100 Notable alumni of
Paris Institute of Political Studies
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Paris Institute of Political Studies is 25th in the world, 7th in Europe, and 1st in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Paris Institute of Political Studies sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Emmanuel Macron
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- officialbankerpoliticianinvestment bankerstatesperson
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Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. He previously was Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs under President François Hollande from 2014 to 2016 and deputy secretary-general to the president from 2012 to 2014. He has been a member of Renaissance since he founded it in 2016.
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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- politicianjuriststatespersonlawyer
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Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. In 2021, he was found guilty of having tried to bribe a judge in 2014 to obtain information and spending beyond legal campaign funding limits during his 2012 re-election campaign.
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Jacques Chirac
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1951-1953
- Occupations
- politicianofficial
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Jacques René Chirac was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
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François Hollande
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- statesperson
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François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. Before his presidency, he was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from 2001 to 2008, as well as President of the General Council of Corrèze from 2008 to 2012. He also has also held the 1st constituency of Corrèze seat in the National Assembly three times, first from 1988 to 1993, then from 1997 to 2012, and from 2024 onwards.
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Éric Zemmour
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1979
- Occupations
- punditpoliticianactivistjournalistcolumnist
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Éric Justin Léon Zemmour is a French far-right politician, essayist, writer and political journalist and pundit. He was an editor and panelist on Face à l'Info, a daily show broadcast on CNews, from 2019 to 2021. He ran in the 2022 French presidential election, in which he placed fourth in the first round.
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Pierre Trudeau
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- memoiristpoliticianlawyerjournalistdiarist
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Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau PC CC CH QC FRSC was a Canadian politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Between his non-consecutive terms as prime minister, he served as the leader of the Opposition from 1979 to 1980.
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François Mitterrand
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- politicianjournalistlawyer
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François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was a French politician and statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France. As a former Socialist Party First Secretary, he was the first left-wing politician to assume the presidency under the Fifth Republic.
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Gabriel Attal
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 2007-2013
- Occupations
- cadres de la fonction publiquepolitician
- Biography
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Gabriel Nissim Attal de Couriss is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from January to September 2024. As a member of the Renaissance party, Attal rapidly rose up the political ranks following his election to the National Assembly in June 2017. He became the Junior Minister to the Minister of National Education and Youth in 2018, which made him the youngest person to serve in the Government of France; the Spokesperson of the Government in 2020; the Minister of Public Action and Accounts in 2022; and the Minister of National Education and Youth in 2023.
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Rainier III, Prince of Mónaco
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- monarchpoliticianaristocrat
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Rainier III was Prince of Monaco from 1949 to his death in 2005. Rainier ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years.
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Simone Veil
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- authorpoliticianlawyerjudgemagistrate
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Simone Veil was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office. As health minister, she is best remembered for advancing women's rights in France, in particular for the 1975 law that legalized abortion, today known as the Veil Act (French: Loi Veil). From 1998 to 2007, she was a member of the Constitutional Council, France's highest legal authority.
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Teddy Riner
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- judoka
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Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner is a French heavyweight judoka. An eleven-time world champion in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division, two-time openweight world champion and one-time world champion with the French men's team, he is the first and only judoka in history to win twelve gold medals at the World Judo Championships. Having won the gold medal in the Men's +100 kg event at the Summer Olympics three times (2012, 2016 and 2024) and, as a member of the French team, in the mixed team event twice (2020 and 2024). Additionally, he is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (2008 and 2020), a five-time European champion, a four-time World Masters gold medalist and eleven-time Grand Slam winner in his weight category.
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Édouard Philippe
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1992
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Édouard Charles Philippe is a French politician serving as mayor of Le Havre since 2020, previously holding the office from 2010 to 2017. He was Prime Minister of France from 15 May 2017 to 3 July 2020 under President Emmanuel Macron.
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Princess Caroline of Monaco
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- goodwill ambassadoraristocrat
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Princess Caroline Louise Marguerite of Monaco is Princess of Hanover by marriage to Prince Ernst August. As the eldest child of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly, she is the elder sister of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Princess Stéphanie.
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Charlotte Casiraghi
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- aristocratpoliticianwriterjournalistequestrian
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Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi is a Monégasque model, socialite, equestrian and journalist. She is the second child of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and Stefano Casiraghi, an Italian industrialist. She is eleventh in line to the throne of Monaco. Her maternal grandparents were Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly. She is named after her maternal great-grandmother, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois.
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Georges Pompidou
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- politicianbanker
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Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 to his death in 1974. He previously served as Prime Minister of France under President Charles de Gaulle from 1962 to 1968, a longevity record under the Fifth Republic.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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- university teacherpoliticianeconomistlawyer
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Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn, also known as DSK, is a French economist and politician who served as the tenth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and was a member of the French Socialist Party. He attained notoriety due to his involvement in several sex scandals.
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Mohammad Mosaddegh
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- writerpoliticiandiplomat
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Mohammad Mosaddegh was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 30th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis. He was a member of the Iranian parliament from 1923, and served through a contentious 1952 election into the 17th Iranian Majlis, until his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iran coup aided by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom (MI6) and the United States (CIA), led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr. His National Front was suppressed from the 1954 election.
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François Fillon
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- legislative assistantpoliticianlawyer
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François Charles Armand Fillon is a French retired politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of The Republicans (previously known as the Union for a Popular Movement), the country's largest centre-right political party, for the 2017 presidential election in which he ranked third in the first round of voting.
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Raphaël Glucksmann
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- political scientistpoliticiannon-fiction writerdocumentalistjournalist
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Raphaël Glucksmann is a French politician. Since 2019, he has been a member of the European Parliament, within the S&D alliance.
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Christian Clavier
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- screenwriterfilm producerfilm actorcomedianstage actor
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Christian Jean-Marie Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. A co-founder of Le Splendid in the 1970s, a Parisian café-théâtre company which soon garnered success, he became widely popular after starring in two hit comedy series: Patrice Leconte's Les Bronzés and Jean-Marie Poiré's Les Visiteurs.
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Léa Salamé
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- journalisttelevision presenterradio personality
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Hala Léa Salamé, known as Léa Salamé, is a Lebanese-born French journalist.
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Bernard-Henri Lévy
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- businesspersonjournalistnovelistactorpublisher
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Bernard-Henri Georges Lévy is a French public intellectual. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the "Nouveaux Philosophes" (New Philosophers) movement in 1976. His opinions, political activism and publications have also been the subject of several controversies over the years.
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Bianca Jagger
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- socialitemodelactor
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Bianca Jagger is a Nicaraguan social activist, human rights advocate, and a former actress. Jagger currently serves as a Council of Europe goodwill ambassador, founder and chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, member of the Executive Director's Leadership Council of Amnesty International USA, and a trustee of the Amazon Charitable Trust.
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Ségolène Royal
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Ségolène Royal is a French politician who was the Socialist Party candidate for the presidency of France in the 2007 election.
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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 2000
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem is a Moroccan-born French former politician and jurist. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), she served in a number of ministerial positions during the presidency of François Hollande. Vallaud-Belkacem was the first woman to serve as Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research, holding the position from 2014 to 2017 under Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve.
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Jean Castex
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- statespersonpolitician
- Biography
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Jean Castex is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 3 July 2020 to 16 May 2022. He was a member of The Republicans (LR) until 2020, when he joined La République En Marche! (LREM). Castex served for twelve years as mayor of the small town of Prades prior to his appointment as prime minister by President Emmanuel Macron. He resigned his post ahead of the 2022 legislative election. He has been president of the state-owned RATP since November 2022.
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Laurent Wauquiez
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- politiciancadres de la fonction publiqueminister
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Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes from 2016 to 2024. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 following the resignation of Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Bảo Đại
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- statesperson
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Bảo Đại, born Nguyễn Phúc (Phước) Vĩnh Thụy (chữ Hán: 阮福永瑞), was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was de jure emperor of Annam and Tonkin, which were then protectorates in French Indochina, covering the present-day central and northern Vietnam. Bảo Đại ascended the throne in 1932.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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- politicianuniversity teacherwriterdiplomatjurist
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Boutros-Ghali was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt between 1977 and 1979. He oversaw the United Nations over a period coinciding with several world crises, including the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Rwandan genocide.
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Paul Biya
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- politician
- Biography
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Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo is a Cameroonian politician who is the second president of Cameroon since 1982, having previously been the fifth prime minister from 1975 to 1982. As of 2025, he is the second-longest-ruling president in Africa (after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial Guinea) and the longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world and the oldest head of state in the world.
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Jacques Attali
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1965-1967
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- politicianwritereconomistbanker
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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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Alain Juppé
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1968
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
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Alain Marie Juppé OQ is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the country and became very unpopular. He left office after the victory of the left in the snap 1997 legislative elections. He had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, and as Minister of the Budget and Spokesman for the Government from 1986 to 1988. He was president of the political party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) from 2002 to 2004 and mayor of Bordeaux from 2006 to 2019.
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Bernadette Chirac
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- politician
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Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac is a French politician and the widow of the former president Jacques Chirac.
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Bruno Le Maire
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- diplomatpolitician
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Bruno Le Maire is a French politician, writer, and former diplomat who served as Economy and Finance Minister from 2017 to 2024 under President Emmanuel Macron.
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Louis Malle
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- screenwriterfilm directorproducerdirectoractor
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Louis Marie Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "a filmmaker difficult to pin down", Malle made documentaries, romances, period dramas, and thrillers. He often depicted provocative or controversial subject matter.
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Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1982
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- cadres de la fonction publiquepolitician
- Biography
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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 was 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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Ingrid Betancourt
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- politician
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Íngrid Betancourt Pulecio is a Colombian politician, former senator and anti-corruption activist, especially opposing political corruption.
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Salome Zourabichvili
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- politiciandiplomatstatesperson
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Salomé Nino Zourabichvili is a French-born Georgian politician, former diplomat and the fifth president of Georgia – the first female president in the country's history. As a result of the constitutional amendments that came into effect in 2024, Zourabichvili became the last popularly elected president; under the new constitutional rules, moving forward Georgian presidents are to be elected indirectly by a parliamentary college of electors.
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Dominique de Villepin
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- politicianwriterlawyerdiplomat
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Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007 under President Jacques Chirac.
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Olivier Véran
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- politiciancadres de la fonction publiqueneurologist
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Olivier Véran is a French neurologist and politician. He served as Minister of Solidarity and Health from 2020 to 2022 under Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex, becoming a key figure during the COVID-19 pandemic in France. Subsequently, he held the positions of Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament and Democratic Life (May–July 2022) and Minister Delegate for Democratic Renewal and Spokesperson of the Government (2022–2024) in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne.
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Frédéric Beigbeder
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- short story writerscreenwriterliterary criticfilm directoractor
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Frédéric Beigbeder is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel Windows on the World and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book A French Novel. He is also the creator of the Flore and Sade Awards. In addition, he is the executive director of Lui, a French adult entertainment magazine.
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Edvard Beneš
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- association football playerpoliticiandiplomatlecturersociologist
- Biography
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Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II.
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Amélie Oudéa-Castéra
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- officialtennis player
- Biography
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Amélie Oudéa-Castéra is a French politician, businesswoman, and former professional tennis player who has been serving as Minister of Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Games in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal from May 2022 to September 2024.
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Philippe de Villiers
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- officialessayistconspiracy theoristpoliticianwriter
- Biography
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Philippe Marie Jean Joseph Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon, known as Philippe de Villiers, is a French entrepreneur, politician and novelist. He is the founder of the Puy du Fou theme park in Vendée, which is centred around the history of France. Appointed Secretary of State for Culture in 1986 by President François Mitterrand, de Villiers entered the National Assembly the following year and the European Parliament in 1994.
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Yann Moix
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1995
- Occupations
- film directorbiographertelevision columnistscreenwriterwriter
- Biography
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Yann Moix is a French author, film director and television presenter. He is the author of ten novels and the recipient of several literary prizes. He has directed three films. He was a columnist on On n'est pas couché.
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Laurent Fabius
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1968
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- politicianlecturerdiplomatforeign minister
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Laurent Fabius is a French politician serving as president of the Constitutional Council since 8 March 2016. A member of the Socialist Party, he previously served as Prime Minister of France from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986. Fabius was 37 years old when he was appointed and is, after Gabriel Attal, the second youngest prime minister of the Fifth Republic.
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Aurore Bergé
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- cadres de la fonction publiquepolitician
- Biography
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Aurore Bergé is a French politician who served as Minister for Equality between women and men and Fight against discriminations in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal from January to September 2024 and again in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou since December 2024.
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Sarah Knafo
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 2013-2016
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical adviserofficial
- Biography
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Sarah Knafo is a French magistrate, member of the Cour des Comptes, civil servant, author and politician. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2024.
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Jean-Michel Blanquer
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- In 1989 graduated with diplôme d'études approfondies
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- civil servantpoliticianprofesseur des universitéscadres de la fonction publiquejurist
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Jean-Michel Blanquer is a French jurist and government official serving as Minister of National Education under Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2017 to 2022.
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Lionel Jospin
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- politicianuniversity teacherwitness filmed
- Biography
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Lionel Robert Jospin is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.
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Anne Sinclair
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- In 1972 graduated with Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées in social science and political science
- Occupations
- journalistart collector
- Biography
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Anne Sinclair is a French-American television and radio interviewer. She hosted one of the most popular political shows for more than thirteen years on TF1, the largest European private TV channel. She is heiress to much of the fortune of her maternal grandfather, art dealer Paul Rosenberg. She covered the 2008 US presidential campaign for the French Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche and the French TV channel Canal+. She married French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 1991 and divorced him in 2013 in the aftermath of the New York v. Strauss-Kahn case. She was portrayed in the 2014 feature film Welcome to New York.
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Juan Branco
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- lawyeressayist
- Biography
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Juan Branco is a French and Spanish lawyer, political activist, and writer.
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Emmanuel Carrère
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- screenwriterwriterauthorfilm director
- Biography
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Emmanuel Carrère is a French author, screenwriter and film director.
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Benjamin Griveaux
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- politician
- Biography
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Benjamin-Blaise Griveaux is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as Government Spokesman from 2017 to 2019 under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. From 2017 until 2021, he also served as a member of the National Assembly, representing the 5th constituency of Paris, which encompasses the 3rd and 10th arrondissements.
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Jack Lang
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1961
- Occupations
- ministerpoliticianjuristteacher
- Biography
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Jack Mathieu Émile Lang is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as Minister of Culture from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993, as well as Minister of National Education from 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002.
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Jean Messiha
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1996
- Occupations
- politiciancadres de la fonction publiquepundit
- Biography
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Jean Messiha is an Egyptian-born French far-right economist, media personality, and formerly a politician and senior civil servant. He was appointed Deputy Undersecretary of Management at the Ministry of Defence in 2014 before he joined the National Front (FN) in 2016, when he became spokesman of Horaces, a group of high-ranking civil servants and business executives who meet once a month to discuss the party platform. Messiha stood as a candidate in the 2017 legislative election in the 4th constituency of the Aisne department.
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Manon Aubry
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- 2007-2011 graduated with Master of International Affairs
- Occupations
- swimmerpoliticianhumanitarian
- Biography
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Manon Aubry is a French politician who represents the left-wing party La France Insoumise (LFI). A former advocacy officer for Oxfam France, she won a seat in the 2019 European Parliament election and the same year was elected co-chair with Martin Schirdewan of The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) group. She retained her seat following the 2024 European Parliament election.
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Arnaud Montebourg
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- entrepreneurpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Arnaud Montebourg is a French politician, lawyer and entrepreneur who served as the Minister of Industrial Renewal from 2012 to 2014, then as Minister of Economy, Industrial Renewal, and Digital Affairs, 31 March 2014 until his resignation on 25 August.
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Natacha Polony
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- journalistessayist
- Biography
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Natacha Polony is a French journalist and essayist of Polish origin. She notably worked on the France 2 television show On n'est pas couché, hosted by Laurent Ruquier, from 2011 until 2014. Since 2018, she has been editor-in-chief of the French newspaper Marianne.
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Gisèle Halimi
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- politicianessayistlawyer
- Biography
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Gisèle Halimi was a Tunisian-French lawyer, politician, essayist and feminist activist.
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Éric Ciotti
- Occupations
- cadres de la fonction publiquepolitician
- Biography
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Éric Ciotti is a French politician who led The Republicans (LR) from 2022 to 2024. He has represented Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency in the National Assembly since the 2007 legislative election. Once a member of The Republicans' right-wing, he was seeking to distance the party from Emmanuel Macron's presidency. He left The Republicans in 2024, and is now the leader of the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR) party and parliamentary group.
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Leïla Slimani
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- writerjournalistnovelist
- Biography
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Leïla Slimani is a French-Moroccan writer and journalist. She is also a French diplomat in her capacity as the personal representative of the French president Emmanuel Macron to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. In 2016, she was awarded the Prix Goncourt for her novel Chanson douce.
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Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
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- politicianuniversity teacherhistorian
- Biography
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Hélène Carrère d'Encausse was a French political historian who specialised in Russian history. From 1999 until her death in 2023, she served as the Perpetual Secretary of the Académie Française, to which she was first elected in 1990.
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Alain Duhamel
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- adjunct professorjournalisttelevision presenterdocentradio personality
- Biography
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Alain Maurice Jacques Duhamel is a prominent French journalist and political commentator.
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Audrey Azoulay
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- ministerpoliticianmanagerofficial
- Biography
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Audrey Azoulay is a French-Moroccan civil servant and politician who has served as the 11th 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 under Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve from 2016 to 2017. In 2024 she won the award of Paris Dauphine University Alumna of the Year.
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Mathilde Panot
- Occupations
- politiciancorporate administrative and commercial executive
- Biography
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Mathilde Panot is a French left-wing politician who has been President of the La France Insoumise group in the National Assembly since October 2021. She was elected to the National Assembly in the 2017 legislative election, where she represents the 10th constituency of the Val-de-Marne department.
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Édouard Balladur
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Édouard Balladur is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 17 May 1995. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1995 French presidential election, coming in third place.
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Raymond Aron
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- political scientistphilosopherwritereconomistprofessor
- Biography
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Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, historian and journalist, one of France's most prominent thinkers of the 20th century.
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Michel Rocard
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1950
- Occupations
- politicianofficial
- Biography
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Michel Rocard AC OQ was a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991 during which he created the Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI), a social minimum welfare program for indigents, and achieved the Matignon Accords regarding the status of New Caledonia. He was a member of the European Parliament, and was strongly involved in European policies until 2009. In 2007, he joined a Commission under the authority of Nicolas Sarkozy's Minister of Education, Xavier Darcos.
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Emmanuel Todd
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- demographeressayist
- Biography
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Emmanuel Todd is a French historian, anthropologist, demographer, sociologist and political scientist at the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris. His research examines the different family structures around the world and their relationship with beliefs, ideologies, political systems, and historical events. He has also published a number of political essays, which have received broad coverage in France.
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Léo Ferré
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- singerpoetcomposersinger-songwriterpianist
- Biography
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Léo Ferré was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer. He released some forty albums over this period, composing the music and the majority of the lyrics. He released many hit singles, particularly between 1960 and the mid-1970s. Some of his songs have become classics of the French chanson repertoire, including "Avec le temps", "C'est extra", "Jolie Môme" and "Paris-Canaille".
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Renaud Camus
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Graduated with bachelors degree in political science
- Occupations
- writerpolitical activist
- Biography
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Renaud Camus is a French writer. He is the inventor of the "Great Replacement", a term describing the demographic replacement of white Europeans by those of non-European ancestry.
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Frédéric Mitterrand
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1968
- Occupations
- television producerpoliticianfilm directorwriterfilm producer
- Biography
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Frédéric Mitterrand was a French actor, screenwriter, producer, and politician who served as Minister of Culture and Communication of France from 2009 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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François de Rugy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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François Henri Goullet de Rugy is a French politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2018 and Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition from 2018 to 2019.
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Martine Aubry
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- politiciananciens cadres
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Martine Louise Marie Aubry is a French politician. She was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste, or PS) from November 2008 to April 2012, and has been the Mayor of Lille (Nord) since March 2001; she is also the first woman to hold this position. Her father, Jacques Delors, served as Minister of Finance under President François Mitterrand and was also President of the European Commission.
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Jonas Gahr Støre
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1981-1985
- Occupations
- shareholderpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Jonas Gahr Støre is a Norwegian politician who has served as the prime minister of Norway since 2021. He has been Leader of the Labour Party since 2014. He served under Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2012 and as Minister of Health and Care Services from 2012 to 2013. Støre has been a member of the Storting for Oslo since 2009.
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Bruno Retailleau
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- politicianpermanent politician
- Biography
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Bruno Daniel Marie Paul Retailleau is a French politician who was appointed Minister of the Interior in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier on 21 September 2024. He retained the office the following 23 December in the government of François Bayrou with the senior title of Minister of State.
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Marcelo Ebrard
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- politician
- Biography
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Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón is a Mexican politician who has served as the secretary of economy since 2024. He previously served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador from 2018 to 2023. He served as Head of Government of the Federal District (Mexico City) from 2006 to 2012.
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Paul Bremer
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- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Lewis Paul Bremer III is a retired American diplomat. He was the second de facto head of state of Iraq as leader of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States, from May 2003 until June 2004.
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Florian Zeller
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- film directorscreenwriterplaywrightdirectorwriter
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Florian Zeller is a French novelist, playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film director. He has written over a dozen plays, that have been staged worldwide and have made him one of the most celebrated contemporary playwrights.
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Agnès Pannier-Runacher
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- cadres de la fonction publiquepolitician
- Biography
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Agnès Pannier-Runacher is a French business executive and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Minister of Ecological Transition in the successive governments of Prime Ministers Michel Barnier and François Bayrou since 2024.
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Anne Nivat
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- In 1996 graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- war correspondentwriterjournalistreporterpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Anne Nivat is a French journalist and war correspondent who has covered conflicts in Chechnya, Iraq, and Afghanistan. She is known for interviews and character portraits in print of civilians, especially women, and their experiences of war.
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Edwy Plenel
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- journalistnon-fiction writer
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Hervé Edwy Plenel is a French political journalist.
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Damien Abad
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- miscellaneous persons without work under 60 excluding retireespoliticiananciens cadres
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Damien Abad is a French politician who briefly served as Minister of Solidarity in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022.
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David René de Rothschild
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- banker
- Biography
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Baron David René James de Rothschild is a French banker and a member of the French branch of the Rothschild family. Since 2018, he is supervisory board chairman of Rothschild & Co and chairman of Rothschild Continuation Holdings, a Swiss holding company.
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas
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- military personneltennis playerpoliticianjournalistrugby union player
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. He was the Mayor of Bordeaux from 1947 to 1995 and a deputy for the Gironde département between 1946 and 1997.
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Jean-Pierre Chevènement
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1960
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jean-Pierre Chevènement is a French politician who served as a minister in the 1980s and 1990s best known for his candidacy in the 2002 French presidential election. After serving as mayor of Belfort, he was elected to the Senate for the Territoire de Belfort in 2008. As a cofounder of the Socialist Party (PS) and founder of the Citizen and Republican Movement (MRC), he is a significant figure of the French left.
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Florence Parly
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- politician
- Biography
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Florence Parly is a French politician who served as Minister of the Armed Forces under President Emmanuel Macron from 2017 to 2022. A former member of the Socialist Party (PS), she previously served as Secretary of State for the Budget from 2000 to 2002 under President Jacques Chirac.
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Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
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- radio personalitynews presenterinterviewerjournalistmanager
- Biography
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Jean-Pierre Elkabbach was a French journalist.
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Jean-Christophe Rufin
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- screenwriterphysicianwriterphysician writerhumanitarian
- Biography
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Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor, diplomat, historian, globetrotter and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, one of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières, and a member of the Académie française.
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David Pujadas
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- journalistnews presenter
- Biography
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David Pujadas is a French journalist and television host.
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Rama Yade
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- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Rama Yade is a Senegalese-born French politician and author who has been director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center since 2021.
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Michel Debré
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- politicianofficiallawyerdiplomat
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Michel Jean-Pierre Debré was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1959 to 1962. In terms of political personality, Debré was intense and immovable and had a tendency to rhetorical extremism.
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Serge Klarsfeld
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- Nazis hunterhistorianwriter
- Biography
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Serge Klarsfeld is a Romanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter known for documenting the Holocaust in order to establish the record and to enable the prosecution of war criminals. Since the 1960s, he has made notable efforts to commemorate the Jewish victims of German-occupied France and has been a supporter of Israel.
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Jean-François Copé
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1987
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jean-François Copé is a French politician serving as Mayor of Meaux since 1995 with an interruption from 2002 to 2005. He was Government Spokesman between 2002 and 2007, when assumed other tenures in the government—including Minister of the Budget—at the same time. He also served as the member of the National Assembly for the 6th constituency of Seine-et-Marne and president of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) group in the National Assembly. In November 2010 he became the party's secretary-general. In August 2012 he announced that he would run for the presidency of the UMP, facing the former Prime Minister François Fillon.
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Pierre Moscovici
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Pierre Moscovici is a French politician who served as the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2014 and as Minister for European Affairs between 1997 and 2002.
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Érik Orsenna
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- politicianwriteracademiceconomist
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Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po"), Orsenna specialized in economics at the London School of Economics. He was a close collaborator of François Mitterrand and held several government positions in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a member (currently on leave) of the Conseil d'État, having been appointed in 1985. He was elected to the Académie Française on 28 May 1998. He won the 1990 International Nonino Prize in Italy. For Voyage au pays du coton he received the second prize of the Lettre Ulysses Award in 2006.
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Jean-Louis Debré
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1971
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- political scientistinterior ministerpoliticianjudgemagistrate
- Biography
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Jean-Louis Debré is a former French judge and politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and President of the Constitutional Council from 2007 to 2016. He was Minister of the Interior from 1995 until 1997 during the presidency of Jacques Chirac. Since 2016 he has been President of the Superior Council of Archives.
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Alain Poher
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- French resistance fighterpoliticianstatesperson
- Biography
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Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher was a French politician who served as President of the Senate from 1968 to 1992. Under this capacity, he was twice briefly acting President of France, in 1969 and 1974 following the resignation of Charles de Gaulle and the death of Georges Pompidou respectively. Poher was affiliated with the Popular Republican Movement (MRP) until 1966 and later with the Democratic Centre (CD) and Centre of Social Democrats (CSD), which he joined in 1976.
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François-Xavier Demaison
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- actorfilm actorstage actorstand-up comediancomedian
- Biography
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François-Xavier Demaison is a French actor and humorist.
