Castaner was elected as the leader of French party LREM

AFP Photo Document reference000_UD8UW SLUGFRANCE - POLITICS - LREM Creation date11/18/2017 CountryLYON, FRANCE CreditJEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP File size/pixels/dpi57.7 Mb / 5500 x 3667 / 300 dpi President of French La Republique en Marche (LREM) parliamentary group Richard Ferrand (L), leader of the French MoDem centrist party Francois Bayrou (2nd L), French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb (3rd L), Ssenator Bariza Khiari (4th L) French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (C), newly elected leader of the LREM Christophe Castaner (6th R), French MP Arnaud Leroy (5th R), member of the LREM party Astrid Panosyan (4th R), Senator François Patriat (2nd R) and French Junior Minister for Gender Equality Marlene Schiappa pose during the council of the Republic on the Move (La Republique En Marche, LREM).party at Eurexpo Lyon on November 18, 2017. Castaner was elected on November 18, 2017 as the leader of French president's political party Republic on the Move (La Republique En Marche, LREM). (Photo by Nicolas Liponne/NurPhoto via Getty Images)