Biographie

Pierre Moscovici is the First President of the French Cour des comptes since June 3rd, 2020. In this capacity, he also chairs the Budgetary and Financial Discipline Court, the High Council of Public Finance and the Council of Mandatory Contributions.

He holds a postgraduate degree (DEA) in advanced macroeconomics and philosophy and graduated from Sciences Po Paris. He joined the Cour des comptes as a junior audit manager (auditeur) on June 1st, 1984 after graduating from the Ecole nationale d’administration (ENA).

In May 1988, he was appointed technical advisor to the Minister of National Education, Youth and Sport. In September 1990, he became Head of department for public service modernisation and financial resources at the French Planning Office (Commissariat général du Plan).

He was then elected as a Member of the European Parliament in July 1994 and, later, as a Member of the French National Assembly for the department of the Doubs (Eastern part of France close to Switzerland) in June 1997. At that time, he was appointed Minister for European Affairs. He then represented the French authorities at the Convention on the Future of Europe.

He went back to the Court in November 2002, where he became an audit manager (conseiller référendaire) in 2003. He was re-elected Member of the European Parliament in July 2004 and became Vice-President of the European Parliament.

He was re-elected Member of the French National Assembly for the department of the Doubs in June 2007 and again in June 2012. In particular, he presided over the Urban Area of Montbéliard between 2008 and 2012, when he was appointed Minister of Economy and Finances until 2014.

He served as European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs from November 2014 to November 2019, before returning to the Court.

Pierre Moscovici is affiliated professor at Sciences Po Paris and visiting professor at Columbia University in New York and at the College of Europe in Bruges.

Pierre Moscovici was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the Legion of Honour, the highest French order of merit.