| Marc Ferracci | |
| Office: | Minister for Industry and Energy |
| Term Start: | 21 September 2024 |
| Term End: | 2025 |
| Primeminister: | Michel Barnier François Bayrou |
| Predecessor: | Roland Lescure |
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly for the 6th constituency for French residents overseas |
| Term Start2: | 22 June 2022 |
| Predecessor2: | Joachim Son-Forget |
| Successor2: | Marie-Ange Rousselot |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Les Lilas, France |
| Party: | Renaissance |
| Spouse: | Sophie Ferracci |
| Parents: | Pierre Ferracci |
| Alma Mater: | HEC Paris Sciences Po Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University |
Marc Ferracci (pronounced as /fr/; born 19 December 1977) is a French politician who served as Minister for Industry and Energy in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou from 2024 to 2025 and is currently a Member of the National Assembly for the 6th constituency for French residents overseas (Switzerland and Liechtenstein). A member of Renaissance (RE), he previously briefly served as Minister Delegate for Industry in the government of Michel Barnier from September to December 2024.
Ferracci was elected the deputy to the National Assembly for the sixth constituency for French residents overseas in 2022, which encompasses Switzerland and Liechtenstein.[1] He won reelection in 2024.[2] Previously, he had been Emmanuel Macron's economy adviser in Macron's 2017 presidential campaign;[3] he was named a special adviser to Labour Minister Muriel Pénicaud following the election. In 2020, he became an adviser to Prime Minister Jean Castex.
Ferracci has been described as a close friend and political ally to President Macron.[4]
An economist by occupation, Ferracci graduated from HEC Paris and Sciences Po.[5] He made academic contributions as a professor at Panthéon-Assas University specialising in economics and labour policy, including his involvement in the reform of employment systems in France. His expertise spans various fields earning him recognition as a nominee for the Best Young French Economist Award in 2016.[6] [7]
Ferracci met Emmanuel Macron in 1999 when they were students at Sciences Po. Both were each other's best men at their weddings;[5] in 2004, Ferracci married Sophie Gagnant, who was Macron's chief of staff in his 2017 presidential campaign before joining Health Minister Agnès Buzyn as chief of staff following the election.[5] She had previously been an aide to Macron in 2016 in the final months of his tenure as Economy Minister.[4]
His family is from Suartone, a Corsican hamlet in the municipality of Bonifacio.[5]
