollande decides not to run again - BBC News". BBC News. December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Manuel Valls Resigns as French Premier and Declares Presidential Bid", Nytimes.com. 5 December 2016.
  3. ^ "French Prime Minister cabinet" (in French). Gouvernement.fr. Retrieved 31 December 2016.