Matthias Fekl

Matthias Fekl
Minister of the Interior
In office 21 March 2017 – 10 May 2017
Prime Minister	Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded by	Bruno Le Roux
Succeeded by	Gérard Collomb
Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Tourism and French citizens abroad
In office 4 September 2014 – 21 March 2017
Prime Minister	Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded by	Thomas Thévenoud
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the National Assembly for Lot-et-Garonne's 2nd constituency
In office 17 June 2017 – 20 June 2017
Preceded by	Régine Povéda
Succeeded by	Alexandre Freschi
In office 20 June 2012 – 4 October 2014
Preceded by	Michel Diefenbacher
Succeeded by	Régine Povéda
Personal details
Born	(1977-10-04) 4 October 1977 (age 47) Frankfurt, West Germany
Political party	Socialist Party
Education	Lycée Henri-IV
Alma mater	École normale supérieure de Lyon Sciences Po École nationale d'administration

Matthias Fekl (French pronunciation: [matja(s) fɛkl]; born 4 October 1977) is a French politician of the Socialist Party who served as Minister of the Interior in the government of Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve in 2017.

Fekl was first elected to the National Assembly in the second constituency of Lot-et-Garonne in 2012, retaining his seat until 2014, when he became Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Tourism and French citizens abroad. In 2017, he briefly returned to Parliament for the remainder of his term.^[1] Since 2019, he has been serving as president of the Association of French Breweries.^[2]