75 Notable alumni of
Paris Dauphine University
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Paris Dauphine University is 605th in the world, 225th in Europe, and 18th in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 75 notable alumni from Paris Dauphine University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teachereconomistwriterstatistician
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist, mathematical statistician, former option trader, risk analyst, and aphorist whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty.
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Cédric Villani
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- professeur des universitéspoliticianmathematician
- Biography
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Cédric Patrice Thierry Villani is a French politician and mathematician working primarily on partial differential equations, Riemannian geometry and mathematical physics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010, and he was the director of Sorbonne University's Institut Henri Poincaré from 2009 to 2017. As of September 2022, he is a professor at Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques.
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Jacques Attali
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- writerinternational forum participanteconomistbankerpolitician
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Jacques José Mardoché Attali is a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant.
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Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
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- politician
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Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, sometimes referred to by his initials NDA, is a French politician serving since 2008 as president of the minor party Debout la France. He is its only member in the National Assembly, having been elected for Essonne's 8th constituency beginning in 1997; he was previously mayor of Yerres from 1995 to 2017.
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Marc Levy
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- novelistwriteractorfilm producer
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Marc Levy is a French novelist.
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Florian Philippot
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- officialpolitician
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Florian Philippot is a French politician. He served as Vice President of the National Front from 2012 to 2017 before quitting the party to found The Patriots in September 2017, which has failed to win any representation in subsequent elections.
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Audrey Azoulay
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- politicianministerofficialinternational forum participantmanager
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Audrey Azoulay is a French civil servant and politician who has been serving as the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) since 2017, becoming the second female leader of the organization. She previously served as France's Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls from 2016 to 2017.
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Sofia Essaïdi
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- actorsingerfilm actor
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Sofia Essaïdi is a French-Moroccan singer and actress. She was born in Casablanca, to a Moroccan father, Lhabib Essaïdi, and a French mother, Martine Adeline Gardelle.
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Yannick Jadot
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- environmentalistpolitician
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Yannick Jadot is a French environmental activist and politician who ran for President of France in 2022, placing sixth with 4.6% of the vote. A member of The Ecologists (LÉ), he was elected to represent Paris in the Senate in 2023.
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Mohed Altrad
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- businesspersonrugby union executivewriter
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Mohed Altrad is a French-Syrian billionaire businessman, rugby chairman and writer, born c. March 1948. He was born to a very young mother and his Bedouin father gave him away to his grandparents at age four following his mother's death. In 2015, Altrad was named Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year.
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Arnaud Lagardère
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- publisherbusinessperson
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Arnaud Lagardère is a French businessman, the General and Managing Partner of Lagardère SCA, holding company of the Lagardère Group and the chairman and CEO of Hachette. He is the son of Jean-Luc Lagardère, the former chairman of Matra and Hachette.
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Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
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- economistpolitician
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Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Eyadéma is a Togolese politician who has been the president of Togo since 2005. Before assuming the presidency, he was appointed by his father, President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, as Minister of Equipment, Mines, Posts, and Telecommunications, serving from 2003 to 2005.
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Jean Tirole
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- In 1978 graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- economistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Jean Tirole is a French economist who is currently a professor of economics at Toulouse 1 Capitole University. He focuses on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and psychology. In particular, he focuses on the regulation of economic activity in a way that does not hinder innovation while maintaining fair rules.
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Mathilde Lemoine
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- economist
- Biography
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Mathilde Lemoine is a French economist. She is currently the Group Chief Economist of Edmond de Rothschild. She is also a member of the French High Council of Public Finances and an independent Director of retailer Carrefour Group.
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Henri Guaino
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- politicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Henri Guaino is a French speechwriter and politician who served as the member of the National Assembly for the 3rd constituency of Yvelines from 2012 to 2017. A member of The Republicans (LR), he previously was a special advisor to President Nicolas Sarkozy from 2007 until his retirement from politics following the 2012 election.
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Yannick Bolloré
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Yannick Bolloré is a French businessman, currently the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Havas, the fifth largest global communications company, and chairman of the supervisory board of Vivendi, a global entertainment, media and communications company whose majority shareholder is the family-controlled Bolloré Group chaired by his brother Cyrille Bolloré and his father, Vincent Bolloré.
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Mathias Vicherat
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- official
- Biography
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Mathias Vicherat is a French civil servant and director of Sciences Po since 22 November 2021.
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Xavier de Moulins
- Occupations
- journalistwriternews presenter
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Xavier de Moulins is a French journalist, television presenter and author.
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Claude Askolovitch
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- journalist
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Claude Askolovitch is a French journalist and author.
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Olivier Blanchard
- Occupations
- economistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Olivier Jean Blanchard is a French economist and professor who currently serves as the Robert M. Solow Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and as the C. Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He was the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund from September 1, 2008, to September 8, 2015. Blanchard was appointed to the position under the tenure of Dominique Strauss-Kahn; he was succeeded by Maurice Obstfeld. According to IDEAS/RePEc, he is one of the most cited economists in the world.
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Alain Mabanckou
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- Graduated with diplôme d'études approfondies
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherpoet lawyerpoetchildren's writer
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Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA. He is best known for his novels and non-fiction writing depicting the experience of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora in France. He is among the best known and most successful writers in the French language, and one of the best known African writers in France. In some circles in Paris he is known as "the Samuel Beckett of Africa".
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Bruno Bonnell
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- businesspersonengineerpoliticianentrepreneur
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Bruno Bonnell is a French businessman and politician who represented the 6th constituency of Rhône in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM), he is a co-founder of Infogrames Entertainment SA.
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Pierre Rosanvallon
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- In 1981 graduated with doctorate in France in public administration
- Occupations
- professorpolitical scientisteconomisthistoriantrade unionist
- Biography
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Pierre Rosanvallon is a French historian and sociologist. He was named a professor at the Collège de France in 2001, holding the chair in modern and contemporary political history.
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Thomas Boni Yayi
- Occupations
- bankerpoliticianeconomist
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Thomas Boni Yayi is a Beninese banker and politician who was the president of Benin from 2006 to 2016. He took office after winning the March 2006 presidential election and was re-elected to a second term in March 2011. He also served as the chairperson of the African Union from 29 January 2012 to 27 January 2013.
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Jacques-Henri Eyraud
- Occupations
- media proprietorbusinesspersonsports executive
- Biography
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Jacques-Henri Eyraud is a French entrepreneur and media man. He is currently a European Club Association representative on the UEFA Club Competitions Committee, and part of the supervisory board of Marseille, the club in which he formerly served as president from 2016 to 2021.
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Gérard Krawczyk
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- film actorfilm directorscreenwriter
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Gérard Krawczyk is a French film director. He is of Polish descent (his grandparents were from Częstochowa).
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Thierry Bolloré
- Occupations
- business executivebusinesspersoninternational forum participant
- Biography
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Thierry Yves Henri Bolloré is a French businessman, previously CEO of Jaguar Land Rover. He began his career at Michelin, then joined Faurecia in 2005 and Renault in 2012 as Chief Competitive Officer, then was named COO in 2018, before becoming CEO from November 2018 to October 2019.
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Olivier Adam
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- novelistchildren's writerwriterscreenwriter
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Olivier Adam is a French author and screenwriter. His debut novel Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas (Don't worry, I am fine) was adapted into the eponym film. He also writes books for young adults, among them La messe anniversaire. Adam won the 2004 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Passer l'hiver.
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Nicolas Bouzou
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- essayistconsultant
- Biography
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Nicolas Bouzou is a French liberal economist and essayist. A frequent participant in the media, he is also an entrepreneur.
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Hervé Mariton
- Occupations
- Grands corps de l'Etatcadres de la fonction publiquepolitician
- Biography
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Hervé Marie David Mariton is French politician serving as Mayor of Crest since 1995. A member of The Republicans, he was elected to the National Assembly for the third constituency of Drôme from 1993 to 1997 and again from 2002 until 2017, with a brief interruption in 2007, when he was appointed Minister of the Overseas by President Jacques Chirac in the last weeks of his second term, replacing François Baroin, who became Minister of the Interior.
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Alexandre Mars
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- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Alexandre Mars is a French entrepreneur, philanthropist and author.
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Philippe Verdier
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- weather presenterjournalistradio personality
- Biography
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Philippe Verdier is a French radio and television weather presenter, and the author of Climat Investigation, a 2015 book critical of the politics of global warming.
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Aurore Lalucq
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- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Aurore Lalucq is a French economist and politician of the Place Publique party who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
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Wu Chih-chung
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- research fellowuniversity teacherpolitical scientistdiplomat
- Biography
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Wu Chih-chung is a Taiwanese politician. He has been the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Executive Yuan since 20 May 2016, and has later become the Diplomatic Representative from Taiwan in France since 16 July 2018.
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Philippe Oddo
- Occupations
- banker
- Biography
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Philippe Oddo is a French financier and a managing partner of the ODDO BHF group.
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Olivier François
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- In 1984 studied management
- Occupations
- manager
- Biography
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Olivier François is a French business executive and the current CEO of Fiat and Abarth. He also serves as global Chief Marketing officer for Stellantis, as well as a member of the company's Group Executive Council, a position he has held since September 2011. Due to his attention to creativity, he has been referred to as "Chrysler's Don Draper".
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Hervé Novelli
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- liberal professionpolitician
- Biography
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Hervé Novelli is a French politician of Italian origin, and a past member of the UDF group. He was a deputé in the Assemblée Nationale for the Indre-et-Loire département from 2002 to 2007, having previously been a député from 1993–1997. He has also served as a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2002 and as vice-president of the Indre et Loire local government (conseil général) from 1998 to 2001. He is also mayor of Richelieu since 2001. In June 2007, he became a member of the cabinet of Nicolas Sarkozy as an undersecretary for business and foreign trade (secrétaire d’Etat chargé des Entreprises et du Commerce extérieur). He was from March 2008 to 13 November 2010 an undersecretary for commerce, craftsmanship, small and medium businesses, tourism and services (secrétaire d’Etat chargé du commerce, de l’artisanat, des petites et moyennes entreprises, du tourisme et des services) in the cabinet of Nicolas Sarkozy. In March 2006, he has created the association Les Réformateurs.
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Édouard Courtial
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- politician
- Biography
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Édouard Courtial is a French politician of The Republicans who currently serves as a member of the French Senate, representing the Oise department.
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Bernard Ramanantsoa
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- economist
- Biography
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Bernard Ramanantsoa was the Dean of HEC Paris between 1996 and 2015.
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Jacques Maire
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Jacques Maire is a French politician who served as the member of the National Assembly for the 8th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).
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Ernesto Ottone
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- cultural manageractor
- Biography
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Ernesto Renato Ottone Ramírez is a Chilean actor and cultural manager. He served in the second government of Michelle Bachelet, first as Minister President of the National Council of Culture and the Arts (2015–2018), and then as the Minister of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage. In 2018 he was appointed Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO.
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Régis Schultz
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Régis Schultz, is a French businessman, currently the CEO of JD Sports. During his career, Régis Schultz held the positions of President of Retail at Al-Futtaim Group, CEO of French retail chain Monoprix and member of the executive committee of Groupe Casino, CEO of Darty, CEO of French retailer BUT and top executive of Kingfisher PLC.
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Jean-Michel Severino
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- banker
- Biography
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Jean-Michel Severino is a French banker with particular interest in sustainable development. He has held senior positions in the World Bank, and served for more than nine years as the CEO of France's government agency for international development, AFD. Since 2011 he has been CEO of an investment group, Investisseurs et Partenaires (I&P), and a board member for several private companies.
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Chahla Chafiq
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- In 2009 graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- sociologistwriter
- Biography
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Chahla Beski-Chafiq, better known by her pen name Chahla Chafiq, is an Iranian writer and sociologist living in France. She has chosen the pen name "Chafiq" in honor of her mother, Shafiqeh ("compassionate").
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Jean-Pierre Abelin
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- pensionerpoliticiananciens cadres
- Biography
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Jean-Pierre Abelin is a French politician.
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Norodom Sirivudh
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- politician
- Biography
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Norodom Sirivudh is a Cambodian royal politician who served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1994. A member of the royalist FUNCINPEC, he also served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2004 to 2006, and, concurrently, co-Minister of Interior with Sar Kheng. He is the son of King Norodom Suramarit, and a half-brother of King Father Norodom Sihanouk. He was also featured in John Pirozzi's film Don't Think I've Forgotten.
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Mohcine Jazouli
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- In 1991 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mohcine Jazouli is the Moroccan Delegate-Minister to the Head of Government of Investment, Convergence and the Evaluation of Public Policies. He was appointed as minister on 7 October 2021.
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Laurent Beauvais
- Occupations
- politicianClass A official
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Laurent Beauvais is a French politician of the Socialist Party who served as President of the Regional Council of Lower Normandy.
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Bessora
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- writer
- Biography
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Bessora is a novelist and short story writer. After a career in international finance in Geneva, she studied anthropology and wrote her first novel. Since 1999 Bessora has published a book a year on average, mainly through the publishing group Gallimard. Her books have been translated into several languages.
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Fernando Lorenzo
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- Graduated with diplôme d'études approfondies
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Fernando Lorenzo Estefan is a Uruguayan economist and politician.
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Claudiu Năsui
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in economics
- Occupations
- activistpolitician
- Biography
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Claudiu-Iulius-Gavril Năsui is a Romanian politician and economist.
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Anne Sulling
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anne Sulling is an Estonian politician and a member of Riigikogu. She represents the Tartu constituency as a member of the Estonian Reform Party.
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Liliane Tanguy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liliane Tanguy is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Finistère.
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Élisabeth Toutut-Picard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Élisabeth Toutut-Picard is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected as a member of the French National Assembly in the 2017 elections, representing the 7th constituency of the Haute-Garonne department. She served until 2022. Picard contracted COVID-19 on 7 March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ghislain Deslandes
- Occupations
- doctoral advisorprofessorphilosopher
- Biography
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Ghislain Deslandes is a philosopher born in Angers on the 16th of August 1970.
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Gaël Yanno
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gaël Yanno is a French politician, and a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He served as President of the Congress of New Caledonia from 2014 to 2015, and again from July 2018 to May 2019.
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Mario d'Angelo
- Occupations
- sociologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Mario d’Angelo is a French academic, management consultant and author, born in 1954 with Italian and German ancestry. His work in the field of culture and the creative industries is in the line with the system analysis and interdisciplinarity approach. His empirical researches are focused on the European context.
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Laure Hériard-Dubreuil
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Laure Heriard Dubreuil is a French entrepreneur and the founder and creative director of The Webster. The Webster is a luxury multi-brand retailer operating five physical boutiques in the U.S. and an online store. Prior to founding The Webster, Heriard Dubreuil worked in merchandising for both Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent.
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Pascal Morand
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Pascal Morand is the executive president of the Fédération française de la couture. He is also a professor at ESCP Business School, a member of Académie des Technologies (The National Academy of Technologies of France), a member of the Commission d'évaluation des formations et diplômes de gestation (The Commission for the Evaluation of Management Training and Degrees) and, a member of the Conseil national éducation-économie, an organization established by the French National Education Ministry to foster greater cooperation between business and higher education.
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Maria Giannakaki
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maria Georgiou Giannakaki is a Greek politician, former Democratic Left MP and former secretary general at the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights.
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Marie-Cécile Naves
- Born in
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France - Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- researcheruniversity teachersociologistpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Marie-Cécile Naves is a French sociologist and political scientist who is the director of research at Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques. A specialist in the United States, she also speaks on the themes of sports and gender.
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Dagobert Banzio
- Occupations
- civil engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Dagobert Banzio was an Ivorian politician, government minister, and member of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA).
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Anne-Laure Dalibard
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 42)
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- In 2007 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Anne-Laure Dalibard is a French mathematician working on asymptotic behavior of fluid equations occurring in oceanographic models. She works as a staff scientist at the Jacques-Louis Lions Laboratory, a joint research unit between Sorbonne University and the French National Centre for Scientific Research
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Bintou Keita
- Occupations
- official
- Biography
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Bintou Keita is a United Nations diplomat from Guinea. She is an expert in conflict resolution. Since January 2021, she has been the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Faten Kallel
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Faten Kallel, is a Tunisian politician who serves as the Secretary of State, Ministry of Youth and Sports since 27 August 2016. She is a member of the political party Afek Tounes.
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Georges Panayotis
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Georges Panayotis is a French/Greek businessman and consultant for the tourism, hotel and hospitality industries. He has contributed to establishing more than 2,500 hotels (150,000 hotel rooms) in France and throughout EMEA, representing a global investment of over 10.5 billion euros.
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Guy Pujolle
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Guy Pujolle is a computer scientist working in the areas of computer networks and company founder.
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Tobias Adrian
- Occupations
- economistinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Tobias Adrian is a German and American economist who has been Financial Counsellor of the International Monetary Fund and Head of their Monetary and Capital Markets Department since 2017. He was previously employed at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he was a Senior Vice President and the Associate Director of the Research and Statistics Group. His research covers aspects of risk to the wider economy of developments in capital markets. His work has covered the global financial crisis, monetary policy transmission, and the yield curve.
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Saraha Rabeharisoa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Saraha Georget Rabeharisoa is a Malagasy politician and president of the Madagascar Green Party. She was a presidential candidate in the Malagasy presidential election in 2013.
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Luc Magloire Atangana Mbarga
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Luc-Magloire Mbarga Atangana is a Cameroonian, born in 1954 in Nsazomo in Central Region. Holder of a DESS in Public Company Law obtained at Paris Dauphine University in 1987, he has been Minister of Commerce since 8 December 2004.
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Adama Samassékou
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- linguistpolitician
- Biography
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Adama Samassékou from Mali is the current president, with ministerial rank, of the African Academy of Languages. Born in 1946 in Mali, he served between July 2002 and December 2003 as the president of the PrepCom of the Geneva phase of the World Summit on the Information Society. Previously, he was Malian Minister of Education (1993-2000) and former spokesperson for the Government of Mali (1997-2000). Since 2003, he is a member of the Haut Conseil de la Francophonie.
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Sihem Amer-Yahia
- Occupations
- directeur de recherchecomputer scientist
- Biography
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Sihem Amer-Yahia is an Algerian-French-American computer scientist. She is a CNRS Research Director at the Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble. She leads the SLIDE research team. Sihem Amer-Yahia works on data management, declarative languages and query processing algorithms. Her publication topics include crowdsourcing, computational complexity, data analysis, data handling, data visualisation, information science, and addresses new data management problems in emerging internet and big data applications.
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Michèle Sebag
- Enrolled in Paris Dauphine University
- In 1990 graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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Martine-Michèle Sebag is a French computer scientist, primarily focused on machine learning. She has over 6,000 citations.
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Charles Fassou Sagno
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Niankoye Fassou Sagno is a Guinean economist and politician. He belongs to the Guerze ethnic group.
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Abdelaziz Bougja
- Born in
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Morocco - Occupations
- accountant
- Biography
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Bougja Abdelaziz is the former President of World Rugby' African association, Rugby Africa, the administrative body for rugby union in Africa. He is vice-president of the French Association of Travel Management (French: Association Française du Travel Management (AFTM)), the first French organization that represents corporate travel managers. Bougja is member of the World Rugby Audit & Risk and Regulations committees and the Royal Moroccan Rugby Federation (FRMR). During his career, he was involved with Veolia Environment and Marco Polo. Bougja attended University of Toulouse and University of Paris Dauphine from 1975 to 1982 and received a state diploma in accounting expertise. Bougja has extensively contributed to the development of rugby in Africa. For example, during Bougja's tenure, the number of countries involved in rugby increased from 6 to 32 including 22 World Rugby associates and 10 from Rugby Africa.
