Pierre-René Lemas was born on February 23, 1951, in Algiers, French Algeria.
[2] Lemas graduated from Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration.
[2] At the ENA, his coursemates included future President of France François Hollande, but also Ségolène Royal, Dominique de Villepin, Michel Sapin, Jean-Pierre Jouyet and Henri de Castries.
[1] Lemas started his career in the cabinet of the Minister of the Interior, Gaston Defferre, in 1981.
[1] Lemas served as the Cabinet Secretary to Senator Jean-Pierre Bel in 2011.