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Manuel Valls

French and Spanish politician

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Manuel Valls is a politician who has held significant positions in both France and Spain during his career. He matters because he represents an unusual case of a high-ranking political figure serving as a top government official in two different European countries.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1962-08-13
Works: 19

Top works

Un verano imperdonable : 1936
La Cançó del Marxant/Viure Així Sol
La Cançó del Marxant/Viure Així Sol
El Gessamí i la Rosa/Vals de Barri
Cançó de taverna/El barret del prestidigitador

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Film & TV

Acting · Barcelona, Spain

Known for

Dissolution, histoire d'un séisme politique2024
Laïcité, 30 ans de fracture à gauche — Self2020
François Hollande, le mal-aimé — Self (archive footage)2017
Les enfants terribles de la gauche2017
Face the Classroom — Self - Guest2017
It's Only TV — Self - Guest2010
On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest2006

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Music · MusicBrainz

Article

Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti (born 13 August 1962) is a French–Spanish politician who served as Minister of the Overseas in the Bayrou government and first Lecornu government from 2024 to 2025. He served as Prime Minister of France from 2014 until 2016 under President François Hollande and was also involved in Spanish politics from 2018 to 2021.

Born in Barcelona to a Spanish father and a Swiss mother, Valls grew up in France. He was Mayor of Évry from 2001 to 2012 and was first elected to the National Assembly of France for Essonne in 2002. He was regarded as belonging to the Socialist Party's social liberal wing, sharing common orientations with Blairism. He was Minister of the Interior from 2012 to 2014 and Prime Minister from 2014 to 2016. He was a candidate in the Socialist Party primary for the 2017 French presidential election, losing the Socialist nomination in the second round to Benoît Hamon. Following his defeat, he endorsed Emmanuel Macron despite having previously pledged to support the Socialist candidate.