| Roland Lescure | |
| Office: | Member of the National Assembly for the First constituency for French residents overseas |
| Term Start: | 8 July 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Christopher Weissberg |
| Term Start1: | 21 June 2017 |
| Term End1: | 4 August 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Frédéric Lefebvre |
| Successor1: | Christopher Weissberg |
| Office2: | Minister Delegate for Industry |
| Primeminister2: | Élisabeth Borne Gabriel Attal |
| Predecessor2: | Agnès Pannier-Runacher |
| Successor2: | Marc Ferracci |
| Term Start2: | 4 July 2022 |
| Term End2: | 21 September 2024 |
| Birth Date: | 26 November 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Party: | Renaissance |
| Otherparty: | Socialist Party |
| Alma Mater: | École polytechnique ENSAE ParisTech London School of Economics |
| Relatives: | Pierre Lescure (half-brother) |
| Profession: | Economist |
Roland Lescure (pronounced as /fr/; born 26 November 1966) is a French banker and politician who has served as Minister Delegate for Industry in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal since 2022.[1] [2]
Prior to joining the government, Lescure served as a member of the National Assembly, to which he was first elected in 2017.[3] [4] A member of Renaissance, he represented the first constituency for French residents overseas (Canada and United States).
Lescure was born in Paris and raised in Montreuil. His father was a journalist for L'Humanité, while his mother was a trade unionist for the Paris Transport Authority.[5] He studied at the École Polytechnique and the London School of Economics.[6]
Lescure worked as a money manager in France before moving to Montreal, Quebec to take a job as chief investment officer of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, reporting directly to his superior, the Caisse's president Michael Sabia.[5]
In parliament, Lescure served as chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs from 2017 to 2022. In this capacity, he was also the parliament's rapporteur on the privatization of Groupe ADP.[7]
In September 2018, after François de Rugy's appointment to the government, Lescure supported Richard Ferrand's candidacy for the presidency of the National Assembly. Once Ferrand was elected, he stood as a candidate to succeed him as president of the LREM parliamentary group.[8] After having won in the first round, he lost in the second round against Gilles Le Gendre.[9] [10]
Following the 2022 legislative elections, Lescure stood again as a candidate for the National Assembly's presidency;[11] in an internal vote, he lost against Yaël Braun-Pivet.[12]
In July 2019, Lescure voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[13]
In 2021, Lescure publicly criticized Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire, arguing that the Castex government's rejection of a proposed $20 billion takeover of Carrefour by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard was due partly by a desire to control domestic food supplies.[14]
In January 2021, as a member of the "Hunting, fishing and territories" study group, the deputy voted in favor of the defense and promotion of hunter's leisure.[15]
Lescure is married to an Irish woman.