Alain Minc
Alain Minc (born April 15, 1949 in Paris ) is a French intellectual and bestselling author, sociologist, economist and political advisor .
Life
Minc comes from a Polish-Jewish family; his four grandparents were victims of the Holocaust . After attending the Lycée Henri IV , he completed studies at two of the elite universities : in 1971 he graduated from Sciences Po in Paris , then from the ENA administration college in 1975 .
He first worked in the Inspection générale des finances and in 1979 switched to the Saint Gobain Group as CFO . Since 1994 he has been on the board of directors of the daily Le Monde . Today he runs his own consultancy firm AM conseil and was a close advisor to French President Nicolas Sarkozy .
On August 25, 2010, he said on public radio France Inter in response to the criticism of Pope Benedict XVI. of the numerous deportations of Roma : "You can discuss anything about the Roma affair, but not [if you are] a German Pope. John Paul II. maybe, but not him ... His lack of empathy for the past , for which he is responsible like all Germans whom he inherited - not as the culprit, but as an heir ... "
Minc is married and has three children.
Honors
- Alain Minc is the Commander of the Legion of Honor .
Fonts (selection)
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La grande illusion , Grasset, Paris 1989, ISBN 2-246-40531-9
- German: The German Challenge , translated by Karin Balzer, Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1989, ISBN 9783455083477
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La vengeance des nations , Grasset, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-253-06468-8
- German: The rebirth of nationalism in Europe , translated by Ilonka Berteaux, Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1992, ISBN 9783455084368
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Le nouveau moyen âge , Gallimard, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-07-073694-6
- German: The new Middle Ages , translated by Holger Fock, Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 9783455110289
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La mondialisation heureuse , Plon, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-266-08333-3
- German: globalization. Chance of the future , translated by Markus Sedlaczek, Zsolnay, Vienna 1998, ISBN 9783552049048
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Vive l'Allemagne , Collection Essai blanche, Grasset, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-246-81030-8
- German: Vive l'Allemagne! What Germany is doing right - and what is not , translated by Antje Korsmeier, Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-451-31206-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Alain Minc in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Berggruen Institute: Alain Minc, President & Founder, AM Counseil . Retrieved November 19, 2019 .
- ^ Paul Badde: Pilgrimage: Sarkozy's walk to Canossa with Pope Benedict. In: welt.de . October 8, 2010, accessed February 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Les propos d'Alain Minc sur le pape font bondir les catholiques - LeMonde.fr
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SURNAME | Minc, Alain |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French publicist and political advisor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |