Alain Griset

Alain Griset was born on 30 May 1953 in a working-class family in Faches-Thumesnil, Northern France. His father was a metal worker and his mother a stay-at-home mom. At 19 he started working as a switchboard operator in a taxi company, he passed the taxi exam at 21 the started working as a driver.[1] In 1975 he created his own taxi company in Lille; he then settled in Maubeuge then Tourcoing and finally Douai.[3]

In 1989, he was elected to the Chamber of Trades and Crafts of Northern France in 1995, he became its president. In 2005 the body changed to Chamber of Trades and Crafts of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region and he became its president.[3] On July 6, 2020, after the appointment of Jean Castex as Prime Minister, Griset is appointed Minister Delegate in charge of Small and Medium-Sized Entreprises, attached to the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire.[4]

• Castex Government

• "Alain Griset, the spokesperson for artisans, settles in Bercy". Web24. 13 July 2020.
• France, Centre (15 December 2020). "Économie - Le ministre Alain Griset à Nevers : "La digitalisation doit être un complément, pas remplacer le commerce physique"". www.lejdc.fr (in French).
• "Compte bancaire : le ministre aux PME Alain Griset visé par deux enquêtes". La Tribune (in French). 15 December 2020.
• France, Centre (15 December 2020). "Économie - Le ministre Alain Griset à Nevers" (in French).
• Bourdeau, Maxime (7 July 2020). "Alain Griset, fils d'ouvrier, ancien taxi et nouveau ministre des PME". Le HuffPost (in French).
• "Alain Griset : " Face à la crise, l'objectif du gouvernement est d'accompagner toutes les entreprises, quelle que soit leur situation "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 20 November 2020.
• JDD, Le (13 July 2020). "Alain Griset, le porte-parole des artisans, s'installe à Bercy". lejdd.fr (in French).

• Alain Griset on French Government website
• Alain Griset on Ministry of Economy website