But then being the youngest is not new to Lecornu. He was the youngest parliamentary assistant in the National Assembly in 2005 at the age of 19, where he met Bruno Le Maire, the current finance minister, who was the secretary of state for European Affairs at the time. When he was 22, he became the youngest ministerial adviser when he integrated Le Maire’s cabinet at the European Affairs Ministry, following him later to the agriculture ministry.
In 2017 he was appointed secretary of state under environment minister Nicolas Hulot, becoming the youngest member of Macron’s first government. A year later he was appointed minister in charge of territorial authorities, and then in 2020 he became minister for France’s overseas departments and territories and was elected as senator.