Government reshuffle: who is Sébastien Lecornu, one of the favorites to replace Elisabeth Borne as Prime Minister ?

Sébastien Lecornu future locataire de Matignon. MAXPPP – Luc Nobout

Le ministre des Armées, assez discret sur la scène médiatique, s'est imposé comme l'un des soldats les plus fidèles de la Macronie. De là à le voir devenir Premier ministre lors du prochain remaniement ? Il fait en tout cas parti des favoris à la succession d'Elisabeth Borne.

A scent of reshuffle has been floating around the Elysée for several days. After a delicate end to the year for the executive, where the vote on the immigration law left traces on the side of Macronie, Emmanuel Macron wants to turn the page and quickly. Élisabeth Borne thus sees her position as Prime Minister threatened and the candidates to replace her are beginning to emerge.

And one of the men close to the President would appear as a favorite: it would be Sébastien Lecornu. The name of the 37-year-old Minister of the Armed Forces has been circulating for several days to take over as head of the government. But who is hiding behind this faithful soldier of Macronie, originally from the right ?

Technical profile and jack of all trades, he is at the origin of the idea of ​​a Great Debate at the time of the Yellow Vest crisis in January 2019. ;Since then, the Norman, former mayor of Vernon and president of the departmental council of Eure, has continued to rise in rank.

Close to Bruno Lemaire and Gérald Darmanin

State Secretary to the Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition between June 2017 and October 2018 then Minister responsible for Territorial Communities between 2018 and 2020, Sébastien Lecornu then became Minister for Overseas Territories from 2020 to 2022 then Minister of the Armed Forces, a position he still holds.

Close to the Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire, he also shares a friendship for around twenty years with the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin , as reported by Le Parisien.

Will Sébastien Lecornu have the confidence of Emmanuel Macron to lead the government ? The answer should come in the coming days. 

Also considered for Matignon, Richard Ferrand will ultimately not be named Prime Minister, revealed Friday evening Le Figaro. The name of the&# Former Minister of Agriculture Julien Denormandie also returns with insistence.