Alain Griset

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Alain Griset
File:Alain Griset (cropped).jpg
Minister Delegate in charge of Small
and Medium-Sized Entreprises
Assumed office
6 July 2020
Prime Minister Jean Castex
Preceded by Position established
Personal details
Born (1953-05-30) 30 May 1953 (age 71)
Faches-Thumesnil, France
Nationality French
Political party Independent

Alain Griset (born 30 May 1953) is a French businessman, politician and former taxi driver serving as Minister Delegate in charge of Small and Medium-Sized Entreprises attached to the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Recovery in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex since 2020.[1][2]

Biography

Alain Griset was born on 30 May 1953 in a working-class family in Faches-Thumesnil, Northern France. His father was a metal worker and his mother a stay-at-home mom. At 19 he started working as a switchboard operator in a taxi company after failing his Baccalauréat in mechanical manufacturing, he passed the taxi exam at 21 and started working as a driver.[2] In 1975 he created his own taxi company in Lille; he then settled in Maubeuge then Tourcoing and finally Douai.[3]

In 1989, he was elected to the Chamber of Trades and Crafts of Northern France in 1995, he became its president. In 2005 the body changed to Chamber of Trades and Crafts of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region and he became its president.[3] On July 6, 2020, after the appointment of Jean Castex as Prime Minister, Griset is appointed Minister Delegate in charge of Small and Medium-Sized Entreprises, attached to the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire.[4]

See also

References

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  3. 3.0 3.1 Bourdeau 2020.
  4. Le Monde.fr 2020.

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