She will replace François Rebsamen, who resigned on August 19 in order to take the townhall of Dijon, left vacant after the death of Alain Millot. The handover will take place on Wednesday afternoon at 4pm, Grenelle Street.

Myriam El Khomri, 37, was previously Secretary of State in charge of urban policy with Patrick Kanner, who will resume his duties.

Born in Rabat in 1978, to a "mixed" marriage between a Breton mother and a Moroccan father, Myriam El Khomri spent her childhood in Tangier. A period she remembers as being “fabulous”.

She was nearly 10 years old when her family moved to a small town in France. And since high school, in the region of Bordeaux, her true personality unfolded: Delegate of class, she represented her comrades to the Gironde General Youth Council.

She then chose to study public law and went to Paris, where she joined the Sorbonne and eventually obtained a DESS of political administration. That’s also when the National Front was left in the second round of presidential elections in 2002, making her lean towards the Socialist Party.

Long-time collaborator of Bertrand Delanoë, she started as project manager for academic affairs, prevention, safety and drug addiction in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, in 2001. In March 2008 she was elected Deputy Mayor of Paris and was responsible for all matters relating to the protection of Children and specialized prevention. In 2011, "security matters" were entrusted to her

The choice of the new Minister of Labour was highly strategic for François Hollande: Myriam El Khomri will have the difficult task of trying to reverse the upward trend in unemployment, a commitment by the head of state, who made it the prerequisite for his candidacy for a second term.