Jean-Marie Bockel

Jean-Marie Bockel
Member of the French Senate
for Haut-Rhin
In office
14 December 2010 – 30 September 2020
Preceded byJacques Muller
Succeeded byLudovic Haye
State Secretary of Justice
In office
23 June 2009 – 13 November 2010
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Preceded byNone
Secretary of State for Veterans' Affairs
In office
18 March 2008 – 23 June 2009
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Preceded byAlain Marleix
Succeeded byHubert Falco
Minister Delegate for Development and Francophonie
In office
18 June 2007 – 18 March 2008
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
Prime MinisterFrançois Fillon
Preceded byBrigitte Girardin
Succeeded byAlain Joyandet
Mayor of Mulhouse
In office
1989–2010
Preceded byJoseph Klifa
Succeeded byJean Rottner
Personal details
Born (1950-06-22) 22 June 1950 (age 74)
Strasbourg, France
Political partyModern Left

Jean-Marie Bockel (born 22 June 1950) is a French politician who has been serving as President Emmanuel Macron's Personal Envoy for Africa since 2024.[1]

Earlier in his political career, Bockel served in several government positions, including as State Secretary of Justice (2009–2010), Secretary of State for Defence and Veterans (2008–2009) and Secretary of State for Cooperation and La Francophonie (2007–2008) in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon as well as Minister for Commerce (1984–1986) in the government of Prime Minister Laurent Fabius.

Bockel was a member of the French National Assembly from 1981, when he first stood as a Socialist Party candidate, and later served as a member of the Senate of France from 2004 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2020.