Edouard Philippe, a French lawyer and center-right politician, was Prime Minister under Emmanuel Macron from May 2017 to July 2020. Edouard Philippe had been the mayor of Le Havre, a city in north-western France, since 2010. After his resignation as head of government, he was reelected to his position as Mayor in July 2020. On October 9, 2021, he launched his own party, called "Horizons". Photographer Jean Gaumy followed him for several days in 2016.