Benjamin Griveaux (born 29 December 1977) is a French politician who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Paris. He is a spokesperson for the En Marche! movement and has frequently been described as one of Emmanuel Macron’s closest political allies.Griveaux was born in Saint-Rémy. His father is a solicitor and his mother is a barrister. He studied at Sciences Po, where he was vice-president of the student union and founded a student magazine called L’Autodafé. He graduated in 1999 and continued his studies at HEC Paris, earning a master’s degree in 2001. He failed to gain admission to the École nationale d'administration. Wikipedia