# Benalla Élysée security scandal breaks

Date: 2018

Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. He has been a member of Renaissance since founding the party in 2016. [Macron](/people/emmanuel-macron) previously served as Deputy Secretary-General to the President from 2012 to 2014 and Minister of Economics and Finance from 2014 to 2016 under President [François Hollande](/people/francois-hollande).

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