Roland Lescure (; born 26 November 1966) is a French and Canadian banker and politician who served as Minister Delegate for Industry in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal from 2022 to 2024.Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (4 July 2022), Remaniement : le député Roland Lescure nommé à l'Industrie Le Figaro.Victor Goury-Laffont (8 February 2024), Macron completes painstaking reshuffle with EU affairs, health, energy appointments Politico Europe.
Prior to joining the government, Lescure served as a member of the National Assembly, to which he was first elected in 2017."Roland Lescure (En Marche) élu député des Français des Etats-Unis et du Canada". Le Courrier de Floride, 17 June 2017.Elizabeth Pineau (20 February 2020), Trade unions back on streets but French pension fight shifts to parliament, Reuters. A member of Renaissance, he represented the first constituency for French residents overseas (Canada and United States).
Early life and career Lescure was born in Paris and raised in Montreuil. His father was a journalist for L'Humanité, while his mother was a trade unionist for the Paris Transport Authority."He Quit a $2 Million Job to Help Run France". Bloomberg Businessweek, June 1, 2017. He studied at the École Polytechnique and the London School of Economics.Justine Rastello (June 12, 2017), L'ascension express de Roland Lescure, en tête dans la circo de l'Amérique du Nord Libération.
Lescure worked as a money manager in France before moving to Montreal, Quebec to take a job as chief investment officer of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, reporting directly to his superior, the Caisse's president Michael Sabia.
Political career In parliament, Lescure served as chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs from 2017 to 2022. In this capacity, he was also the parliament's rapporteur on the privatization of Groupe ADP.Manon Rescan (April 9, 2019), Des parlementaires lancent une procédure de référendum contre la privatisation des aéroports de Paris Le Monde.
In September 2018, after François de Rugy's appointment to the government, Lescure supported Richard Ferrand's candidacy for the presidency of the National Assembly. Once Ferrand was elected, he stood as a candidate to succeed him as president of the LREM parliamentary group.Lescure candidat à la tête des députés LREM Le Figaro, September 13, 2018. After having won in the first round, he lost in the second round against Gilles Le Gendre.Gilles Le Gendre élu nouveau président des députés LREM Le Point, September 18, 2018.
Following the 2022 legislative elections, Lescure stood again as a candidate for the National Assembly's presidency;Loris Boichot (21 June 2022), Braun-Pivet, Pompili, Lescure... Six Marcheurs candidats pour remplacer Richard Ferrand à la tête de l’Assemblée Libération. in an internal vote, he lost against Yaël Braun-Pivet.Yaël Braun-Pivet élue candidate de la majorité pour présider l’Assemblée nationale Le Monde, 23 June 2022.
In October 2025, he was appointed Minister of Finance and Economy in Sébastien Lecornu's first government.
Political positions In July 2019, Lescure voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
In 2021, Lescure publicly criticized Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire, arguing that the Castex government's rejection of a proposed $20 billion takeover of Carrefour by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard was due partly by a desire to control domestic food supplies.Ania Nussbaum (January 19, 2021), French Lawmakers Seek Assurances After Foreign Takeover Veto Bloomberg News.
In January 2021, as a member of the "Hunting, fishing and territories" study group, the deputy voted in favor of the defense and promotion of hunter's leisure.
In 2026, as Minister of the Economy, Roland Lescure spoke in favor of establishing pension funds in France. He argued that such a move would reduce reliance on American capital while strengthening investment capacities at both national and European levels.
Personal life Lescure is married to an Irish woman who works as a yoga teacher.
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