French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve visits the 9/11 Memorial

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Bernard Cazeneuve (born June 2, 1963) is a French Socialist politician and current Minister of the Interior. Born in Senlis, Oise, Cazeneuve rose to prominence with his election as a deputy of the National Assembly representing the 5th constituency of Manche in 1997, and as mayor of Cherbourg-Octeville in 2001.

In 2012, he was appointed Minister of State for European Affairs in the first Ayrault Government, and in 2013 was named Minister of State for the Budget in the second Ayrault Government after the resignation of Jérôme Cahuzac. On April 2, 2014 he was appointed the 42nd Minister of the Interior in the First Valls Government, a role he retained on August 27, 2014 with the formation of the Second Valls Government.