presidency of the National Assembly, he ran as a candidate to succeed him as president of the group La République En Marche!, but withdrew his candidacy the day before the election when he was considered one of the three favorites. He later endorsed Roland Lescure. Member of the Government On 16 October 2018, Attal was appointed Secrétaire d'Etat (Assistant Secretary) to the Minister of National Education and Youth, Jean-Michel Blanquer. At 29, he was the youngest member of a government under the Fifth Republic, beating the previous record set by François Baroin in 1995 by a few months. He was responsible for intervening on youth issues and setting up universal national service. He was the government spokesperson under Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022. He became Minister of Public Action and Accounts in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in May 2022. Personal life Attal is openly gay and lives in a civil union with Stéphane Séjourné, a member of the European Parliament for La République En Marche!. He was outed on Twitter by his former class-mate Juan Branco in 2018. See also 2017 French legislative election Second Philippe government References 1989 births Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Government ministers of France La République En Marche! politicians People from Clamart Politicians from Île-de-France Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni Sciences Po alumni LGBT legislators in France Gay politicians Members of the Borne government