Guillaume Kasbarian | |
Office: | Minister of Civil Service, Streamlining, and Public Sector Transformation |
Primeminister: | Michel Barnier |
Term Start: | 21 September 2024 |
Predecessor: | Stanislas Guerini |
Office1: | Minister Delegate for Housing |
Primeminister1: | Gabriel Attal |
Term Start1: | 8 February 2024 |
Term End1: | 21 September 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Patrice Vergriete |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly for Eure-et-Loir's 1st constituency |
Term Start2: | 21 June 2017 |
Term End2: | 8 March 2024 |
Predecessor2: | Jean-Pierre Gorges |
Successor2: | Véronique de Montchalin |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1987 |
Birth Place: | Marseille, France |
Nationality: | French |
Party: | Renaissance |
Alma Mater: | ESSEC Business School |
Occupation: | Manager in a strategy consulting company |
Guillaume Kasbarian (pronounced as /fr/; born 28 February 1987) is a French business consultant and politician of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!)[1] who has served as Minister of Civil Service, Streamlining and Public Sector Transformation in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier since 21 September 2024. He was previously Minister Delegate for Housing.[2]
From 2017 to 2024, Kasbarian represented the 1st constituency of the Eure-et-Loir department in the National Assembly.[3]
The son of two civil servants of Armenian descent,[1] Kasbarian graduated from the ESSEC Business School in 2010. He subsequently worked as a consultant in a Parisian strategy consulting firm.[4]
Kasbarian was the local representative of En Marche! for Eure-et-Loir from December 2016 to June 2017.
Kasbarian was elected deputy of the 1st constituency of Eure-et-Loir on 18 June 2017, after his victory over Franck Masselus in the second round of legislative elections.
In parliament, Kasbarian served as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs from 2017; he became the committee’s chair after the 2022 legislative elections. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the parliamentary friendship groups with Armenia and South Africa.[5]
From November 2017, Kasbarian was part of LREM's executive board under the leadership of the party's successive chairmen Christophe Castaner and Stanislas Guerini.[6]
In July 2019, Kasbarian voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[7]