Gilles Boyer

Born to two university professors, Boyer spent his childhood in Sèvres and in Ville-d'Avray in the Hauts-de-Seine region. He obtained a master's degree in law from Paris Nanterre University and a postgraduate degree in public law in 1993 from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.[5]

From 2002 to 2004, Boyer served as chief of staff to Mayor of Bordeaux Alain Juppé at Bordeaux City Hall.[6] After Juppé lost his office as mayor, he worked for media company Groupe M6 from 2004 until 2006. In 2006, he co-wrote a political novel with Édouard Philippe.

Boyer later worked as political advisor to Juppé during his time as Minister of Defense (2010–2011) and the Minister for Foreign Affairs (2011–2012).[7]

Boyer ran Alain Juppé’s campaign in the primaries of The Republicans (LR) in 2016.[8][9][10][11] Following the 2017 presidential election, he served as adviser to Philippe in his capacity as Prime Minister.[12][13]

In the 2017 legislative elections, Boyer unsuccessfully ran as an LR candidate in Hauts-de-Seine's 8th constituency, losing against Jacques Maire.[14]

From 2019 until 2022, Boyer was a quaestor of the European Parliament for two and a half years. His role as quaestor made him part of the Parliament's leadership under President David Sassoli.[15] He has also been a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In 2020, he also joined the Subcommittee on Tax Matters.[16][17]

In addition to his committee assignments, Boyer is part of the MEPs Against Cancer group.[18]

• École nationale d'administration (ÉNA), Member of the Board of Directors (since 2019)[19]

In 2019, Boyer had to publicly apologize for using what he called “an ill-chosen word” after saying mayors who refused to fall into line would be considered Macron’s “enemies” at the time of the 2022 presidential election.[20]

Boyer has two daughters.[21]