Bruno Le Roux (French pronunciation: [bʁyno lə ʁu]; born 2 May 1965) is a French politician of the Socialist Party who served as the Minister of the Interior of France from December 2016 to March 2017.
Le Roux was a member of the National Assembly of France where he represented the Seine-Saint-Denis department[1] and was the leader of the Socialist, Ecologist & Republican Group.
[2] On 6 December 2016, Le Roux was named Minister of the Interior in the government of Bernard Cazeneuve.
[3] In 2015, news media reported that Le Roux was included in a Russian blacklist of prominent people from the European Union who are not allowed to enter the country.
[6] On 21 March 2017, Le Roux was forced to resign from the government when it was revealed that he employed his two daughters, aged just 15 and 16, as parliamentary assistants and paid them a total of €55,000 ($59,000), using public funds, while he served as a deputy in the National Assembly.