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A faithful rewarded. Sébastien Lecornu, former Minister of Overseas, has been appointed Minister of the Armed Forces to replace Florence Parly, the secretary general of the Elysée Alexis Kohler announced on Friday. This 35-year-old former Republican activist has become a loyal supporter of Emmanuel Macron, whose 2022 presidential campaign he actively led.
Unknown to the world of the armed forces, the new tenant of the Hôtel de Brienne will take the head of a ministry which has benefited from a strong increase in its budget since 2017, but which fears future unfavorable arbitrations in view of the degradation public finances.