The relatively low-profile Castex replaces Edouard Philippe, who resigned earlier in the day as Macron reshuffles the government to shift focus for the remaining two years of his term.
A conservative, Castex began a local political career in 2008 in the small town of Prades in southern France, where he was re-elected as mayor in March with backing from The Republicans party. The reshuffle comes days after a green wave swept over France in local elections. Macron saw his young centrist party defeated in France's biggest cities and failing to plant local roots across the country.
Before that, Macron's pro-business policies, widely seen as favouring the wealthier, had been hampered by the yellow vest economic movement against perceived social injustice. This winter, weeks of strikes and street demonstrations against a planned pension overhaul disrupted the country. The unemployment rate that fell from 9.2% at the beginning of Macron's term in 2017 to 7.6% earlier this year -- its lowest level since 2008 -- is now expected to increase steadily.
He put an emphasis on creating new jobs with climate-oriented policies including renovation of old buildings and greener transport and industries.
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