Sciences Po

The Institut d'études politiques de Paris ("Paris institute of political studies"), familiarly known as Sciences Po, is France's premier institute for the study and research of politics, international relations, and other related subjects. It is reputed to be continental Europe's most prestigious institute of its kind and is internationally recognized as a leading site of higher learning and research in its discipline.

Notable Alumni

The Institute boasts an influential group of alumni, many of whom are distinguished in their careers.

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Alumni are active chiefly in governmental, diplomatic, and international and European business circles.

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The Institut and the École also boast a number of alumni who have been very influential in the arts and in literature: Marcel Proust or Christian Dior are two of the most famous ones.

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Politicians

World

In 2004, at least three Head of states had studied at the Institute: the Presidents of France, Cameroon and Sri Lanka.

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• Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka
• Paul Biya, President of Cameroon
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations, former Secretary-General of La Francophonie,
• Pierre Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada
• L. Paul Bremer, career diplomat in the US Foreign Service, former U.S. Civil Administrator in Iraq
• Stéphane Dion, Canadian Minister of the Environment
• Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian Senator
• Michel Camdessus, former IMF chairman
• Nicole Fontaine, former President of the European Parliament
• Simone Veil, former President of the European Parliament
• Bernard Landry, former Prime Minister of Quebec
• Salome Zourabichvili, Foreign Minister of Georgia

France

In the French 5th Republic, the Prime Minister has almost always hailed from Sciences Po, and the last four of the six Presidents also studied at the Institute.

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• Presidents
• Jacques Chirac, French President since 1995
• François Mitterrand, French President (1981-1995) (École Libre des Sciences Politiques)
• Georges Pompidou, French President (1969-1974) (École Libre des Sciences Politiques)
• Alain Poher, Interim French President (1969 and 1974) (École Libre des Sciences Politiques)

Source: http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/gale.htm

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• Prime Ministers
• Dominique de Villepin, current French Prime Minister (2005-)
• Lionel Jospin, former French Prime Minister (1997-2002)
• Alain Juppé, former French Prime Minister (1995-1997)
• Édouard Balladur, former French Prime Minister (1993-1995)
• Michel Rocard, former French Prime Minister (1988-1991)
• Jacques Chirac, former French Prime Minister (1986-1988)
• Laurent Fabius, former French Prime Minister (1983-1986)
• Raymond Barre, former French Prime Minister (1976-1981)
• Jacques Chirac, former French Prime Minister (1974-1976)
• Jacques Chaban-Delmas, former French Prime Minister (1969-1972) (École Libre des Sciences Politiques)
• Maurice Couve de Murville, former French Prime Minister (1968-1969) (École Libre des Sciences Politiques)
• Michel Debré, former French Prime Minister (1959-1962) (École Libre des Sciences Politiques)

Source: http://www.archives.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/jospin_version2/HIST/HISTGVT5.HTM

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• Ministers (small selection) - in most French cabinets the utmost majority of ministers have studied at Sciences Po
• Nicolas Sarkozy, former French Minister of the Economy, Finance & Industry (didn't get the degree)
• Martine Aubry, former French Minister (in French: Martine Aubry)
• Jack Lang, former French Minister of Culture and Education
• Jean-Pierre Chevènement, former French Minister of Interior
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn
• Hubert Védrine
• Others
• Dominique Baudis, French MP and former mayor of Toulouse (in French: Dominique Baudis)
• Renaud Denoix de Saint Marc, vice president of the Council of State

Writers

• Marcel Proust, novelist
• Paul Morand (in French: Paul Morand)
• Paul Claudel
• Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
• Roger Peyrefitte, novelist
• Julien Gracq, novelist
• Frédéric Beigbeder, novelist
• Jean-Christophe Rufin, novelist (in French: Jean-Christophe Rufin)
• Marc Lambron, novelist (in French: Marc Lambron)
• Florian Zeller, novelist, Prix Interallié 2004
• Guillaume Dustan (in French: Guillaume Dustan)
• Emmanuel Carrère

Academics

• Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, member of the Académie Française
• Stanley Hoffmann, Professor at Harvard (in French: Stanley Hoffmann)

Culture

• Christian Dior, haute couture and fashion designer
• Léo Ferré, singer and songwriter
• Anne Roumanoff, comic (in French: Anne Roumanoff)
• Fanny Ardant

Sport

• Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympic games

Journalists

• Christine Ockrent (in French: Christine Ockrent)
• Anne Sinclair (in French: Anne Sinclair)
• Jean-Marie Colombani, head of Le Monde (in French: Jean-Marie Colombani)
• Nicolas Beytout (in French: Nicolas Beytout)
• Michèle Cotta (in French: Michèle Cotta)
• David Pujadas (in French: David Pujadas)

Others

Michel Bon, Philippe Camus, Alain Duhamel, Jean-Marc Espalioux, Elisabeth Fleuriot, Henri Giscard d’Estaing, Pascal Lamy, Alain Minc, Laurence Parisot, Guillaume Pépy, François Roussely, Ernest-Antoine Seillière, Yves-Thibault de Silguy, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Stephën Guindon, Agnès Touraine, Serge Weinberg

Related Topics:
Michel Bon - Philippe Camus - Alain Duhamel - Jean-Marc Espalioux - Elisabeth Fleuriot - Henri Giscard d’Estaing - Pascal Lamy - Alain Minc - Laurence Parisot - Guillaume Pépy - François Roussely - Ernest-Antoine Seillière - Yves-Thibault de Silguy - Jean-Cyril Spinetta - Stephën Guindon - Agnès Touraine - Serge Weinberg

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Sources: Annuaire des anciens élèves, Sciences-Po and www.sciences-po.fr

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Sources: Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques

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