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Manuel Valls
b. 1962
French and Spanish politician
- Born
- 13 Aug 1962 · Horta
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 13 Aug 1962BornBorn in Horta
- 1986 – 2002RoleMember of the regional council of Île-de-France
- 2001 – 2012RoleMayor of Évry
- 2002 – 2007RoleMember of the French National Assembly
- 2007 – 2012RoleMember of the French National Assembly
- 2011AwardCommander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite
- 2012 – 2014RoleMinister of the Interior of France
- 2012RoleMember of the French National Assembly
- 2013AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
- 2013AwardKnight of the National Order of the Lion
- 2014 – 2016RolePrime Minister of France
- 2014AwardGrand Cross of the National Order of Merit
- 2015AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- 2017RoleMember of the French National Assembly
- 2019 – 2021RoleCity councilor of Barcelona
- 2024 – 2025RoleMinister for Overseas France
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1962 – today).
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
Biography
Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti (born 13 August 1962) is a French–Spanish politician who served as Minister of the Overseas in the Bayrou government and first Lecornu government from 2024 to 2025. He served as Prime Minister of France from 2014 until 2016 under President François Hollande and was also involved in Spanish politics from 2018 to 2021.
Born in Barcelona to a Spanish father and a Swiss mother, Valls grew up in France. He was Mayor of Évry from 2001 to 2012 and was first elected to the National Assembly of France for Essonne in 2002. He was regarded as belonging to the Socialist Party's social liberal wing, sharing common orientations with Blairism. He was Minister of the Interior from 2012 to 2014 and Prime Minister from 2014 to 2016. He was a candidate in the Socialist Party primary for the 2017 French presidential election, losing the Socialist nomination in the second round to Benoît Hamon. Following his defeat, he endorsed Emmanuel Macron despite having previously pledged to support the Socialist candidate.
In the 2017 French legislative election, Valls was re-elected by a narrow margin as a Member of Parliament. He then left the Socialist Party and joined La République En Marche group (LREM) in the National Assembly, although he did not formally join the party. In October 2018, he resigned from the National Assembly to run for mayor of Barcelona in the 2019 election. Valls failed to be elected mayor, coming in fourth in the election. He served as a Barcelona city councillor until 2021.
In 2022, Valls attempted to return to the French National Assembly as a member of LREM for the fifth constituency for French citizens abroad but was unsuccessful, coming third in the vote.
In December 2024, he returned to the French Government as Minister in charge of Overseas France.
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