PARIS, May 17 Xinhua) -- French new President Emmanuel Macron's government was announced on Wednesday with 11 women took ministerial posts.
The following are major names in the new cabinet headed by right-wing Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.
-- Gerard Collomb, Interior Minister
-- Francois Bayrou, Minister of Justice
-- Nicolas Hulot, Minister for Ecology Transition
-- Sylvie Goulard, Defense Minister
-- Jean-Yves Le Drian, Europe and Foreign Affairs Minister
-- Richard Ferrand, Minister for Territorial Coherence
-- Agnes Buzyn, Solidarity and Health
-- Francoise Nyssen, Minister for Culture
-- Bruno Le Maire, Economy Minister
-- Murielle Penicaud, Labor Minister
-- Jean-Michel Blanquert, Minister for National Education
-- Jacques Mezard, Minister of Agriculture and Food
-- Gerald Darmanin, Minister of Action and Public Accounts
-- Frederique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
-- Annick Girardin, Overseas Minister
-- Laura Flessel, Sports Minsiter
-- Elisabeth Borne, Transport Minister
-- Marielle de Sarnez, Minister in charge of European Affairs.
JUNIOR MINISTERS
-- Christophe Castaner, in charge of relations with parliament and government spokesperson
-- Marlene Schiappa, in charge of gender equality
-- Sophie Cluzel, in charge of handicapped people
-- Mounir Mahjoubi, in charge of digital sector.
The government will hold first meeting on Thursday at 11:00 local time (0900GMT).
