Olivier Faure

Olivier Faure (French: [ɔlivie fɔʁ]; born 18 August 1968) is a French politician who has been serving as the First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) since 2018. He previously was the head of the New Left group (French: Groupe Nouvelle Gauche), the parliamentary group formed around the PS in the National Assembly, from December 2016 to April 2018.[1]

Olivier Faure
Olivier Faure in January 2012
13th First Secretary of the French Socialist Party
Assumed office
7 April 2018
Preceded byRachid Temal (ad interim)
Jean-Christophe Cambadélis
President of the New Left group in the National Assembly
In office
13 December 2016 – 11 April 2018
Preceded byBruno Le Roux
Succeeded byValérie Rabault
Member of the National Assembly
for Seine-et-Marne's 11th constituency
Assumed office
20 June 2012
Personal details
Born (1968-08-18) 18 August 1968
La Tronche, France
NationalityFrench
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materUniversity of Orléans
Panthéon-Sorbonne University

Early life and

Faure was born to Vietnamese nurse of Chinese origin and a French civil servant of Spanish origin.[2]

Political career

Faure joined the PS at the age of 16.[3]

In October 2007, Faure joined Jean-Marc Ayrault and became Secretary General of the Socialist Party’s group in the National Assembly.[4]

Member of the National Assembly, 2012–present

In a 2018 election to lead the socialist group, Faure won by 137 to 120 against Guillaume Bachelay and succeeded Bruno Le Roux, who was appointed to the Ministry of the Interior.[1] Faure was a candidate for the leadership of the Socialist Party at the Aubervilliers Congress in 2018,[5] and after securing a near-majority of support in the first round, was elected unopposed after the withdrawal of his nearest opponent, Stéphane Le Foll.[6]

Shortly after his election as leader of the PS in 2018, Faure appointed a new leadership team, including Corinne Narassiguin, Boris Vallaud and Gabrielle Siry.[7]

Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, Faure endorsed Anne Hidalgo as the party’s candidate to replace incumbent Emmanuel Macron.[8]

Under Faure’s leadership, the PS suspended talks aimed at uniting centre-left and hard-left parties ahead of the 2022 legislative elections.[9]

Personal life

Faure lived in an apartment with former Socialist Party first secretary Benoît Hamon during his academic life.[10]

References
  1. "Cinq choses à savoir sur Olivier Faure, nouveau patron des députés PS - Libération". Liberation.fr. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (6 April 2018), Olivier Faure, un apparatchik discret pour sortir le PS de la nasse Le Figaro.
  3. Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (8 April 2018), New French Socialist leader takes aim at Macron Financial Times.
  4. Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (6 April 2018), Olivier Faure, un apparatchik discret pour sortir le PS de la nasse Le Figaro.
  5. "Qui sont les candidats déclarés à la présidence du PS ?". Europe 1. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. Gilles Rof; Astrid de Villaines (29 March 2018). "PS : les enjeux de l'élection d'Olivier Faure au poste de premier secrétaire". Le Monde. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  7. Astrid de Villaines (16 April 2018), Olivier Faure présente le « gouvernement » du Parti socialiste Le Monde.
  8. Roger Cohen (2 September 2021), The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo New York Times.
  9. Elizabeth Pineau (29 April 2022), French Socialists suspend talks on left alliance for parliamentary poll Reuters.
  10. "Cinq (nouvelles) choses à savoir sur Olivier Faure, patron des députés PS". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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