100 Notable alumni of
Paris Institute of Political Studies
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Paris Institute of Political Studies is 26th 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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- bankerpoliticianinvestment bankerstatespersonofficial
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Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He served as Minister of Economics and Finance under President François Hollande from 2014 to 2016. He has been a member of Renaissance since founding the party in 2016.
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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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- lawyerofficialstatespersonanciens cadrespolitician
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François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande is a French politician who served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra 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 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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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 has served as the General Secretary of Renaissance since December 2024 and president of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly since September 2024. He previously served as the prime minister of France from January to September 2024. He was the youngest and the first openly gay prime minister in French history. He previously served in various ministerial positions.
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François Mitterrand
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- lawyerpoliticianjournalist
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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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Éric Zemmour
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1979
- Occupations
- journalistcolumnisteditorial columnistwriterpundit
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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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- lawyerwriterjuristlaw professorteacher
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Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau was a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984. Between his non-consecutive terms as prime minister, he served as the leader of the Official Opposition from 1979 to 1980.
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Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
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- aristocratmonarchpolitician
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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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- politicianlawyerjudgemagistrateauthor
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Simone Veil was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor and politician. Deported as a teenager to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later Bergen-Belsen, she became a prominent advocate for human dignity and European reconciliation. As minister of health, she championed women’s rights and is best remembered for the landmark 1975 law legalising abortion, known as the Veil Act (French: Loi Veil).
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Teddy Riner
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- judoka
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Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner is a French heavyweight judoka. A nine-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. He 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 an 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 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 twelfth in line to the throne of Monaco. Her maternal grandparents were Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly.
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Mohammad Mosaddegh
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- diplomatwriterpolitician
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Mohammad Mosaddegh was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 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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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 until his death in 1974. He had previously served from 1962 to 1968 as Prime Minister of France under President Charles de Gaulle, with whom he was closely associated throughout his career.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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- economistlawyeruniversity teacherpolitician
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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. Strauss-Kahn was a professor of economics at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense and Sciences Po, and was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1997 to 1999, as part of Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government. He sought the nomination in the Socialist Party presidential primary of 2006, but was defeated by Ségolène Royal.
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Raphaël Glucksmann
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- politiciannon-fiction writerdocumentalistjournalistpolitical scientist
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Raphaël Glucksmann is a French politician. Since 2019, he has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP), within the S&D alliance, being the lead candidate for the PS-PP alliance in 2019 and 2024. He is the co-president of the political party Place publique.
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Christian Clavier
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- film producerfilm actorcomedianstage actorfilm director
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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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François Fillon
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- lawyerlegislative assistantpolitician
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François Charles Amand 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 French presidential election in which he ranked third in the first round of voting.
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Bernard-Henri Lévy
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- film directorwriterphilosopherpublisherfilm producer
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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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- actorsocialitemodel
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Bianca Jagger is a Nicaraguan social activist, human rights advocate, and a former actress. She gained international prominence in the 1970s through her marriage to Mick Jagger, the frontman of the Rolling Stones. Renowned for her influential style, Jagger was inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame in 1976.
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Paul Biya
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- politicianminister
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Paul Barthélemy Biya is a Cameroonian politician who has been serving as the second president of Cameroon since 1982. He was previously the fifth prime minister under President Ahmadou Ahidjo from 1975 to 1982. As of 2026, 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; at the age of 93, he is also the oldest current head of state in the world.
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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. 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. After leaving public office, he served as president of the state-owned RATP from 2022 to 2025, and has served as president of the SNCF since November 2025.
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Laurent Wauquiez
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- ministerpoliticiancadres de la fonction publique
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Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez is a French politician who 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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- monarchstatesperson
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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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Ségolène Royal
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- lawyerpolitician
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Ségolène Royal is a French politician who took part in the 2007 French presidential election, losing to Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round. She was the first woman in France's history to reach the second round in a presidential election.
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Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 2000
- Occupations
- politician
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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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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- In 1949 graduated with Doctor in supranational law
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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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Louis Malle
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- film producerfilm directorcinematographeractordirector
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Louis Marie Malle was a French filmmaker who worked in France and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "difficult to pin down", his works often depict provocative or controversial subject matter.
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Jacques Attali
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1965-1967
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- writereconomistbankerpolitician
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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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Dominique de Villepin
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- writerlawyerdiplomatpolitician
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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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Sarah Knafo
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 2013-2016
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- political adviserofficialpolitician
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Sarah Knafo is a French magistrate and politician. She was a member of the Cour des Comptes from 2020 to 2024. A member of Reconquête, she was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2024, where she sits with the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) group. She is a candidate in the 2026 Paris municipal election to become mayor of Paris.
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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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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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Bruno Le Maire
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- diplomatpolitician
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Bruno Maurice Marie Le Maire is a French politician, writer and former diplomat.
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Philippe de Villiers
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- essayistconspiracy theoristpoliticianwriterofficial
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Philippe Marie Jean Joseph Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon, known as Philippe de Villiers ( French: [filip də vilje]), 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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Ingrid Betancourt
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- politician
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Íngrid Betancourt Pulecio is a Colombian-French politician, former senator, and anti-corruption activist. She gained international prominence after being kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2002 while campaigning for the Colombian presidency as a Green candidate. She was rescued in 2008 during Operation Jaque, a military operation conducted by Colombian security forces.
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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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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 for the 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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Olivier Véran
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- neurologistpoliticiancadres de la fonction publique
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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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Edvard Beneš
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- lecturersociologistteacherassociation football playerpolitician
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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
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Amélie Oudéa-Castéra is a French politician, businesswoman, and former professional tennis player who served 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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Frédéric Beigbeder
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- literary criticfilm directoractornovelistpublisher
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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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Bruno Retailleau
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- politicianpermanent politician
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Bruno Daniel Marie Paul Retailleau is a French politician who served as Minister of the Interior and Minister of State in the Bayrou government, as well as the preceding Barnier government from 2024 to 2025. In May 2025, he was elected president of The Republicans.
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Salome Zourabichvili
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- diplomatstatespersonpolitician
- Biography
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Salomé Nino Zourabichvili is a French-born Georgian politician and former diplomat who served as the fifth president of Georgia, becoming the first woman to be elected as 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, Georgian presidents are to be elected indirectly by the Georgian Electoral Assembly.
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Emmanuel Carrère
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- writerauthorfilm directorscreenwriter
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Emmanuel Carrère is a French author, screenwriter and film director.
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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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Laurent Fabius
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1968
- Occupations
- diplomatforeign ministerpoliticianlecturer
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Laurent Pierre Emmanuel Fabius is a French politician who has served in a number of capacities, most recently as president of the Constitutional Council from 2016 to 2025. 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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Anne Sinclair
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- In 1972 graduated with Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées in social science and political science
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- journalistart collector
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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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Lionel Jospin
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- university teacherwitness filmedpolitician
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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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Manon Aubry
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- 2007-2011 graduated with Master of International Affairs
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- humanitarianswimmerpolitician
- 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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Jack Lang
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1961
- Occupations
- juristteacherministerpolitician
- 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-Michel Blanquer
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- In 1989 graduated with diplôme d'études approfondies
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- university teachercivil servantpoliticiancadres de la fonction publiquejurist
- 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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Yann Moix
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1995
- Occupations
- biographertelevision columnistscreenwriterwriternovelist
- Biography
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Yann Moix is a French author, film director and media commentator. The author of fifteen novels and the recipient of several literary prizes, he has also directed two feature films and was a columnist on the talk show On n'est pas couché.
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Gisèle Halimi
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- essayistpoliticianlawyerwriterjurist
- Biography
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Gisèle Halimi was a Tunisian-French lawyer, politician, essayist and feminist activist.
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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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Jean Messiha
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1996
- Occupations
- punditpoliticiancadres de la fonction publique
- 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.
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Natacha Polony
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- journalistessayist
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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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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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Arnaud Montebourg
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- lawyerentrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Arnaud Montebourg is a French politician, lawyer and entrepreneur who served as Minister of Industrial Renewal from May 2012 to April 2014, then as Minister of Economy, Industrial Renewal and Digital Affairs until August 2014. He is a former member of the Socialist Party (PS), having participated in its 2011 and 2017 presidential primary, finishing third both times. Following his 2017 primary run, he withdrew from active politics but remained a public commentator, leaving the PS in 2018.
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Leïla Slimani
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- novelistwriterjournalist
- 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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Alain Duhamel
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- docentradio personalityprofessoradjunct professorjournalist
- Biography
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Alain Maurice Jacques Duhamel is a prominent French journalist and political commentator.
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Édouard Balladur
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- 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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Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
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- historianpolitical scientistuniversity teacherpolitician
- 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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Jonas Gahr Støre
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1981-1985
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- 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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Audrey Azoulay
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- managerofficialministerpolitician
- Biography
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Audrey Azoulay is a French civil servant and politician who has served as the 10th Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 2017 to 2025, 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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Emmanuel Todd
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- demographeressayisthistoriannon-fiction writeranthropologist
- 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 focuses on family structures across the world, and explores how they relate to beliefs, ideologies, political systems, and historical developments. He has also authored several political essays, which have received wide coverage in France.
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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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Jean Renaud Gabriel Camus is a French novelist. He is the originator of the far-right "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, which claims that a "global elite" is colluding against the white population of Europe to replace them with non-European peoples.
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Coralie Fargeat
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- film producerscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Coralie Fargeat is a French filmmaker. She gained recognition with her debut feature film, Revenge (2017), for which she received awards from several independent film festivals. Her follow-up feature, The Substance (2024), a satirical body horror film, earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay as well as three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.
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Raymond Aron
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- writerphilosopherprofessorsociologistauthor
- 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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Léo Ferré
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- composersinger-songwriterpianistsongwriterwriter
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Léo Ferré was a 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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Frédéric Mitterrand
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1968
- Occupations
- film directorwriterfilm producerfilm actorradio personality
- 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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Martine Aubry
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- politiciananciens 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 was the Mayor of Lille from March 2001 to March 2025; she is the first woman to hold either 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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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 served as the Minister of Ecological Transition in the successive governments of Prime Ministers Michel Barnier, François Bayrou and Sébastien Lecornu from 2024 to 2025.
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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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Marcelo Ebrard
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- politician
- Biography
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Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón is a Mexican politician and internationalist who has served as the secretary of economy since 2024. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), 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 chief civilian administrator 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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- screenwriterplaywrightdirectorwriternovelist
- Biography
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Florian Zeller is a French playwright, novelist, theatre director, and filmmaker. He has written over a dozen plays that have been staged worldwide, making him one of the most celebrated contemporary playwrights.
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Edwy Plenel
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- journalistopinion journalistnon-fiction writerpublisher
- Biography
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Hervé Edwy Plenel is a French political journalist.
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Anne Nivat
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- In 1996 graduated with doctorate in France
- Occupations
- writerjournalistreporterpolitical scientistwar correspondent
- 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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Jean-Louis Debré
- Enrolled in Paris Institute of Political Studies
- Studied in 1971
- Occupations
- interior ministerpoliticianjudgemagistratepolitical scientist
- Biography
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Jean-Louis Debré was a 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. From 2016 until his death, he was President of the Superior Council of Archives.
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David 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
- 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-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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Michel Debré
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- officiallawyerdiplomatpolitician
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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 for rhetorical extremism.
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Damien Abad
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- anciens cadresmiscellaneous persons without work under 60 excluding retireespolitician
- 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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Jean-Christophe Rufin
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- humanitariandiplomatneurologistscreenwriterphysician
- Biography
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Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor, diplomat, historian 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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Florence Parly
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- politician
- Biography
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Florence Marie Jeanne 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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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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Serge Klarsfeld
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- historianwriterNazis hunter
- 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-Pierre Elkabbach
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- news presenterinterviewerjournalistmanagerradio personality
- Biography
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Jean-Pierre Elkabbach was a French journalist.
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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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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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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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Christine Ockrent
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- news presenterjournalisttelevision presenterbiographer
- Biography
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Christine Ockrent is a Belgian journalist whose career has principally centered on French television.
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Alain Poher
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- statespersonFrench resistance fighterpolitician
- 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. In 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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- stage actorstand-up comediancomedianactorfilm actor
- Biography
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François-Xavier Demaison is a French actor and comedian.
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Érik Orsenna
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- writeracademiceconomistpolitician
- Biography
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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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Élisabeth Lévy
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- television presenterchroniclerjournalistpunditradio personality
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Élisabeth Lévy is a French journalist, polemicist, essayist and editor in chief of Causeur.
