What is Jean Castex?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = ''[[His Excellency]]'' | honorific_suffix = ''The [[Prime Minister of France]]'' | name = Jean Castex | image = Portrait Jean Castex (cropped).jpg | caption = Castex in July 2020 | office = [[Prime Minister of France]] | term_start = 3 July 2020 | term_end = 16 May 2022 | president = [[Emmanuel Macron]] | predecessor = [[Édouard Philippe]] | successor = [[Élisabeth Borne]] | office1 = Mayor of [[Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales|Prades]] | term_start1 = 18 March 2008 | term_end1 = 3 July 2020 | predecessor1 = Jean-François Denis | successor1 = Yves Delcor {{Small|(Acting)}} | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|06|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Vic-Fezensac]], [[France]] | party = [[Union for a Popular Movement]] {{nowrap|(until 2015)}}<br>[[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] {{nowrap|(2015–2020)}}<br> LREM {{nowrap|(since 2020)}} | alma_mater = University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès{{!}}University of Toulouse 2<br>[[Sciences Po]]<br>[[École nationale d'administration]] | signature = Jean Castex signature.svg }} '''Jean Castex''' ({{IPA-fr|ʒɑ̃ kastɛks|lang}}; born 25 June 1965) is a [[French language|French]] [[politician]]. He was the [[Prime Minister of France]] from 3 July 2020 to 16 May 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mallet |first1=Victor |title=Macron names Jean Castex as new French prime minister |url=https://www.ft.com/content/7981cdd1-3c9e-46d6-8090-2dae4ab9c8af |newspaper=Financial Times |date=3 July 2020 }}</ref> He was nominated to the job by President [[Emmanuel Macron]]. He was a member of [[The Republicans (France)|Les Républicans]] (LR). He was [[Mayor]] of [[Prades (Pyrénées-Orientales)|Prades]], a provincial town in Southern [[France]], for twelve years until his appointment as [[Prime minister|Prime Minister]]. He was praised for