Heads of international organisations
Boutros Boutros-Ghali (b. 1922), United Nations Secretary-General (1992–1996) Michel Camdessus (b. 1933), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (1987–2000) Nicole Fontaine (b. 1942), President of the European Parliament (1999–2001) Pascal Lamy (b. 1947), Director-General of the World Trade Organization Pierre Lellouche, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Roger Ockrent (b. 1907–1983), Chairman of the Organization for Economic Co- operation and Development (1957–1974) Dominique Strauss-Kahn (b. 1949), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Simone Veil (b. 1927), President of the European Parliament (1979–1984) Wan Waithayakon (1891–1976), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1956–1958)
Alpha Condé (b. 1938), President of Guinea (2010–present) Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), President of Czechoslovakia (1935–1948) Paul Biya (b. 1933), President of Cameroon (1982–present) Bảo Đại (1913–1997), Emperor of Vietnam (1926–1955), Emperor of Annam (1926– 1945) Chandrika Kumaratunga (b. 1945), President of Sri Lanka (1994–2005)[citation needed] Mohammed Mossadegh (1882–1967), Prime Minister of Iran (1951– 1953), Time magazine Man of the Year (1951) Pridi Phanomyong (1900–1983), Revolutionary, Regent of Thailand (1944– 1946), Prime Minister of Thailand (1946) Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000), Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979, 1980–1984) Pierre Werner (1913–2002), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959–1974, 1979–1984), so-called "father of the Euro" Rainier III (1923–2005), Prince of Monaco (1923–2005) France
Jacques Chirac (1932), President of the French Republic (1995–2007), Prime Minister of France (1983–1986, 1986–1988) François Mitterrand (1916–1996), President of the French Republic (1981–1995) Dominique de Villepin (b. 1953), Prime Minister of France (2005–2007) Lionel Jospin (b. 1937), Prime Minister of France (1997–2002) Alain Juppé (b. 1945), Prime Minister of France (1995–1997) Édouard Balladur (b. 1929), Prime Minister of France (1993–1995) Michel Rocard (b. 1930), Prime Minister of France (1988–1991) Laurent Fabius (b. 1946), Prime Minister of France (1983–1986) Pierre Mauroy (b. 1928) Prime Minister of France (1981–1984) Raymond Barre (1924–2007), Prime Minister of France (1976–1981) Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000), Prime Minister of France (1969–1972) Maurice Couve de Murville (1907–1999), Prime Minister of France (1968–1969) Michel Debré (1912–1996), Prime Minister of France (1959–1962) ]World L. Paul Bremer (b. 1941), U.S. Civil Administrator in Iraq (2003–2004) William L. Eagleton, United States Ambassador Adrian A. Basora, United States Ambassador Joan E. Spero, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Alain Destexhe, Belgian liberal Senator and author Salome Zurabishvili, former French high-profile diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and the current Leader of the United Georgian Opposition Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian Senator, anti-corruption activist, and Candidate for President of Colombia François-Albert Angers, eminent Canadian economist Ertugrul Osman (1912–present), pretender to the title of Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Head of the House of Osmanli (1994–present) Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary (1924–1929), 1925 Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Princess of the Principality of Monaco, daughter of American actress Grace Kelly Abbas Hajizadeh, Duke of Davan Stéphane Dion, Former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada George Corm, former Minister of Finance of Lebanon (1998 to 2000) Jihad Azour, Minister of Finance of Lebanon (2005–present) Ghassan Salamé, former Minister of Culture of Lebanon (2000–2003), prolific author on Middle East politics Brad Setser, former Deputy Secretary in the US Treasury Department Jonas Gahr Støre, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bernard Landry, former Premier of Quebec John Grimley, former White House staff member in the Bush Administration, and advisor to former British foreign secretary David Owen, currently management consultant to legal & professional services firms on business development. Afif Safieh, Palestinian Ambassador to the US, regarded as the most articulate living Palestinian diplomat Michel de Salaberry, erstwhile Canadian Ambassador to Kingdom of Jordan Yves-Thibault de Silguy, EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Stanley Woodward, erstwhile US Ambassador to Canada Ahmad Kamal, Pakistani Ambassador to the United Nations Howard Balloch, erstwhile Canadian Ambassador to China, Director at Zi Corporation Sally Shelton-Colby, Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research in the US Department of State, erstwhile US Ambassador to Grenada and Barbados Brady Anderson, US Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania William Eagelton, Representative of UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara, erstwhile US Ambassador to Syria Jim Bullington, erstwhile US Ambassador to Bujumbura Roland Dumas (b. 1922), French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984–1993) Francis Orlando Wilcox (1908–1985), Assistant Secretary of State of the USA (1955– 1961) James Foley, US Ambassador to Haiti (2003–2005) Nawaf Salam, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations [1] Charles Rizk, Lebanese Justice minister 2005- Nebahat Albayrak, a Turkish–Dutch politician in the Netherlands. She is the current State Secretary of Justice in the Netherlands. Božidar Đelić, vice-president of the Government of Serbia, 2007- Ieng Sary, deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979 France
Ministers (N.B. This is a small selection given almost every minister since the inception of the Fifth Republic studied at the Institute.) o Ségolène Royal, Governor of the Poitou-Charentes region and a defeated 2007 presidential candidate. o Martine Aubry, former French Minister for Social Affairs, Mayor of Lille, (in French: Martine Aubry) o Jack Lang, former French Minister of Culture and Education o Jean-Pierre Chevènement, former French Minister of Interior o Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former French deputy and Minister of the Economy o Hubert Védrine, former French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–2002) o Hervé Gaymard, former French Minister of Finance o Dominique Baudis, French MP and former mayor of Toulouse (in French: Dominique Baudis) o François Hollande, leader of the French Socialist Party o Renaud Denoix de Saint Marc, vice president of the Council of State o Jean-Marcel Jeanneney, former Minister of Industry, French Ambassador to Algeria o Bernadette Chirac, former First Lady of France, Representative in Corrèze General Council, Chairwoman of Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris, and wife of former French president Jacques Chirac o Jean-Louis Bourlanges, Member of the European Parliament, Vice Président of the UDF o Olivier Duhamel, former Member of the European Parliament, former Member of the European Convention (in French: Olivier Duhamel) o Xavier Musca, Director of the French Treasury; Director-General of the French Treasury and Economic Development Department (2002–present)
o Diplomats o Jean-David Levitte (b. 1946), Ambassador of France to the USA (2002– present), French Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2000–2002) o Pierre de Boisdeffre, French Ambassador to Uruguay (1981– 1984), Colombia (1984–1988), and the Council of Europe (1988–1991) o Hervé Alphand, erstwhile French Ambassador to the United States, UN, NATO, and the OEEC o Georges Berthoin (Ambassador of the European Community to the UK) o André François-Poncet, former Ambassador of France to Germany o Gerard Errera, Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom (2002–present) o Claude Martin, Ambassador of France to Germany (2001–present) o Daniel Jouanneau, Ambassador of France to Canada (2004–present) o Dominique Girard, Ambassador of France to India Academia, journalism & literature Raymond Aron Jean-Pierre Azéma Bertrand Badie Frédéric Beigbeder, novelist Nicolas Beytout Derek Bok, president of Harvard University Adda Bozeman (1908–1994), eminent American legal scholar Fernand Braudel Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, specialist of Russia, member of the Académie Française Emmanuel Carrère Louis Chauvel Paul Claudel, writer Jean-Marie Colombani, head of Le Monde Michèle Cotta Guillaume Dustan Cesar Garcia Perez de Leon Hervé Guéneron Pierre Drieu La Rochelle Alain Duhamel, senior journalist at Le Monde and Libération Jean-Paul Fitoussi Matthew Fraser, Editor-in-Chief of National Post (Canada). Gérald Garutti, theatre director and academic Jacques Généreux Pierre Georges Hala Gorani, CNN journalist and anchorwoman Julien Gracq, novelist Stanley Hoffmann, professor at Harvard University Christophe Jaffrelot Gilles Kepel Rebecca Jarvis, finalist on The Apprentice, Season Four, and reporter on CNBC Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author on Southeast Asia, Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations Grayson Kirk, eminent political scientist, President of Columbia University (1953– 1968) Marc Lambron, novelist Bruno Latour Marc Lazar Bernard-Henri Lévy, bestselling French writer, philosopher, political campaigner Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri, Writer, Poet and Economist Edmond Marc du Rogoff, ancien professeur, Département de Communications, Université d'Ottawa, Canada. Jean Maynaud, eminent political scientist, author of myriad works on European integration Anne Muxel Christine Ockrent, one of France's most respected broadcast journalist Erik Orsenna, member of the Académie Française and former chief economic advisor to François Mitterrand Pascal Perrineau Roger Peyrefitte, novelist Jean Picq Marcel Proust, novelist René Rémond, historian, member of the Académie Française Jean-Christophe Rufin, novelist Robert B. Silvers, co-editor of The New York Review of Books Anne Sinclair Milana Terloeva, Chechen journalist and bestselling author Paul Morand David Pujadas Russ Rymer, Editor-in-Chief of Mother Jones magazine Alain-Gérard Slama Maurice Vaïsse Georges Vedel Florian Zeller, novelist, Prix Interallié 2004 Business & finance
Daniel Bouton, former CEO of Société Générale Frédéric Oudéa, CEO of Société Générale Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank (2003–present), former Governor of the Bank of France (1993–2003) Jacques de Larosière, former President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Director-General of the French Treasury and Economic Development Department Wilfried Baumgartner, Governor of the Bank of France David René de Rothschild, Chairman of N M Rothschild & Sons Louis Schweitzer, former CEO of Renault Michel Bon, former CEO of France Telecom and current CEO of Carrefour Jean-Cyril Spinetta, CEO of Air France Serge Weinberg, CEO of Pinault Printemps Redoute (PPR), one of the world's largest luxury goods groups Agnès Touraine, CEO of Act III Consultants, former CEO of Vivendi Universal Publishing Gérard Mestrallet, CEO of Suez Anne-Claire Tattinger, CEO of Société du Louvre, major luxury hotel and luxury goods company Thierry Moulonguet, CFO and Executive VP of Renault François Roussely, CEO of Credit Suisse France, and Vice-Chairman of Credit Suisse Europe Jean-Hugues Bittner, CFO of Morgan Stanley Europe Marc Vincent, Director of Credit Suisse, former Managing Director at Citigroup France Gilles Arnaud CFO of Xitec Software Michel Gardel, CEO of Toyota France Christian Mandl, CEO and Founder of SkyEurope Airlines Gerardo Braggiotti, CEO of Lazard LLC, Italy Henri Giscard d'Estaing, CEO of Club Med Elizabeth Fleuriot, CEO of Kellogg's France Jean Marc Espalioux, CEO of Accor, European leader and one of the world's largest hotel groups Laurence Parisot, CEO of IFOP Group, CEO of Optimum Bertrand Jacquillat, CEO and Founder of Associés en Finances Philippe Camus, CEO of European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company Alain Carron, CFO of Standard & Poor's in Paris Romain Durand, CEO of Scor VIE Ray Ortali, CEO of Prime Technologies Ernest-Antoine Seillière, CEO of Medef Patrice Allain-Dupre, CEO of ESL Network Matthieu Delporte, CFO Baracoda Wireless Solutions Guillaume Pepy, CEO of Voyages-sncf.com, General Manager of SNCF.com Frédéric Jolly, Chairman of Russell for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa Gerard Hermet, CEO of GFK Marketing Pierre-Yves Gerbeau, CEO of X-Leisure Jean-Pierre Arbon, CEO of 00h00.com, the world's first online publishing house Richard Descoings, CEO and Director of Sciences Po Fabrice Moulle Berteau, CEO of Sycamore Gestion privee Frédéric Lemoine, former CEO of Groupe Capgemini Alex Vieux, CEO and founder of technology conference sponsor, DASAR, and publisher of Red Herring magazine. Benoit d’Angelin, Managing Director at Centaurus Capital Limited Remi de Fouchier, Senior Vice President of Gemplus, the world leader in smart cards Javier Santiso, Economist at OECD, former Chief Economist for Latin America at BBVA Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon, marketing executive and CEO of the aufeminin.com group Nicolas Calemard, Director of Human Resources, LVMH Stephane Rambosson, Partner, Veni Partners Culture & sports
Christian Dior, haute couture and fashion designer Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games Fanny Ardant, internationally-acclaimed French movie star Léo Ferré, singer and songwriter Anne Roumanoff, comedian (in French: Anne Roumanoff) Kimon Evan Marengo, major British cartoonist Camille Dalmais, aka Camille, singer and songwriter Thierry Gilardi, football and rugby commentator. Rafaela Reyes - Chaboussou, academy award winning actress. Pierre Christin, French comics creator and writer (Valérian and Laureline)
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