Martin Hirsch

Biography

He is the son of Bernard Hirsch, former director of the National school of the Highways Departments and the grandson of Etienne Hirsch, old general police chief in the Plan.

Normalien (promotion 1983 S) and holder of a DEA of Neurobiology, Martin Hirsch is allowed with the National school of administration in 1988 (promotion Jean Monnet) then becomes at its exit to advise State.

Promoted main of the requests in 1993, he then becomes legal adviser with the National bank of health insurance of the employed persons (CNAMTS) (1990-1992) then with the ministry for Health and the Humanitarian action (1992-1993).

He is then assistant general secretary of the Council of State (1993-1995), then returns to his first orientation by taking the direction of the PCH, the Central pharmacy of the Hospitals of Paris, with the Public assistance - hospital of Paris (1995). He also taught with the Institut of political studies of Paris between 1990 and 1997, and with the ENA in 1994.

In 1997, it enters in policy while becoming director of the cabinet of Bernard Kouchner to the secretariat of State to Health and the social action, and adviser in charge of health to the cabinet of Martine Aubry with the ministry for Employment and solidarity.

Two years later, he is managing director of the French Agence of public health of the food (AFSSA), function which he assumes until 2005, the renewal of its mandate does not wish. In this date, it reinstates the Council of State and becomes adviser of State in 2006.

President of the Central Union of the Communities Move (UCC) by 1995 to 2002, it becomes president of Emmaüs France in May 2002 and resigns on May 18th, 2007, to ensure the independence of the movement, following its nomination within the Gouvernement Francois Fillon.

It founded in January 2006, with Benoît Genuini, the new Agence of active solidarity, becomes president about it then managing director. The purpose of this agency is to implement local, experimental, innovating, original actions of fight against poverty, in partnership with the public authorities and the companies. Benoît Genuini is the current president of association.

He is member, since June 2006, of the council of orientation of the Institut Aspen France.

He is also vice-president of the ARC - Association of research on cancer, member of the Advisory committee of the High authority of fight against discriminations and for the equality (DUMP) since 2005, administrator of the European Agence of the evaluation of the drugs, member of the forum of the European Authority of food safety and the National council of fight against exclusion (CNLE).

He is named, on May 18th, 2007, high commissioner with active solidarity against the poverty of the government Francois Fillon and immediately announces his resignation of the presidency of Emmaüs France. Under this original heading, he will undoubtedly exert functions close to those of a Secretary of State. It wishes to leave the dichotomy between a left which would defend the assistantship and a right-hand side which assumed the monopoly of the effort . He is the initiator of the reform of the Revenu from solidarity activates included in the program of president Sarkozy, put before in experimentation in fourteen departments.

Works

Stakes of social protection , 1993
Distracting history of the mad cow , Balland, 1996
These fears which control us , Albin Michel, 2002
Manifeste against poverty , Oh! editions, 2004, written in collaboration with the Abbot Pierre.
poverty in heritage , Editions Robert Laffont, 2006

External bonds

www.inclusion.gouv.fr Official site of the high commissioner to active solidarity against poverty
15 resolutions to combat the poverty of the children (Commission " Families, vulnerability, pauvreté" from April 2005, carried out by Martin Hirsch)
Maintenance in '' the Express train '' of the 1/26/2004, “Everyone can engage”
Site of the new Agency of active solidarity
Interview of Martin Hirsch by Reporterre. “Today, richest do not have interest so that poverty drops”.
Article of Télérama on Martin Hirsch
Discussion with Martin Hirsch published in Le Monde of the 3/29/2007 Martin Hirsch: " on poverty, the answers of the candidates remain too traditional
Blog of Martin Hirsch, guest permanent of NouvelObs.com
Biographie of Martin Hirsch, on the site of the Prime Minister

References

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