Emmanuel Macron, French politician and President of France, was born in Amiens, France, in 1977.
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron born December 21, 1977 he is a French politician who has been the country's president since May 14, 2017. Macron was born in Amiens and studied philosophy at Paris Nanterre University before going on to Sciences Po to get a master's degree in public affairs and graduating from the École nationale d'administration in 2004. He began his career as a senior civil servant at the Inspectorate General of Finances before joining Rothschild & Co. as an investment banker.
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