Jean-Michel Gaillard (May 16, 1946, Pont-Sant-Esprit in

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– July 19, 2005,

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) was a high-ranking French official. He was, most notably, director general of Antenne 2 (now

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), from 1989 to 1991. He was a student of the

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, where he received a doctorate in history. As a politician he was a militant socialist, aligned with the likes of

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and

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. He was father to two girls. Before his death from

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at the age of 59, he was counsel for the Academy of Television Arts. During the presidency of

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, he worked as a senior advisor at the Élysée Palace. As a television script writer he co-wrote the television film ''Leclerc, a Dream of Indochina'' with

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, which debuted on

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in 2003. He wrote many works, including a biography of

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, published in 1989.

Bibliography

*''Tu seras président mon fils : anatomie des grandes écoles et malformations des élites''. - Ramsay, 1987. - 248 p. ; 24 cm. - * ''L'ENA : miroir de l'État de 1945 à nos jours''. - Complexe, 1995. - 238 p. ; 22 cm. - * ''Les 40 jours de Blum''. - Perrin, 2001. - 316 p.-4 pl. ; 23 cm. - * ''Les Grands jours de l'Europe : 1950-2004''. - Perrin, 2004. - 139 p. ; 18 cm. - (Tempus ; 59). -

TV films

* ''Le Dernier été'', based on ''

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'' by

. * ''Thérèse et Léon'', following part of the life of Léon Blum. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaillard, Jean-Michel 1946 births 2005 deaths ENS Fontenay-Saint-Cloud-Lyon alumni École nationale d'administration alumni Academic staff of Rennes 2 University Deaths from cancer in France People from Gard