Jean-Michel Macron
Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (; born 1950) is a French doctor and professor of neurology at the University of Picardy. He is the father of French president Emmanuel Macron. Early life. Jean-Michel Macron was born in 1950. His father was André Macron (1920–2010), a railway executive, and his mother was Jacqueline Macron (1922–1998), "née" Robertson, of half English origin. He wrote a thesis on feline neurology in 1981. Career. Macron is a professor of neurology at the University of Picardy, specializing in sleep disorders and epilepsy. Macron has published in academic journals such as "Neuroscience Letters", "Brain  Research", "NeuroReport" and "Neurosurgery" on sneezing in cats. Macron has 28 publications as author or co-author in the PubMed database. Personal life. Macron was first married to Françoise Noguès, a doctor based in Amiens. She is the daughter of Jean Noguès and his wife Germaine Noguès ("née" Arribet, died 2013), both teachers. The first child of Macron and Françoise died as an infant. They then had three children: Emmanuel (born 1977, the current President of France and husband of Brigitte Macron "née" Trogneux), Laurent (born 1979, a radiologist and husband of Sabine Aimot, an obstetrician gynecologist), and Estelle (born  1982, a nephrologist and wife of Carl Franjou, an engineer). After the divorce of Macron and Françoise, Macron married Hélène Joly, a psychiatrist at Centre Hospitalier Philippe Pinel in Dury, Somme.