Emmanuel Macron worked in France.
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron ( [ ɛmanɥɛl makʁɔ̃ ] ; born 21 December 1977 ) is the President of France and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra , having assumed these offices on 14 May 2017 . A former civil servant and investment banker , he studied philosophy at Paris Nanterre University , completed a Master 's of Public Affairs at Sciences Po , and graduated from the École nationale d'administration ( ENA ) in 2004 . Macron was appointed Deputy Secretary-General in François Hollande 's first government in 2012 , having been a member of the Socialist Party from 2006 to 2009 . Macron , at the age of 39 , became the youngest President in the history of France . En Marche! . is a centrist and liberal political party in France founded on 6 April 2016 by Emmanuel Macron , a former Minister of Economy , Industry and Digital Affairs , who was later elected President of France in the 2017 presidential election by a landslide 66.1 % of the vote .