Bruno Le Maire, who stayed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, said he had resigned on Wednesday for a two-month corporate Governor.
Renault's Board of Directors will decide on the successor on Thursday. According to news, the chairman is Michelin leader Jean-Dominique Senard, and the chief executive is likely to be Thierry Bolloré, deputy Ghosn arrested.
Ghosn was prosecuted in Japan in early December for $ 2.9 billion in revenue from 2015 to 2018 in securities filed reports instead of the actual 7.2 billion yen. The prosecutor's office also accused the 64-year-old businessman of not performing the CEO's duties properly and harming Renault's Nissant alliance.
Nissan's Special Committee on the causes of financial misconduct said financial laundering was one of the causes of loose corporate governance.
After a first meeting, one of the Co-Chairs of the Board announced that they would hold three or four more meetings before submitting their proposals to improve the management of the company.
The Committee, with Nissan's three foreign directors and four other members, is expected to submit proposals in March to tighten the company's management, pay the director's salary, and approve the president's election.
Nissan's Thursday announcement said it was expected that an extraordinary meeting of shareholders would be convened by mid-April, when President Carlos Ghosn and Greg Kelly, also financially involved in financial scandals, would decide.
Although the Board of Governors, after the outbreak of the scandal of their two, overturned their title, they can only be officially released with the consent of the shareholders. In addition, the shareholders will vote in an extraordinary meeting on the new Nissan driver proposed by Renault.
The largest shareholder in Renault is the French state, with more than 15 percent. Renault has a 15 percent stake in Nissan, which is 43.4 percent for Renault.
