Alexis Kohler
Secretary General of President of France
Assumed office
14 May 2017
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Preceded byJean-Pierre Jouyet
Personal details
Born
Arnaud Alexis Michel Kohler

(1972-11-16) 16 November 1972
Strasbourg, France
Alma materESSEC Business School
Sciences Po, ÉNA

Alexis Kohler (born 16 November 1972), full name Arnaud Alexis Michel Kohler, is a French special adviser, senior official, and politician. Former director of the cabinet of Pierre Moscovici, then of Emmanuel Macron at the Ministry of Finance, he was appointed general secretary of the Élysée Palace on 14 May 2017.

Early life and education

Born in 1972 in Strasbourg, Alexis Kohler is the son of Charles Kohler, a senior European official, and Sola Hakim, a lawyer.[1] He grew up in Strasbourg.

Kohler attended the Institut d'études politiques de Paris,[2] École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales,[3] and the École nationale d'administration.[4]

Career

Career in the public sector

Kohler began his career at the Direction générale du Trésor of the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance, then he was detached to various organisations, including the International Monetary Fund, then the Agence des participations de l'État.[5]

Following François Hollande's election, Kohler became deputy director[1] of Pierre Moscovici's cabinet, Minister of the Economy and Finance. In August 2014, he became the director of Emmanuel Macron's cabinet at Bercy (where the Ministry of finance is located).[3][6]

Career in the private sector

When Macron resigned in 2016 to establish En marche !, Kohler returned to a position in the private sector as chief financial officer of MSC Cruises.[7] At the request of his employer, he settled in Grenoble and then Geneva, but continued to work remotely for Macron by mail and WhatsApp loops. When the 2017 présidential campaign started, he was a central figure in the headquarters of En marche ![5][8]

Secretary General, 2017–present

Kohler was appointed general secretary of the Élysée on 14 May 2017[6][9][10] and prepared the passage of relay with the outgoing general secretary, Jean-Pierre Jouyet.[11] He is close to Édouard Philippe, whom Emmanuel Macron didn't know much when he appointed him Prime Minister.[12][13]

In 2022, anti-graft group Anticor filed a complaint accusing Kohler of breaking conflict-of-interest rules after it emerged he had family links to the Italian owners of MSC Cruises. He was subsequently indicted by the national financial crimes prosecutor PNF.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Alexis Kohler". Who'sWho.
  2. ↑ "Alexis Kohler". SciencesPo Alumni.
  3. 1 2 "Alexis Kohler, nommé directeur de cabinet d'Emmanuel Macron". L'Obs. 1 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Alexis Kohler, un Strasbourgeois au secrétariat général de l'Elysée si Macron est élu ?". Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace. 5 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Qui est Alexis Kohler, le nouveau secrétaire général de l'Elysée ?". francetvinfo.fr. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. 1 2 Paul Chaulet (8 May 2017). "Qui est Alexis Kohler, pressenti comme secrétaire général de l'Elysée?". L'Express.
  7. ↑ "En poste à Genève, il est pressenti pour rejoindre Macron à l'Elysée". Tribune de Genève (in French). 8 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Alexis Kohler Le bras droit discret". Libération (in French). 7 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  9. ↑ Nathalie Raulin (7 May 2017). "Alexis Kohler Le bras droit discret". Libération.
  10. ↑ Raphaël Legendre (14 May 2017). "Kohler, Strzoda, Etienne, Emelien : premières nominations pour le président Macron". Le Parisien.
  11. ↑ Cédric Pietralunga (10 May 2017). "Emmanuel Macron cultive le secret sur ses premières décisions". Le Monde.
  12. ↑ Bastien Bonnefous, Solenn de Royer et Matthieu Goar (16 May 2017). "Edouard Philippe-Emmanuel Macron, un couple inédit avide de recomposition". lemonde.fr. Retrieved 16 May 2017..
  13. ↑ "Macron: Who's who in the French president's team?". BBC News. 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  14. ↑ Benoit Van Overstraeten, Elizabeth Pineau and Michel Rose (3 October 2022), Macron's chief of staff indicted over link to shipping giant MSC Reuters.
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