The name of the minister of Sport will be known on Monday, 6 July 2020. A new personality will she join the government of Jean Castex, replacing Roxana Maracineanu, in the position for a little less than two years ? Several names are circulating.
[updated at 6 July 2020 14: 20] The reshuffle of the government will he relate to the Sports ministry ? Since the appointment of Jean Castex, to the post of Prime minister, on Friday, the question on many lips in the sports world. The suspense will end today with the announcement of the composition of the government by Alexis Kohler, the secretary general of the Elysee, which should take place in the late afternoon. Roxana Maracineanu, who holds the position for a little less than two years (she replaced Laura Flessel September 4, 2018) has expressed its ambition to maintain his position but Emmanuel Macron and the new head of the government could be tempted to bring novelty to embody “the new way” promised by the head of State.
last week, several names of potential candidates for the post of Sports minister in the new government have been mentioned in the press. The newspaper The Team had shown, inter alia, in its edition of Saturday : “If Maracineanu goes, the favorite for the post is Karl Olive “. The latter, a former sports journalist on Canal+, was converted in politics since the late 1990s. He is the mayor of Poissy for 2014 and vice-president of the departmental council of the Yvelines since 2015. The sports daily also touched on other personalities, including the boxer boxer Sarah Ourahmoune, the president of the paralympic committee Marie-Amélie le Fur, the chair of the employers ‘ organisation CosMos Philippe Diallo… his side, Pascal Gentil, a former champion of taekwondo, has made application, on the 25th of June, always in The Team : “My name is circulating. I do not claim to nothing but I’m willing to serve my country as I always have done (…) Roxana is a friend (…) maybe she will remain in his position and that I will never be a minister but I have this approach to say that the French sport deserves to be recognised and valued differently”.
