Jean-Noël Barrot

Jean-Noël Barrot (born 13 May 1983) is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has served as Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications (France) in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022.[1][2]

Jean-Noël Barrot
Barrot in 2017
Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications
Assumed office
4 July 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byCédric O
Member of the National Assembly
for Yvelines's 2nd constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 19 June 2022
Preceded byPascal Thévenot
Succeeded byAnne Grignon
Personal details
Born (1983-05-13) 13 May 1983
7th arrondissement of Paris, France
Political partyDemocratic Movement
Other political
affiliations		La République En Marche!
Parent
Alma materHEC Paris
Sciences Po
Paris School of Economics
OccupationEconomist

Prior to joining the government, Barrot represented the 2nd constituency of the Yvelines department in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022.[3] He was elected to Parliament under the banner of La République En Marche! (LREM).[4]

Early life and career

Barrot is the son of politician Jacques Barrot (1937–2014). He graduated from HEC Paris in 2007 (Grande Ecole programme) and 2013 (PhD). He also graduated from Sciences Po and the Paris School of Economics in 2008. His sister Hélène Barrot is Direction of communication for Uber in Europe.[5]

In 2013, Barrot became a research affiliate at the Sloan School of Management at the MIT|url=https://ilp.mit.edu/node/24408. In 2017, he became an assistant professor at HEC Paris.[6]

Political career

Career in local politics

Barrot served in the Departmental Council of Haute-Loire for the canton of Yssingeaux from 2015 to 2017, a position his father had held until 2004. In the 2021 regional election, he was elected to the Regional Council of Île-de-France on the La République En Marche! list led by Laurent Saint-Martin.

Member of Parliament (2017–2022)

In the 2017 legislative election, Barrot was elected to Parliament. In parliament, he served as a member (and vice president) of the Finance Committee.[7] In this capacity, he co-authored with Bénédicte Peyrol draft legislation in 2018 to combat large-scale tax evasion and avoidance schemes through dividend stripping in the wake of the CumEx Files revelations.[8]

In addition to his committee assignments, Barrot was a member of the French-Uruguayan Parliamentary Friendship Group.

In late 2017, Barrot was appointed by President of the National Assembly François de Rugy to chair a 10-member working group on reforming the National Assembly. The group submitted two reports, in 2017 and 2018, respectively.[9]

From February 2018, Barrot served as spokesman of the Democratic Movement, in tandem with Sarah El Haïry.[10] He eventually succeeded Yann Wehrling as Secretary General of MoDem in December 2018, serving under the leadership of the party's president François Bayrou.[11]

Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications (2022-present)

In July 2022, Barrot became Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications (France) in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne.[1][2] In 2023, Barrot criticized ChatGPT and accused the service of not respecting privacy law. However, Barrot stated that he opposes efforts to ban the service.[12]

Political positions

In June 2020, Barrot together with fellow party member Patrick Mignola proposed a law to introduce mail-in voting to facilitate voting during the public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[13][14]

References
  1. Peter O’Brien (4 July 2022), Macron braces for tough second term with Cabinet reshuffle Politico Europe.
  2. Alexandre Piquard and Vincent Fagot (4 July 2022), Remaniement : le numérique confié au député du MoDem Jean-Noël Barrot, peu connu pour son action dans le secteur Le Monde.
  3. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. "Yvelines - 2e circonscription : Liste des résultats - Elections législatives 2017 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. "Jean-Noël Barrot, nouveau ministre délégué chargé de la Transition numérique, ne pourra pas traiter les dossiers liés à Uber". www.lesnumeriques.com (in French). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. "Jean-Noel BARROT, Associate Professor, on leave of absence". HEC Paris. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  7. Jean-Noël Barrot, French National Assembly.
  8. Manon Rescan and Anne Michel (18 December 2018), Fraude fiscale : un dispositif pour lutter contre le « CumCum » adopté par l’Assemblée, Le Monde.
  9. Raphaël Legendre (19 July 2018), Amélie de Montchalin: «L’évaluation est au cœur de notre fonction de député», L'Opinion.
  10. Antoine Denéchère (28 February 2018), La députée de Loire-Atlantique Sarah El Haïry prend du galon et devient porte-parole du Modem, France Bleu.
  11. Jean-Noël Barrot devient secrétaire général du MoDem, Le Figaro, 12 December 2018.
  12. Kayali, Laura (7 April 2023). "French digital minister: ChatGPT doesn't respect privacy laws". POLITICO Europe. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  13. Pierre-Paul Bermingham (November 16, 2020), France split over ‘American’ mail-in ballots for 2021 regional elections Politico Europe.
  14. Nationale, Assemblée. "Proposition de loi n°3039 visant à rétablir le vote par correspondance". Assemblée nationale (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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