Alain Etchegoyen (6 November 1951 in

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– 9 April 2007 in Le Mans), was a philosopher and novelist. He was the last Plan Commissionner before that Commission was abrogated. He wrote some twenty books, essays and novels. A former student of l'

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, he was a professor in classes prépas at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and in a professional lycée in Hauts-de-Seine.

Career

Etchegoyen started his career (1979–1982) in CNRS, then went to the Industry and Research Ministry (1982–1984), before working in the Plan Commission (1984–1985). In 1985, Etchegoyen founded the Association de l'édition du Corpus des textes philosophiques de langue française. In the middle of the 1980s he created a consulting company, with Michelin among its customers. At the end of the 1980s he led the takeover of the

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maker Géo Martel. In the middle of the 90s he becomes administrator of Usinor-Sacilor (now part of

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Politics

In his book ''Votre devoir est de vous taire'' (2005), written after the abrogation of the Plan Commission which he was leading, Etchegoyen had written a few pages about

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. He was writing among other things about his difficult relationship with the socialist presidential candidate, when she was an advisor to Minister of Education

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. He found his experience working with

disappointing. He drew a portrait of Royal as a character "obsessed with image issues", and outlined how difficult it was to work with her, "I have always had trouble having an in depth discussion with Ségolène Royal, who only thought of scoring points."

Books

*''L'Entreprise a-t-elle une âme?'' (1990) *''La Valse des éthiques'' (

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essais 1991) *''Eloge de la communication insupportable'' (1992) *''La Démocratie malade du mensonge'' (1993), couronné du Grand prix de l'Académie française. *''Vérités ou libertés, la justice expliquée aux adultes'' (2001) *''Votre devoir est de vous taire'' (2005) *''Meurtre à la virgule près'' (2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Etchegoyen, Alain 1951 births 2007 deaths Writers from Lille French National Centre for Scientific Research scientists 20th-century French philosophers 21st-century French philosophers 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists 20th-century French essayists École Normale Supérieure alumni Deaths from cancer in France French male essayists French male novelists 21st-century French essayists Prix Médicis essai winners 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers