The national Fondation of political sciences (FNSP) is a foundation of private law, located at Paris, created by ordinance in 1945 to receive the inheritance of old the Private school of political sciences and to ensure the management of the Institut of political studies of Paris, founded simultaneously and with which it forms a unit called Sciences Po .

She has played for sixty years a determining role in the constitution and the diffusion of the Political science in France. Its president is since 2007 the economist Jean-Claude Casanova, and its administrator is the director of the IEP of Paris, since 1996 Richard Descoings.

Statute

On the bonds with the Institute of political studies of Paris, to see Sciences Po (Paris): Institute and Foundation

The FNSP is a recognized foundation of private law public utility, created by ordinance on October 9th, 1945 and whose operation is specified by the decree of May 22nd, 1946. She inherited the inheritance of the Private school of political sciences, and is charged, by convention then by decree and since 1998 by the Law, of the administrative management and financial of the Institut of political studies of Paris.

Its statute, Sui generis , will be used later for creation of the Maison of the social sciences, who accommodate in particular the École of the high studies in social sciences.

It is directed by a president and an administrator, who is traditionally the director of the IEP of Paris.

Board of directors

Article 1 of the statutes of the Foundation entrusts its management to a board of directors made up of:

1. Six professors of the universities or an establishment of higher education (one in Political science, one in economic scenes, one in Public law, one in economic right and social, one in political and social history and one in human Geography), named by the minister in charge for State education.
2. a representative of the National center of the scientific research (CNRS) named by the minister in charge for State education.
3. Two members of the large body of the State or general secretaries or directors of ministry, named by the Prime Minister.
4. Four trade-union representatives , named by the Prime Minister.
5. the director of the National school of administration and the director of the Institute of political studies of Paris.
6. Ten to fifteen members representing of the authors of “liberalities” (gifts).
7. Five elected representatives of the personnel of the Foundation.
8. Since 1999, five representatives of the students elected with the board of management of the Institute when the council examines the budget of the IEP and fixes the education rights.

The council fix the general orientations of the Foundation for research, documentation and the publications, votes the budget and approves the accounts, deliberates on acquisitions, alienations or the exchanges of buildings, determines the conditions of recruitment and of remuneration of the personnel, is entitled to pass from conventions with the State, the Universities, all communities or deprived, or of the private individuals .

He is chaired by the president of the Foundation.

Presidents

• 1945 - 1959: Andre Siegfried
• 1959 - 1971: Pierre Renouvin
• 1971 - 1981: François Goguel
• 1981 - 2007: Rene Rémond
• Since 2007: Jean-Claude Casanova

General secretaries

• 1947 - 1954: Jean Meynaud
• 1954 - 1971: Jean Touchard
• 1971 - 1991: Serge Hurtig

The function is removed in 1991; Serge Hurtig becomes scientific director of the Foundation then.

Administrators

Article 5 of the statutes of the FNSP lays out that the Minister for state education appoints an administrator of the foundation on a proposal from the board of directors, which rules by secret ballot. This administrator sits at the council. It is entitled to vote there.

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