Please answer the following question: Facts:   - president: nicolas sarkozy nicolas sarkozy nicolas sarkozy    - party: the progressives / ump -lrb- since 2007 -rrb-    - predecessor: christian estrosi brice hortefeux    - otherparty: socialist party -lrb- 1993 -- 2007 -rrb-      - birth date: 02 april 1958    - caption: Éric besson , in 2010 .    - spouse: sylvie -rrb- yamine torjdman -lrb- m. 2010-present -rrb- brunel -lrb- m. 1983 -- 2009 , divorced    - office: minister of immigration , integration , national identity and mutually-supportive development for state secretary for `` prospectives and evaluation of public policies industry '' , energy and digital economy minister    - term end: 10 may 2012 13 november 2010 january 2009    - name: Éric besson    - birth place: marrakech , morocco    - successor: arnaud montebourg vacant    - primeminister: françois fillon françois fillon françois fillon    - nationality: french    - alma mater: sciences po    - children: 3 -lrb- with sylvie brunel -rrb-    - term start: 14 november 2010 january 2009 may 2007    - image: besson2.jpg   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of Éric besson .
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Éric besson -lrb- born 2 april 1958 in marrakech , morocco -rrb- is a french politician of french-lebanese descent .he was minister of industry , energy and the digital economy under the minister of economy , finance and industry , christine lagarde and previously , from 2009 to 2010 , minister of immigration , integration , national identity and mutually-supportive development in the government of françois fillon .he left the socialist party -lrb- ps -rrb- the day of the first round presidential elections in 2007 to found the progressives , a social democratic affiliate party of nicolas sarkozy 's union for a popular movement -lrb- ump -rrb- .he has been deputy secretary-general of the ump since 2009 .