Franck Riester

Franck Riester
Minister Delegate for Parliamentary Relations
In office
4 July 2022 – 11 January 2024
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byOlivier Véran
Succeeded byMarie Lebec
President of Agir
In office
16 September 2018 – 17 September 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness
In office
6 July 2020 – 4 July 2022
Prime MinisterJean Castex
Élisabeth Borne
Preceded byPosition established
Minister of Culture
In office
16 October 2018 – 3 July 2020
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Preceded byFrançoise Nyssen
Succeeded byRoselyne Bachelot
President of the UDI and Independents group in the National Assembly
In office
27 June 2017 – 16 November 2018
Serving with Stéphane Demilly (2017) and Jean-Christophe Lagarde (2017–2018)
Preceded byPhilippe Vigier
Succeeded byJean-Christophe Lagarde
Member of the National Assembly
for Seine-et-Marne's 5th constituency
In office
20 June 2007 – 16 November 2018
Preceded byGuy Drut
Succeeded byPatricia Lemoine
Mayor of Coulommiers
In office
15 March 2008 – 10 July 2017
Preceded byGuy Drut
Succeeded byGinette Motot
Personal details
Born
Franck Alix Georges Riester

(1974-01-03) 3 January 1974 (age 50)
Paris, France
Political partyRE (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Rally for the Republic (until 2002)
Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
The Republicans (until 2017) Agir (2017–2022)
Alma materISG Business School
ESSEC Business School

Franck Alix Georges Riester (born 3 January 1974) is a French politician who most recently served as Minister Delegate for Parliamentary Relations in the Government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2024. He previously served as Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean Castex and Élisabeth Borne between 2020 and 2022.[1] A former member of The Republicans, he founded and currently leads the centre-right Agir party.

Riester was a member of the National Assembly for the fifth constituency of Seine-et-Marne from 2007 to 2018 and Minister of Culture in the Second Philippe government from 2018 until his appointment as Minister delegate attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference res 1974 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Gouvernement Castex en direct : Darmanin nommé ministre de l'intérieur, Dupond-Moretti garde des sceaux et Bachelot à la culture". Le Monde.fr (in French). 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 4 July 2010.