Half of Macron’s Cabinet are Women!

Presidential Candidate Emmanuel Macron holds his electoral evening in La Louvre in Paris.

The newly-elected French president Emmanuel Macron has unveiled his cabinet on Wednesday. In accordance with an earlier pledge, women fill half of the 22 positions.

“It is a government of renewal,” the president’s office said in a statement to The New York Times. In addition to being gender balanced, Macron’s cabinet also includes a diverse set of members which come from both the right and left parties and who are from public, private and non-profit sectors.

And here are all the women of the cabinet, posing with the president and prime minister. The front row, left to right: Labour Minister Muriel Pénicaud, Health Minister Agnes Buzyn, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, President Emmanuel Macron, Armed Forces Minister Sylvie Goulard, Culture Minister Françoise Nyssen and Higher Education Minister Frederique Vidal.

Second row, left to right: Junior Minister for Disabilities Sophie Cluzel, Minister in charge of European Affairs Marielle de Sarnez, Overseas Territories Minister Annick Girardin, Sports Minister Laura Flessel-Colovic, Junior Minister for Equality Between Men and Women Marlene Schiappa and Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne.

In January, Macron showed his support to gender equality when he said in a speech "Women currently represent 53 percent of the electoral body, so it’s unacceptable that they make up less than 30 percent of those elected to the National Assembly," he announced. "Unlike other political parties, we plan to respect gender parity."