Jérôme Monod
 Jérôme Monod     ( businessman) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1930-09-07 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2016-08-18 (Age 85) Lourmarin, Vaucluse, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • l'École alsacienne • lycée Henri-IV • Sciences Po • École nationale d'administration • Wesleyan University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Françoise Gallot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | European Round Table of Industrialists, Le Siècle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Rally for the Republic, Union for a Popular Movement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Single Bilderberger French business executive and political advisor to Jacques Chirac. Le Siècle/President in 1975.
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Jérôme Monod was a French business executive and political advisor. He was Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Jacques Chirac 1975-1976, and advisor to Chirac when he was president 2002-2007. He was a co-founder of the Rally for the Republic and the Union for a Popular Movement, two "center-right" political parties in France. He later became chairman of Lyonnaise des eaux, later known as Suez-Lyonnaise, from 1980 to 2000. He was President of Le Siècle in 1975.
Education
Jérôme Monod was born on September 7, 1930.[1] He graduated from Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration.[1][2]
He became a Fullbright Scholar and went to study for a year at Wesleyan University in the United States.[3]
Career
Monod started his career as a political advisor to Prime Minister Michel Debré in 1959. He later worked as an advisor to ministers Olivier Guichard and Maurice Schumann. He was chairman of the Interministerial Delegation of Land Planning and Regional Attractiveness from 1968 to 1975.[1][2]
He was advisor to Prime Minister Jacques Chirac in 1975.[1][2] With Chirac and others, he was a co-founder of the Rally for the Republic, a center-right political party, in 1976.[1][2][4]
Monod joined Lyonnaise des eaux in 1979,[2] and he became its chief executive in 1980. He merged it with Suez in 1997. He was chairman of Suez-Lyonnaise until 2000.[1][5] As a company manager, he was president of the French Center for Foreign Trade (1980-1983).
Monod was an advisor to President Jacques Chirac from 2002 to 2007. He was a co-founder of the Union for a Popular Movement in 2002. He was honorary chairman of the Fondation pour l'innovation politique, a political think tank.[1]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1979 | 27 April 1979 | 29 April 1979 | Austria Baden Clubhotel Schloss Weikersdorf | 27th Bilderberg, 95 guests, Austria |
References
- ↑ Jump up to: a b c d e f g http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/08/20/jerome-monod-industriel-et-conseiller-de-jacques-chirac-est-mort_4985539_3382.htm
- ↑ Jump up to: a b c d e http://www.la-croix.com/France/Mort-de-Jerome-Monod-discret-homme-de-pouvoir-2016-08-20-1200783565
- ↑ Les Vagues du temps, Fayard, Paris, 2009, 450 p.
- ↑ http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/08/20/97001-20160820FILWWW00081-l-ancien-industriel-et-conseiller-de-jacques-chirac-jerome-monod-est-mort.php
- ↑ http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/08/20/jerome-monod-proche-de-jacques-chirac-est-decede-a-85-ans_1473695
