Le Siècle (think tank)
Encyclopedia
Le Siècle is an elitist
bi-partisan think tank
in France
. Its members are French intellectuals, politicians, chief executives, and artists.
There are 580 members, subject to change every year, and 160 guests. They meet one Wednesday a month for dinner at the French Automobile Club
, Place de la Concorde
, Paris
. Membership fees are 150 euros, plus 62 euros per meal.
Elite
Elite refers to an exceptional or privileged group that wields considerable power within its sphere of influence...
bi-partisan think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Its members are French intellectuals, politicians, chief executives, and artists.
Overview
It was founded by Georges Bérard-Quélin in 1944.There are 580 members, subject to change every year, and 160 guests. They meet one Wednesday a month for dinner at the French Automobile Club
French Automobile Club
The Automobile Club of France is a men's club founded on November 12, 1895 by Albert de Dion, Paul Meyan, and its first president, the Dutch-born Baron, Etienne van Zuylen van Nijevelt....
, Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concorde
The Place de la Concorde in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.- History :...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Membership fees are 150 euros, plus 62 euros per meal.
Former and Current Members
- Claude BébéarClaude BébéarClaude Bébéar is a French businessman. He is the founder and former CEO of AXA.-Biography:He graduated from the École Polytechnique. In 1996, he acquired Union des Assurances de Paris....
, former CEO of AXAAXAAXA S.A. is a French global insurance group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. AXA is a conglomerate of independently run businesses, operated according to the laws and regulations of many different countries. The AXA group of companies engage in life, health and other forms of...
. - Thierry BretonThierry BretonThierry Breton is a French businessman and politician who is currently the CEO of the IT firm Atos. He was the French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin, Jacques Chirac being the President de la...
, CEO of AtosATOSATOS is a high density railway transport management system of an unprecedented scale. The system has been continuously built up in stages after the online operation of its first station commenced in 1994 and successfully operating since then...
, former Minister Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industry (2005-2007). - Emmanuel Chain, former TV presenter on M6M6-In roads:* M6 motorway, a motorway in Great Britain* M-6 , a state highway in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area* Frederik Meijer Trail, formerly the M-6 Trail, a bike trail running along the M-6 freeway in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area...
. - Jean-Marie ColombaniJean-Marie ColombaniJean-Marie Colombani is a French journalist, and was the editor of the daily newspaper Le Monde from 1994 until 2007.-Biography:...
, former editor-in-chief of Le MondeLe MondeLe Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
(1994-2007). - Jean-François CopéJean-François CopéJean-François Copé , is a French politician. He is currently Mayor of Meaux, Deputy for the 6th constituency of Seine-et-Marne, and acts as President of the Union for a Popular Movement Group in the French National Assembly...
, President of the Union for a Popular MovementUnion for a Popular MovementThe Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
; member of the French National AssemblyFrench National AssemblyThe French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
(2002-incumbent); Mayor of MeauxMeauxMeaux is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located east-northeast from the center of Paris. Meaux is a sub-prefecture of the department and the seat of an arondissement...
(1995-2002; 2005-incumbent); former Minister of the Budget (2005-2007). - Michèle CottaMichèle Cotta-Biography:Her father was the Mayor of Nice. She started her career as a journalist for Combat. She move on to interviewing politicians for L'Express, under the tutelage of Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and Françoise Giroud...
, first female member in 1983; political journalist. - Anne-Marie Couderc, CEO of PresstalisPresstalisPresstalis, known until December 2009 as Nouvelles Messageries de la Presse Parisienne , is a French media distribution corporation. More than 100 newspapers and 3,500 French and foreign magazines are distributed by Presstalis...
. - Rachida DatiRachida DatiRachida Dati is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament, representing Île-de-France. Before her election, she held the cabinet post of Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice. She was a spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy during the French presidential election of 2007...
, Member of the European ParliamentMember of the European ParliamentA Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
and Mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris; former Minister of Justice (2007-2009). - Renaud Denoix de Saint MarcRenaud Denoix de Saint MarcRenaud Denoix de Saint Marc is a French lawyer.From 23 April 1995 he served as head of the French Council of State as vice-president up to his retirement on 25 September 2006...
, member of the Constitutional Council of FranceConstitutional Council of FranceThe Constitutional Council is the highest constitutional authority in France. It was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958, and its duty is to ensure that the principles and rules of the constitution are upheld.Its main activity is to rule on whether proposed...
(2007-incumbent). - Olivier DuhamelOlivier DuhamelOlivier Duhamel is a French university professor and politician. He was a Socialist member of the European Parliament from 1997 to 2004.-Biography:Olivier Duhamel was born on 2 May 1950 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France....
, Vice-President of Le Siècle (2010-incumbent); professor at the Institut d'Études Politiques de ParisInstitut d'Études Politiques de ParisThe Institut d'études politiques de Paris , simply referred to as Sciences Po , is a public research and higher education institution in Paris, France, specialised in the social sciences. It has the status of grand établissement, which allows its admissions process to be highly selective...
; former SocialistSocialist Party (France)The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...
Member of the European ParliamentMember of the European ParliamentA Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
(1997-2004). - Laurent FabiusLaurent FabiusLaurent Fabius is a French Socialist politician. He served as Prime Minister from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986. He was 37 years old when he was appointed and is, so far, the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic.-Early life:...
, former Prime Minister (1984-1986). - François FillonFrançois FillonFrançois Charles Armand Fillon is the Prime Minister of France. He was appointed to that office by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007. He served initially until 13 November 2010 when he resigned from being prime minister before a planned cabinet reshuffle.On 14 November 2010, Sarkozy...
, Prime Minister (2007-incumbent); former Minister of National Education (2004-2005); former Minister of Social Affairs (2002-2004). - Claude Imbert, founding editor of Le PointLe PointLe Point is a French weekly news magazine. It was founded in 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of L'Express, which was then owned by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, a député of the Parti Radical...
. - Odile JacobOdile JacobOdile Jacob is a French publisher who founded Les Éditions Odile Jacob in the middle of the 1980s. She is also a trained scientist, studying the workings of the brain, the mind and thought. She is a member of Le Siècle.-Biography:...
, publisher. - Denis JeambarDenis JeambarDenis Jeambar is a French journalist.-Biography:Having started his career at Paris-Match in 1970, he joined Le Point in 1972, rising to chief of its political staff in 1981. In 1988 he became editor-in-chief, as well as editor-in-chief of the political and cultural staffs...
, journalist. - Laurent Joffrin former editor-in-chief of LibérationLibérationLibération is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Originally a leftist newspaper, it has undergone a number of shifts during the 1980s and 1990s...
(2006-2011). - Lionel JospinLionel JospinLionel Jospin is a French politician, who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.Jospin was the Socialist Party candidate for President of France in the elections of 1995 and 2002. He was narrowly defeated in the final runoff election by Jacques Chirac in 1995...
, former Prime Minister (1997-2002), former Minister of National Education (1988-1992); former Minister of Sport (1988-1991). - Serge JulySerge JulySerge July is a French journalist, founder of the daily Libération, and a prominent figure in French politics from the 1970s through the 1990s.-References:...
, founding editor of LibérationLibérationLibération is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Originally a leftist newspaper, it has undergone a number of shifts during the 1980s and 1990s...
. - Denis KesslerDenis KesslerDenis Kessler is a French businessman. He has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of SCOR SE since 2002...
, CEO of ScorScórScór is a division of the Gaelic Athletic Association charged with promotion of cultural activities, and the name of a series of annual competitions in such activities.Rule 4 of the GAA's official guide reads:...
, former President of Le Siècle (2007-2010). - Étienne Lacour, Secretary General of Le Siècle; editor-in-chief of the Société Générale de Presse.
- Maurice LévyMaurice Lévy (Publicis)Maurice Lévy, born 18 February 1942 in Oujda, Morocco, is a leading French businessman currently the chief executive officer of Publicis and has served in that role since 1987.- Career :...
, CEO of PublicisPublicisPublicis Groupe is a French multinational advertising and communications company, headquartered in Paris, France. It is one of the world's three largest advertising holding companies . Its current president is Maurice Lévy. Publicis Groupe S.A...
. - Henri LoyretteHenri LoyretteHenri Loyrette was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. He became first curator and then director of the Musée d'Orsay in 1978 and 1994 respectively. He became director of the Louvre Museum in 2001.-Career:...
, Vice-President of Le Siècle (2010-incumbent); director of the Louvre Museum (2001-incumbent). - Nicole NotatNicole NotatNicole Notat, born 26 July 1947 in Châtrices, Marne, is the former secretary general of the union CFDT. She is currently founder and president of Vigeo, a company committed to a concept of sustainable development....
, President of Le Siècle (2010-incumbent); CEO of VigeoVigeoVigeo is a corporate social responsibility ratings agency, established in 2002 in France. Vigeo measures companies' CSR performance on environmental, social and governance criteria and identifies ESG risk factors.-Business area:...
; former Secretary General of the CFDT. - Michel PébereauMichel PébereauMichel Pébereau is a French businessman. He is the current Chairman of Banque Nationale de Paris and its former CEO. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1965.-Biography:...
, CEO of BNP ParibasBNP ParibasBNP Paribas S.A. is a global banking group, headquartered in Paris, with its second global headquarters in London. In October 2010 BNP Paribas was ranked by Bloomberg and Forbes as the largest bank and largest company in the world by assets with over $3.1 trillion. It was formed through the merger...
. - Patrick Poivre d'ArvorPatrick Poivre d'ArvorPatrick Poivre d'Arvor is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed PPDA. With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he was one of the longest serving newsreaders in the world until he was fired in 2008...
, newscaster on TF1TF1TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
. - Alain de Pouzilhac, former CEO of HavasHavasHavas is the second largest advertising group in France and is a "Global advertising and communications services group" and the sixth-largest global advertising and communications group worldwide, operating on the communications consulting market through three main operational divisions:*Euro RSCG...
. - David PujadasDavid PujadasDavid Pujadas was born in Barcelona , Spain, on December 2, 1964, to a Spanish father and a French mother.A former news broadcaster for TF1's LCI, he now is an anchorman on France 2's weeknight newscast, Le Journal de 20 Heures, at 8:00 CET in Metropolitan France...
, TV presenter on France 2France 2France 2 is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Ô...
. - Jean-Pierre RaffarinJean-Pierre RaffarinJean-Pierre Raffarin is a French conservative politician and senator for Vienne.Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as the Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005, resigning after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. However, after Raffarin...
, member of the French SenateFrench SenateThe Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of France, presided over by a president.The Senate enjoys less prominence than the lower house, the directly elected National Assembly; debates in the Senate tend to be less tense and generally enjoy less media coverage.-History:France's first...
; former Prime Minister (2002-2005). - Edouard de RothschildEdouard Etienne de RothschildÉdouard Etienne Alphonse de Rothschild is a businessman and part of the French branch of the prominent Rothschild family. He is the son of Guy de Rothschild and Marie-Hélène van Zuylen van Nyevelt .-Background:Édouard de Rothschild studied law in France and in 1985 graduated with an M.B.A...
. - Nicolas SarkozyNicolas SarkozyNicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
, French President (2007-incumbent). - Louis SchweitzerLouis Schweitzer (CEO)Louis Schweitzer was the previous Chairman of Renault, first taking that post on 27 May 1992 in succession to Raymond Lévy, and he was also CEO from 1992 to 2005. He is in addition Chairman of AstraZeneca where he was appointed as a Director 11 March 2004...
, former CEO of RenaultRenaultRenault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker...
. - Dominique Strauss-KahnDominique Strauss-KahnDominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn , often referred to in the media, and by himself, as DSK, is a French economist, lawyer, politician, and member of the French Socialist Party...
, former Managing Director of the International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
(2007-2011). - Marc Tessier, Treasurer of Le Siècle (2010-incumbent); former Chairman of France TélévisionsFrance TélévisionsFrance Télévisions is the French public national television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the bringing together of the public television channels France 2 and France 3 , later joined by the legally independent channels France 5 , France Ô , and France 4 France Télévisions ...
. - Philippe Villin, former Chairman of Le FigaroLe FigaroLe Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...
and France SoirFrance SoirFrance Soir is a French daily newspaper that prospered during the 1950s and 1960s, but it has declined since then under various owners. It was re-launched as a populist tabloid in 2006.-History:...
. - Gérard Worms, former CEO of N M Rothschild & SonsN M Rothschild & SonsN M Rothschild & Sons is a private investment banking company, belonging to the Rothschild family...
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