Benoît Hamon
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| Member of the National Assembly for Yvelines |
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Assumed office 17 June 2012 |
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| Minister of National Education | |
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In office 2 April 2014 – 25 August 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls |
| Preceded by | Vincent Peillon |
| Succeeded by | Najat Vallaud-Belkacem |
| Minister for the Social Economy | |
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In office 16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office 13 June 2004 – 7 June 2009 |
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| Personal details | |
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26 June 1967 Saint-Renan, Finistère |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | University of Western Brittany |
| Website | Official website |
Benoît Hamon (French: [bə.nwa a.mɔ̃]; born 26 June 1967) is a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (PS) and Party of European Socialists (PES). He became the PS candidate for the 2017 French presidential election after defeating Manuel Valls in the second round of the party primary on 29 January 2017.
Hamon was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of France from 2004 to 2009. He was also the leader of the left-wing of the PS during the 2008 Reims Congress and its candidate for the First Secretaryship. In May 2012, he was appointed as Junior Minister for the Social Economy at the Ministry of the Economy, Finance, and External Trade by President François Hollande, serving in that post for two years. He was Minister of National Education from April 2014 until August 2014, resigning as a result of what he considered President Hollande's abandonment of a socialist agenda.
Hamon was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of France from 2004 to 2009, attached to the PES Group.
After the candidacy for the First Secretary of the PS became a contest between Ségolène Royal and Martine Aubry, Hamon urged his supporters to vote for Aubry, who secured a narrow, contested majority.
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