Emmanuel Macron, (born December 21, 1977,Amiens), French banker and politician who was elected president of Francein 2017. Macron was the first person in the history of the Fifth Republicto win the presidency without the backing of either the Socialistsor the Gaullists, and he was France’s youngest head of state sinceNapoleon I. He was reelected in 2022, becoming the first French president in two decades to win a second term. he studied philosophy at Paris Nanterre University, later completing a master’s degree in public affairs at Sciences Po and graduating from the École nationale d’administration in 2004.