100 Notable alumni of
Paris Institute of Political Studies
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Paris Institute of Political Studies is 26th in the world, 8th 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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- officialinternational forum participantbankerpoliticianinvestment banker
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Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician who has been President of France since 2017. Macron is ex officio one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. He previously was Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs under President François Hollande from 2014 to 2016, and as Deputy Secretary-General to the President from 2012 to 2014. He is a founding member of Renaissance, a centrist political party.
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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- lawyerstatespersonjuristpolitician
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Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa is a French politician who served as the President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra from 2007 to 2012.
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Jacques Chirac
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1951-1953
- Occupations
- officialpolitician
- Biography
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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. Prior to 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. Hollande also held the 1st constituency of Corrèze seat in the National Assembly twice, from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 until 2012.
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Éric Zemmour
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1979
- Occupations
- columnisteditorial columnistwriterpoliticianpundit
- Biography
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Éric Zemmour is a French far-right politician, essayist, writer and former 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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- memoiristlawyerjournalistpoliticianjudge
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Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau was a Canadian lawyer and politician 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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- journalistpoliticianlawyer
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François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand was a French politician 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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Rainier III, Prince of Mónaco
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- politicianmonarcharistocrat
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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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Christine Lagarde
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- economistbankerinternational forum participantsynchronized swimmerpolitician
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Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French politician and lawyer who has served as President of the European Central Bank since 2019. She previously served as the 11th Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2011 to 2019. Lagarde had also served in the Government of France, most prominently as Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry from 2007 until 2011. She is the first woman to hold each of those posts.
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Simone Veil
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- lawyerauthormagistratepolitician
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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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Christian Dior
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- fashion designerjewelry designergrand couturierbusinessperson
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Christian Ernest Dior was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. His fashion houses are known all around the world, having gained prominence "on five continents in only a decade."
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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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Charlotte Casiraghi
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- writerpoliticianaristocratequestrianjournalist
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Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi is a Monégasque model, socialite, writer, editor, equestrian, journalist, film producer, and humanitarian. 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 paternal great-grandmother, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois.
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Caroline, Princess of Hanover
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- aristocratgoodwill ambassador
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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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Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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- lawyereconomistpoliticianuniversity teacher
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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.
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François Fillon
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- politicianlegislative assistantlawyer
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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 where he ranked third in the first round of voting.
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Georges Pompidou
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- bankerpolitician
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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 was earlier the longest-ever Prime Minister of France, under President Charles de Gaulle, from 1962 to 1968.
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Teddy Riner
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- judoka
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Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner is a French judoka. He has won eleven World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka (male or female) to do so, and three Olympic gold medals (two individual, one team). He has also won five gold medals at the European Championships. He was a member of the Levallois Sporting Club before joining Paris Saint-Germain in August 2017.
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Gabriel Attal
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 2007-2013
- Occupations
- politician
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Gabriel Nissim Attal de Couriss is a French politician serving as the Prime Minister of France since January 2024.
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Mohammad Mosaddegh
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- diplomatpoliticianwriter
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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 Iranian coup d'état 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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Christian Clavier
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- stage actorcomedianfilm actorfilm producerscreenwriter
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Christian Jean-Marie Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He became widely popular after starring in two hit comedy series: Patrice Leconte's Les Bronzés and Jean-Marie Poiré's Les Visiteurs. He furthered his popularity by taking the role of Asterix in screen adaptations of the renowned comic books by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny.
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Bernard-Henri Lévy
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- publisheractornovelistjournalistbusinessperson
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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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- actormodelsocialite
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Bianca Jagger is a Nicaraguan social and 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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Jean Castex
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- politicianstatesperson
- Biography
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Jean Castex is a French politician who was the country's Prime Minister 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 in May 2022.
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Raphaël Glucksmann
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- documentalistnon-fiction writerpoliticianpolitical scientistjournalist
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Raphaël Glucksmann is a French journalist, film director, and political figure. In May 2019, he was elected a member of the European Parliament, within the S&D alliance.
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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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Ségolène Royal
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- politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
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Marie-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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Laurent Wauquiez
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- ministerpolitician
- Biography
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Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes since 2016. 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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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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- diplomatwriteruniversity teacherpoliticianjurist
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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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Jacques Attali
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1965-1967
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- writerinternational forum participanteconomistbankerpolitician
- Biography
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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
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Alain Marie Juppé 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 1995 to 2004.
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Bảo Đại
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- statesperson
- Biography
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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 emperor of Annam and de jure monarch of 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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Bernadette Chirac
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- politician
- Biography
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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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Paul Biya
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- politician
- Biography
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Paul Biya is a Cameroonian politician who has been the second president of Cameroon since 6 November 1982, having previously been the prime minister of Cameroon from 1975 to 1982. He is the second-longest-ruling president in Africa, 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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Louis Malle
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- camera operatoractordirectorproducerfilm director
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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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Bruno Le Maire
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- diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
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Bruno Le Maire is a French politician, writer, and former diplomat who has served as Economy and Finance Minister since 2017 under President Emmanuel Macron.
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Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1982
- Occupations
- politician
- 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 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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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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Olivier Véran
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- neurologistpolitician
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Olivier Véran is a French neurologist and politician who was Minister of Solidarity and Health in the governments of successive prime ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022. As such, he was a key figure amid the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
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Frédéric Beigbeder
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- actorfilm directorliterary criticscreenwritershort story writer
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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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Yann Moix
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1995
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- writerfilm directortelevision columnistscreenwriterbiographer
- 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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Edvard Beneš
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- sociologistlecturerdiplomatpoliticianassociation football player
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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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Dominique de Villepin
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- diplomatlawyerwriterpoliticianinternational forum participant
- Biography
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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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Jean-Michel Blanquer
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- In 1989 graduated with diplôme d'études approfondies
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- juristcivil servantpoliticianprofesseur des universités
- Biography
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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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Laurent Fabius
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1968
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- lecturerpoliticianforeign ministerdiplomat
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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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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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Anne Sinclair
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- In 1972 graduated with Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées in political science and social science
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- art collectorjournalist
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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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Philippe de Villiers
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- writerpoliticianconspiracy theoristessayistofficial
- 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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Arnaud Montebourg
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- politicianentrepreneurlawyer
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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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Emmanuel Carrère
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- film directorauthorwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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Emmanuel Carrère is a French author, screenwriter and film director.
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Salome Zourabichvili
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- statespersondiplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Salome Zourabichvili is a French-Georgian politician and former diplomat currently serving as the fifth president of Georgia, in office since December 2018. She is the first woman to be elected as Georgia's president, a position she will occupy for a term of six years. As a result of constitutional changes coming into effect in 2024, Zourabichvili is expected to be Georgia's last popularly elected president; future heads of state are to be elected indirectly by a parliamentary college of electors.
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Lionel Jospin
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- university teacherpoliticianwitness 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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Jean Messiha
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1996
- Occupations
- officialpolitician
- Biography
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Jean Messiha is an Egyptian-born French 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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Aurore Bergé
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- politician
- Biography
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Aurore Bergé is a French politician who has been serving as Minister for Gender Equality and Fight against discriminations in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal since January 2024.
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Jack Lang
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1961
- Occupations
- juristpoliticianministerteacher
- 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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Natacha Polony
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- essayistjournalist
- Biography
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Natacha Polony is a French journalist and essayist. 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 is editor-in-chief of the French newspaper Marianne.
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Juan Branco
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- essayistlawyer
- Biography
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Juan Branco is a French and Spanish lawyer, political activist and writer.
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Gisèle Halimi
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- politicianlawyeressayist
- Biography
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Gisèle Halimi was a Tunisian-French lawyer, politician, essayist and feminist activist.
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Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
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- historianuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Hélène Carrère d'Encausse was a French political historian who specialised in Russian history. From 1999 up 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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Leïla Slimani
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- writerjournalist
- Biography
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Leïla Slimani is a Franco-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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Sarah Knafo
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 2013-2016
- Occupations
- officialpolitical adviser
- Biography
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Sarah Knafo is a French magistrate for the Court of Audit, civil servant, author and political activist.
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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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François de Rugy
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- 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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Michel Rocard
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1950
- Occupations
- officialpolitician
- Biography
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Michel Rocard 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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Raymond Aron
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- sociologistprofessoreconomistwriterphilosopher
- 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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Léo Ferré
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- songwriterconductorpoetradio personalitycomposer
- 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-seventies. 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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Édouard Balladur
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- economistpolitician
- 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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Alain Duhamel
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- professorradio personalitydocenttelevision presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Alain Maurice Jacques Duhamel is a prominent French journalist and political commentator.
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Marcelo Ebrard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón is a Mexican politician who served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs until 2023. Affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) since 2018, he was appointed to lead the foreign ministry by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on 1 December 2018. In June 2023, he resigned from his post to compete for his party's presidential candidacy for the 2024 election.
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Emmanuel Todd
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- sociologistdemographer
- 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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Damien Abad
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- politician
- Biography
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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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Florian Zeller
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- writerfilm directordirectorscreenwriterplaywright
- Biography
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Florian Zeller is a French novelist, playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film director. He wrote over a dozen plays, that have been staged worldwide and have made him one of the most celebrated contemporary playwrights.
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Paul Bremer
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- diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
- 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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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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Éric Ciotti
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Éric Ciotti is a French politician who has led the Gaullist The Republicans (LR) party since 2022. He has represented the 1st constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the National Assembly since the 2007 legislative election. He is a member of his party's right-wing, seeking to distance it from Emmanuel Macron's presidency.
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Jonas Gahr Støre
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1981-1985
- Occupations
- shareholderinternational forum participantpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Jonas Gahr Støre is a Norwegian politician who has served as the 36th and current Prime Minister of Norway since 2021 and 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. He has been a Member of the Storting for Oslo since 2009.
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Edwy Plenel
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- non-fiction writerjournalist
- Biography
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Hervé Edwy Plenel is a French political journalist.
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Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
- Occupations
- interviewernews presenterradio personalitymanagerjournalist
- Biography
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Jean-Pierre Elkabbach was a French journalist.
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Anne Nivat
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- In 1996 graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- writerwar correspondentpolitical scientistreporterjournalist
- 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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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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Martine Aubry
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- Grands corps de l'Etatpoliticiananciens cadres
- Biography
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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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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 PS and founder of the Republican and Citizen Movement (MRC), he is a significant figure of the French left.
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David Pujadas
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- news presenterjournalist
- Biography
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David Pujadas is a French journalist and television host.
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas
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- politicianmilitary personnel
- Biography
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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-Christophe Rufin
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- humanitarianphysician writerwriterphysicianscreenwriter
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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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Michel Debré
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- lawyerofficialpoliticiandiplomat
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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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Agnès Pannier-Runacher
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- international forum participantpolitician
- 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 State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.
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Rama Yade
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- politiciandiplomat
- 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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Érik Orsenna
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- economistacademicwriterpolitician
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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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Manon Aubry
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- 2007-2011 graduated with Master of International Affairs
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- humanitarianpoliticianswimmer
- Biography
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Manon Aubry is a French politician who represents the left-wing populist party La France Insoumise. 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.
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Jean-Louis Debré
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1971
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianinterior ministerpolitical scientistmagistrate
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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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Anne Roumanoff
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- actorhumorist
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Anne Roumanoff is a French comedian and actress.
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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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Alain Poher
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- statespersonpoliticianFrench Resistance fighter
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Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher was a French politician who briefly served as Acting President of France twice, in 1969 and 1974. He held the office ad interim as President of the Senate following the resignation of Charles de Gaulle and the death of Georges Pompidou. 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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Pierre Moscovici
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- politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
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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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Gérard Leclerc
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1975-1976
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- journalistnews presenteraircraft pilotradio personality
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Gérard Leclerc was a French journalist.
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Frédéric Mitterrand
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- screenwriterradio personalityactorfilm actorfilm producer
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Frédéric Mitterrand is a French politician who served as Minister of Culture and Communication of France from 2009 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. Throughout his career, he has been an actor, screenwriter, television presenter, writer, producer and director.
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Christine Ockrent
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- television presenternews presenterbiographerinternational forum participantjournalist
- Biography
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Christine Ockrent is a Belgian journalist whose career has principally centered on French television.
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François-Xavier Demaison
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- stand-up comedianstage actorfilm actoractorcomedian
- Biography
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François-Xavier Demaison is a French actor and humorist.
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Serge Klarsfeld
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- historianNazis hunterwriter
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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.
