Backgrounder: Major names of French President Emmanuel Macron's first cabinet

French new President Emmanuel Macron's government was announced on Wednesday with 11 women took ministerial posts.

The following are major names in the new cabinet headed by right-wing Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.

-- Gerard Collomb, Interior Minister

-- Francois Bayrou, Minister of Justice

-- Nicolas Hulot, Minister for Ecology Transition

-- Sylvie Goulard, Defense Minister

-- Jean-Yves Le Drian, Europe and Foreign Affairs Minister

-- Richard Ferrand, Minister for Territorial Coherence

-- Agnes Buzyn, Solidarity and Health

-- Francoise Nyssen, Minister for Culture

-- Bruno Le Maire, Economy Minister

-- Murielle Penicaud, Labor Minister

-- Jean-Michel Blanquert, Minister for National Education

-- Jacques Mezard, Minister of Agriculture and Food

-- Gerald Darmanin, Minister of Action and Public Accounts

-- Frederique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation

-- Annick Girardin, Overseas Minister

-- Laura Flessel, Sports Minsiter

-- Elisabeth Borne, Transport Minister

-- Marielle de Sarnez, Minister in charge of European Affairs.

JUNIOR MINISTERS

-- Christophe Castaner, in charge of relations with parliament and government spokesperson

-- Marlene Schiappa, in charge of gender equality

-- Sophie Cluzel, in charge of handicapped people

-- Mounir Mahjoubi, in charge of digital sector.

The government will hold first meeting on Thursday at 11:00 local time (0900GMT). Endit