Benjamin Gallezot

A graduate of the École normale supérieure (1994), Mr. Gallezot has served as Interministerial Delegate for Strategic Mineral and Metal Supplies (under the Prime Minister of France’s Office) since January 2023.

He served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister from January 2021 to May 2022; Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ministry of the Armed Forces’ Civil and Military Cabinet from June 2017 to January 2021; Deputy Director General for Enterprises and Head of the Industry Department from May 2012 to May 2017; Industry and Energy Adviser to the President of the Republic from March 2010 to May 2012; Industrial Affairs Adviser to the Minister of Defence from January 2009 to March 2010; Deputy Director for Energy Markets at the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy from 2007 to 2009; Rapporteur at the Court of Accounts from 2003 to 2007; and Head of the Shipbuilding Office at the Directorate General for Armaments from 1998 to 2002. He previously worked as a research engineer.