predecessor religion birth_place president party office primeminister birth_date term_start image article_title name alma_mater
gérard longuet roman catholic lorient , france françois hollande socialist party french minister of defence jean-marc ayrault manuel valls 30 june 1947 16 may 2012 jean-yves le drian par claude truong-ngoc novembre 2014.jpg jean-yves le drian
 jean-yves le drian university of rennes 2
jean-yves le drian

jean-yves le drian -lrb- -rrb- ; born 30 june 1947 -rrb- is a french politician who is a member of the french socialist party .
he has served as the minister of defence and veterans affairs under prime minister jean-marc ayrault since 2012 .
