Julien Denormandie
Julien Denormandie (born 14 August 1980) is a French engineer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as Minister of Agriculture in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2019 to 2022. Denormandie was named Minister (in France named Secretary of state) of Territorial Cohesion on 21 June 2017, and then Minister for Towns and Housing in October 2018. Early life and education After being admitted in 2000 to Agro ParisTech, Denormandie passed the entry exam into the Rural, Water and Forest Engineer's Corps in 2002. After studying as an apprentice in the 2002-2004 group, he took the ENGREF course in the first year and an MBA at the Collège des Ingénieurs in the second year. Early career After being named a Countryside, Water and Forests engineer on October 1, 2004, Denormandie was assigned to a position at the Ministry of the Economy and Finances. In 2011, he was chief of the foreign offices of Turkey, the Balkans, the CEI and the Middle East concerning bilateral economic relationships and the Treasury Office. He rejoined the ministerial cabinets, before becoming Counsel to the Minister of Foreign Commerce Nicole Bricq and Minister of Finances Pierre Moscovici in July