RT Journal Article
T1 Where do French cabinet ministers come from? Towards representation and democracy
A1 Harguindéguy, Jean-Baptiste
A1 Ramírez Leiva, Francisco Javier
K1 Francia
K1 Ministros
K1 Gabinete
K1 Élites
K1 Territorio
AB Though the territorial dimension of ministerial recruitment has been explored in several countries, it remains a blind spot in France. This research note aims to fill this gap by investigating the regional origin of cabinet ministers under the Fifth Republic through an original data set. This descriptive analysis stresses the existence of three concentric circles in terms of ministerial appointments: Paris (overrepresented), mainland regions (underrepresented) and peripheral territories (almost absent). The sharing of portfolios follows the same logic. Parisian ministers have occupied all the possible positions—especially the highest ones—but most ministers from mainland France have also led important ministries. Though the matching is far from perfect, some portfolios are more frequently attributed to ministers from a given region.
PB Springer Nature
YR 2024
FD 2024-05-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23728
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23728
LA en
NO Fr Polit 22, 136–151 (2024)
NO Área de Ciencia Política y de la Administración
NO Departamento de Derecho Público
DS RIO
RD May 24, 2026