Hubert Védrine

Hubert Védrine , born the July 31st 1947 with Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde in the Digs, is a Politician French member of the Socialist party (PS). After having worked with the president François Mitterrand, it was named with the Council of State. Védrine then became Foreign Minister under the government Jospin. He is the son of Jean Védrine.

Studies

Biography

At its exit of the ENA, it is affected with the ministry for the Culture, then with the Environment before joining the Foreign affairs. In parallel, it militates with “Exchanges and Projects”, then chaired by Jacques Delors.

One owes him the term of hyperpuissance to qualify the United States of America when he was Foreign Minister of 1997 to 2002.

François Mitterrand calls it with the Elysium since 1981. During the first septennate, it is to advise with the diplomatic cell , then joined the Council of State at the time of the First cohabitation. In 1988, he becomes adviser of the Head of the State and also his spokesperson. In 1991, it is named general secretary of the presidency of the Republic.

In 1995, it reinstates the Council of State before joining the law firm Jeantet & Associés. It also ensures of the chronicles in the Point (heading “Foreigner”), at the sides of Claude Allègre (heading “Science”).

In 1996, it enters to the Trilateral Commission, which involves the resignation of the ambassador Gilles Martinet, one of the rare socialist directors to be opposed to the election François Mitterrand with the head of the Socialist party.

In 1997, its designation as Foreign Minister of the government Jospin was appreciated by the president Jacques Chirac.

He is member of the Board of directors of the Institut of International relations and Strategic, and (June 2006) of the Council of Orientation of the Institut Aspen France.

Since 2003, it chairs the Institut François Mitterrand. It is also since 2005 administrator of the group LVMH, which belongs to Bernard Arnault.

It took part in 2007, at the sides of Nicolas Hulot, Alain Juppe and Edgar Morin at the committee charged to prepare the Conference of Paris on the environment aiming at posing the bases of future a United Nations for the Environment.

It is city council man of Saint-Leger-of-Vines (Nievre).

His wife, Michele Wheat, was technical adviser with the cabinet of Rene Teulade.

He is member of the club the Century.

July 2nd, 2007, the Head of the State entrusts to him a mission of reflection and futurology on the place of France and Europe in the world.

Career

  • 1974 : operations manager with the Ministry for the Culture,
  • 1978: head of division to the direction of the architecture of and the Framework Department of the Environment of life,
  • 1979: coordinator for the Close relation and the Middle East with the head office of the cultural relations of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
  • 1981: adviser technical for the foreign relations with the general secretary of the presidency of the Republic,
  • 1986: Master of the requests to the Council of State,
  • 1988: to advise François Mitterrand and spokesperson of the presidency,
  • 1991: General secretary of the presidency of the French Republic,
  • 1995: Master of the requests to the Council of State,
  • 1997: Foreign Minister in the government directed by Lionel Jospin (see Government Lionel Jospin),
  • 2002: leave this function after the re-election of Jacques Chirac to the presidency of the Republic.

Works

  • to better arrange its city, Editions of the monitor, 1979
  • worlds of François Mitterrand - In the Elysium of 1981 to 1995 , Beech, September 1996
  • the American hyperpuissance , Foundation Jean Jaurès, 2000
  • charts of France per hour of universalization , Beech, 2000
  • Discussions with Rony Brauman , Fremeaux and associated (box 3 CD), February 2003
  • Vis-a-vis the hyperpuissance , Beech, September 2003
  • Multilateralism: a possible reform , Foundation Jean Jaurès, 2004
  • François Mitterrand. A intention, a destiny , Gallimard, coll Discovered, January 2006
  • To continue the History , with Adrien Abecassis and Mohamed Bouabdallah, Beech, February 2007

Report/ratio

  • Report/ratio on France and universalization (French Documentation, site of Hubert Védrine), September 2007

References

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