French President Emmanuel Macron has named Jean Castex the new Prime minister after the resignation of the Édouard Philippe cabinet. Rather unknown to the public, Castex once served as deputy general secretary for the Élysée palace under the Nicolas Sarkozy presidency and came back to the public light early April when appointed to head the government strategy for the end of coronavirus lockdown measures. He also supported François Fillon in 2012.

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