PARIS (Reuters) - France's President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named Francois de Rugy, a former green lawmaker now in the ruling party, as his new environment minister, the presidency said in a statement.
The post traditionally includes the energy portfolio.
De Rugy is known as a pragmatist who backed Macron's decision last year to delay the phased reduction of nuclear energy in France's electricity production.
(Reporting by Paris Newsroom; writing by by Richard Lough; editing by Michel Rose)
