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Naïma Moutchou Named Minister for Public Service, AI and Digital in Lecornu Government

The Horizons lawmaker takes her first cabinet post following a rise through Assembly leadership.

Overview

  • Appointed on October 5, she will oversee a consolidated brief spanning public‑service transformation, artificial intelligence and digital policy.
  • Her entry into government means she leaves the Val‑d’Oise parliamentary seat she has held since 2017.
  • A Macron ally since 2016, she later joined Édouard Philippe’s Horizons party in 2021.
  • She advanced in the National Assembly as vice‑president of the Law Committee in 2020 and as a vice‑president of the chamber from 2022.
  • Her spring report on minors and bladed weapons called for tighter knife‑sales controls and video surveillance near schools.