Cédric O

Cédric O, son of a French mother from Lyon and a Korean executive, was born on 18 December 1982. He is the brother of Delphine O, former member of the National Assembly for Paris's 16th constituency.{{cite news |last=Pietralunga |first=Cédric |date=31 March 2019 |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2019/03/31/cedric-o-un-proche-conseiller-d-emmanuel-macron-au-secretariat-d-etat-au-numerique_5443948_823448.html |title=Cédric O, un proche conseiller d'Emmanuel Macron au secrétariat d'Etat au numérique |language=fr|trans-title=Cédric O, a close consultant of Emmanuel Macron as Parliamentary Undersecretary for the digital economy |work=Le Monde |location=Paris |access-date=5 April 2019}}

After graduating from Lycée du Parc, he enrolled at HEC Paris and graduated in 2006.{{cite web |url=https://www.gouvernement.fr/ministre/cedric-o |title=Cédric O: Biographie |publisher=Government of France website|access-date=4 April 2019}}

In 2007, O started working as communications manager for the Operationelle corporation.{{cite news |last=des Déserts |first=Sophie |date=27 April 2018 |title=Les hommes du président:La bande de copains qui a porté Macron à l'Élysée|url=https://www.vanityfair.fr/actualites/articles/article-mag-la-bande-de-copains-qui-a-porte-macron-a-lelysee/58171 |magazine=Vanity Fair |location=Paris |language=fr |trans-title= The president's men: The group of friends who brought Macron to the Élysée |access-date=3 April 2019}} Between 2014 and 2017, he was project manager for the Safran aircraft & rocket engine manufacturing company.

Along with future La République En Marche! cadres Ismaël Emelien and Benjamin Griveaux, as well as HEC alumnus Stanislas Guerini, O participated in the campaign team of Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the 2006 French Socialist Party presidential primary.{{cite news |last=Hoarau |first=Leia |date=31 March 2019 |title=Remaniement : qui est Cédric O, remplaçant de Mounir Mahjoubi ?|url=https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/remaniement-qui-est-cedric-o-qui-remplace-mounir-mahjoubi-7797335686 |work=RTL |location=Luxembourg|language=fr|trans-title= Rebooting: who is Cédric O, replacing Mounir Mahjoubi?|access-date=4 April 2019}}

After serving as political adviser to finance minister Pierre Moscovici,{{cite news |last=Braun |first=Elisa |date=2 April 2019 |title=Qui est Cédric O, le nouveau secrétaire d'État au numérique?|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/qui-est-cedric-o-le-nouveau-secretaire-d-etat-au-numerique-20190401|work=Le Figaro |location=Paris|language=fr|trans-title=Who is Cédric O, the new digital State secretary?|access-date=4 April 2019}} during the presidency of Socialist François Hollande, O was appointed treasurer of the La République En Marche! party in Emmanuel Macron's 2016–17 presidential campaign.{{cite news |last= Perreau

|first=Charlie|date=1 April 2019 |title=Qui est Cédric O, le nouveau secrétaire d'Etat au Numérique ?|url=https://www.journaldunet.com/ebusiness/le-net/1422883-qui-est-cedric-o-le-nouveau-secretaire-d-etat-au-numerique/ |work=:fr:Le Journal du Net |language=fr|trans-title= Who is Cédric O, new Parliamentary Undersecretary for the Digital Economy?|access-date=4 April 2019}} In November 2017, O assumed the duties of political advisor to Macron and prime minister Édouard Philippe.

Also since November 2017, O has been part of LREM's executive board under the leadership of the party's successive chairmen Christophe Castaner and Stanislas Guerini.[https://en-marche.fr/articles/actualites/le-conseil-de-la-republique-en-marche Le Conseil de La République En Marche !] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031233545/https://en-marche.fr/articles/actualites/le-conseil-de-la-republique-en-marche |date=31 October 2017 }} La République En Marche!, press release of 16 October 2017.

On 31 March 2019, O was appointed Parliamentary Undersecretary for the Digital Economy, serving under the leadership of minister Bruno Le Maire. In this capacity, he has invited tech CEOs to meet with the French president about the so-called “tech for good" project, as well as venture capitalists to Paris to promote to them the purported benefits of investing in the French "tech ecosystem."{{cite news |last1=Rossignol |first1=Aurélie |last2=Lombart |first2= Gaël|date=1 April 2019 |title=Cédric O, le nouveau « geek » du gouvernement |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/politique-societe/gouvernement/cedric-o-le-nouveau-geek-du-gouvernement-1005538|work=Les Echos|language=fr|trans-title=Cédric O, the new government geek |access-date=4 April 2019}} Cédric O convinced Facebook to allow French regulators to investigate the company's moderation processes,{{cite news|date=1 April 2019 |title=Réguler internet ? Cédric O est "100% d'accord" avec Zuckerberg |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/reguler-internet-cedric-o-est-100-d-accord-avec-zuckerberg_2070627.html|work=L'Express|language=fr|trans-title=Regulate the internet? Cédric O is '100%' in agreement with Zuckerberg|access-date=4 April 2019}}{{cite news |last=Dillet |first=Romain |date=3 April 2019 |title=How France's new digital minister plans to regulate tech|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/03/how-frances-new-digital-minister-plans-to-regulate-tech/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_cs=zi71gV0HyKmYVblZQGSHsw |work=TechCrunch|access-date=4 April 2019}} and also arranged a meeting between Macron and Mark Zuckerberg.{{cite news |last1=Rossignol |first1=Aurélie |last2=Lombart |first2= Gaël|date=1 April 2019 |title=Remaniement : 5 choses à savoir sur Cédric O, nouveau secrétaire d'Etat au Numérique |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/remaniement-5-choses-a-savoir-sur-cedric-o-nouveau-secretaire-d-etat-au-numerique-01-04-2019-8044083.php |work=Le Parisien|language=fr|trans-title= Reboot: 5 things to know about Cédric O, new state secretary for the digital economy|access-date=4 April 2019}}

On 26 July 2020, O was appointed State Secretary of Digital Transition and Electronic Communications. Among his tasks was the installation of the future 5G network in France.

From 2022 to 2023, O served on the European Space Agency’s High-Level Advisory Group on Human and Robotic Space Exploration for Europe.[https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Independent_advisory_group_presents_report_on_European_space_revolution_to_ESA N° 11–2023: Independent advisory group presents report on European space revolution to ESA] European Space Agency (ESA), press release of 23 March 2023.

• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member[http://www.ecfr.eu/council/members Members] European Council on Foreign Relations.

Amid efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in France, O was one of the early supporters of the government's proposal for a state-supported “StopCovid” contact-tracing app project.Mathieu Rosemain (17 April 2020), [https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-france-privacy/french-covid-tracing-app-will-not-ready-when-parliament-debates-it-idUSP6N2BO00X French COVID tracing app will not ready when parliament debates it] Reuters. He later publicly accused Apple Inc. of undermining the effort by refusing to help make its iPhones more compatible with the app.Sudip Kar-Gupta and Michel Rose (5 May 2020), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-tech/france-accuses-apple-of-refusing-help-with-stopcovid-app-idUSKBN22H0LX France accuses Apple of refusing help with 'StopCovid' app] Reuters.

In a joint statement in October 2020, O and his Dutch counterpart Mona Keijzer called for a European Union authority to regulate large technology companies and argued that such an authority should be able to prevent digital platforms from blocking access to their services “unless they have an objective justification.”Mathieu Rosemain and Douglas Busvine (15 October 2020), [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2701CG France, Netherlands call for an EU watchdog to regulate tech giants] Reuters.

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• {{cite news |last= Rieth|first=Benjamin|date=1 April 2019 |title=Un nom de famille à une lettre comme Cédric O: pas si rare, mais cela peut causer des problèmes |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/societe/un-nom-de-famille-a-une-lettre-comme-cedric-o-pas-si-rare-mais-cela-peut-causer-des-problemes-1664291.html |work=BFM TV |language=fr|trans-title= A one-letter family name such as Cédric O: not so rare but it can cause problems |access-date=4 April 2019}}

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