Axelle Lemaire
| Axelle Lemaire | |
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Axelle Lemaire in 2015
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| Minister for Digital Affairs | |
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Assumed office 9 April 2014 |
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| President | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls |
| Preceded by | Fleur Pellerin |
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Assembly Member for Northern Europe |
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In office 20 June 2012 – 9 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Dr Christophe Premat |
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| Born |
18 October 1974 Ottawa, Canada |
| Nationality | French-Canadian |
| Political party | Parti socialiste (PS) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Paris |
| Alma mater |
Institut d'études politiques de Paris Panthéon-Assas University King's College London |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | Official Website |
Axelle Lemaire (born 18 October 1974) is a French Socialist politician who currently serves as a Secretary of State in the French Government.
In 2012, she was elected as Deputy for the Third constituency for French overseas residents in the National Assembly of the French Parliament.
In May 2014, Prime Minister Manuel Valls appointed her to the French Finance Ministry as minister responsible for Digital Affairs.
Lemaire was born in Canada to a French mother and a Quebecois father. After being brought up in Hull, Quebec where she attended Collège Saint-Joseph de Hull, Lemaire lived as a teenager in Montpellier.
She read Modern Literature and Political Science at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, before completing degrees in Law at Panthéon-Assas University (DEA, 2000) and King's College London (LLM, 2003). Lemaire subsequently taught legal studies at university level and worked in a law firm, before working at the House of Commons as a researcher for the former Labour MP and Minister, Denis MacShane.
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