Gérard Davet (born 1966) is a French investigative journalist for ''

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''.

Early life

Gérard Davet was born on August 25, 1966. His father is a salesman and his mother is a teacher. He grew up in Meudon-la-Forêt.

Career

Davet became a journalist for ''

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'' in 1989. He has been an investigative journalist for ''Le Monde'' since 2011. In October 2010, as he was reporting on the Bettencourt affair, his apartment was broken in, with only a laptop and

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device stolen from the premises. In March 2014, he received a threatening letter linked to some investigative work he was doing. Davet is the co-author of several books with

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. Two books, ''Sarko m'a tuer'' and ''Sarko s'est tuer'', are about

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. Another book, ''L'homme qui voulut être roi'', is about

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. Two more books, ''French corruption'' and ''La clef : révélations sur la fraude fiscale du siècle'', are about allegations of political corruptions and tax evasion in France. Their sixth book, ''"Un président ne devrait pas dire ça..."'', is based on interviews with President François Hollande.

Works

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References

1966 births Living people French investigative journalists People from Courbevoie French male journalists {{France-journalist-stub