Overview
- The Conseil des ministres validated Leclerc’s nomination on October 29, confirming his elevation to the Élysée team.
- Leclerc will leave his Bouches‑du‑Rhône and Provence‑Alpes‑Côte d’Azur post after about ten months to take up the new role in the coming weeks.
- As regional prefect, he scrapped the Bouches‑du‑Rhône prefect of police post, kept pressure on narcotrafficking, and redirected enforcement toward curbing illegal immigration.
- The vacancy arose when Patrice Faure left the Élysée to lead the Paris police following Laurent Nuñez’s appointment as Interior Minister.
- Regional reaction included praise from PACA president Renaud Muselier, while analysts note the secretary‑general Emmanuel Moulin remains the Élysée’s chief political power.