François Baroin
 François Baroin (born 21 June 1965 in Paris) is a French politician who served as Finance Minister from 2011 to 2012 following a stint as Minister of the Budget in the François Fillon III government. He is a long-time ally of Jacques Chirac and currently the mayor of Troyes.Baroin studied at Panthéon-Assas University. A lawyer was Minister for Overseas Territories from June 2005 to March 2007 and was briefly Minister of the Interior from March to May 2007.