Nicolas Revel né Ricard (born 26 May 1966) is a French senior civil servant. He has been the
Prime Minister's Chief of Staff between 3 July 2020 and May 2022.
He was
Assistant General Secretary of the President alongside
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...
from 2012 to 2014, then Director of the National Health Insurance Fund from 2014 to 2020.
Family
Nicolas Revel, born Ricard, is the son of
academician Jean-François Revel
Jean-François Revel (born Jean-François Ricard; 19 January 192430 April 2006) was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European propo ...
, born Ricard (1924–2006), and journalist
Claude Sarraute Claude may refer to:
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(born 1927). His maternal grandmother,
Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999), was a
Jewish woman of
Russian background who came to France as a child.
He has on his mother's side two half-brothers, Laurent and Martin and a half-sister, Véronique; and on his father's side he has a half-sister and a half-brother, Ève and
Matthieu Ricard, who is a Buddhist monk and a writer. His aunts are
Anne Sarraute and photographer Dominique Sarraute.
He has three sons named Simon, David et Benjamin.
Career
A graduate of the
Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Public Service section, class of 1988) and former student of the
École nationale d'administration (class of Léon-Gambetta, 1991–1993), Nicolas Revel joined the
Court of Auditors as legal adviser.
In 2000, he was appointed technical advisor by the
Minister of Agriculture Jean Glavany
Jean Glavany (born 14 May 1949 in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French politician, member of the Socialist Party (PS) and former Minister.
From 1981 to 1988, he was head of cabinet of President François Mitterrand (PS). He was then Minister of ...
.
After
Bertrand Delanoë's victory in the
2001 municipal elections, the new
mayor of Paris
The Mayor of Paris (french: Maire de Paris) is the chief executive of Paris, the capital and largest city in France. The officeholder is responsible for the administration and management of the city, submits proposals and recommendations to the C ...
chose him as deputy chief of staff (in 2003). He appointed him Chief of Staff in 2008.
References
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1966 births
Living people
Sciences Po alumni
École nationale d'administration alumni
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
Judges of the Court of Audit (France)
Civil servants from Paris