Patrick Levaye (born July 26, 1952 in

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
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) is a writer and a French Senior official. Author of a book on Catholicism, Patrick Levaye occupied several functions with high responsibilities with the French Minister of the Interior, with the Minister of Defence like to the Secretariat of State to the War Veterans. He was member of the

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(RPR), a French

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, during about fifteen years, as from 1979. He is also knight of the

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, delegated hospital works for the

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since the beginning of the years 2000, and reserve officer.

Biography

He is born in

, on July 26, 1952. Only sons of a family of the middle-class, he followed, in

Puteaux Puteaux () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, from the centre of Paris. In 2016, it had a population of 44,941. La Défense, Paris's business district hosting the ...

(

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), a schooling without difficulty until the scientific baccalaureat. After having obtained this diploma, in 1969 with the Mention Assez Bien (Honours), Patrick Levaye carried out a preparation in agronomy and was acceptable with a veterinary contest. He decided, finally, to turn to studies of botany. He obtained its licence of botany. Levaye, who wished to carry out a professional path in the public office, decided to present himself to the contest of the Regional Institute of French Administration (RIFA), which he makes a success of in 1975. Left graduate RIFA from

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in 1977, Patrick Levaye carried out his military service (which was, let us recall it, at the time, obligatory) with

Paris Fire Brigade The Paris Fire Brigade (french: Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris, BSPP) is a French Army unit which serves as the primary fire and rescue service for Paris, the city's inner suburbs and certain sites of national strategic importance. The ...

. After his military service, he entered to the

Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment (France) The Ministry of Economics, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty (french: Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique, pronounced ), informally referred to as Bercy, is one of the most impor ...

, with the Management of the Forecast, as attache with the Central Administration. In 1982, he entered to the

École nationale d'administration The École nationale d'administration (generally referred to as ENA, en, National School of Administration) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by President of France, President Charles de Gaulle and principal author of the Constitu ...

(ENA), in promotion "

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". In this promotion was also admitted, at the sides of Patrick Levaye,

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(director of the

Paris Institute of Political Studies , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

), Patrick Galouzeau de Villepin (brother of the former French Prime Minister

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), François Peny (General secretary of préfecture of the

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), Jean-François Cirelli (president of Gaz de France), Jean-Claude Mallet (former General secretary of French National defense), so on. Following obtaining the diploma of the ENA, in 1985, Patrick Levaye carried out a career of senior official "interesting" and "exemplary", according to the terms of some of his former comrades of promotion.

Administrative Functions and occupied Policies

* 1979 - 1982 : Attache, with the Central Administration, within the Management of the Forecast (

); * 1982 - 1985 : Student at the

, promotion "

"; * 1985 - 1989 : Civil administrator with the Head office of the National Police Force (

Minister of the Interior (France) Minister of the Interior (french: Ministre de l'Intérieur; ) is a prominent position in the Government of France. The position is equivalent to the interior minister in other countries, like the Home Secretary in the United Kingdom, the Minist ...

) ; * 1989 - 1992 : General Secretary of the Prefecture of the

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; * 1992 - 1994 : Head clerk of the Budgetary Businesses to the French Minister of the Interior ; * 1994 - 1999 : Sub-manager of the administration and modernization to the direction of defense and safety civil (French Minister of the Interior) ; * 1999 - 2002 : Sub-manager of the Budget to the

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; * 2002 - 2007 : Adviser of the

Minister of Defence (France) The Minister of the Armed Forces (french: Ministre des armées, ) is the leader and most senior official of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, tasked with running the French Armed Forces. The minister is the third highest civilian having ...

Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (; born 10 September 1946), known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans, part of the Eur ...

; * 2002 - 2003 : Technical adviser with the cabinet of the Secretary of State to Defence charged with War Veterans, Hamlaoui Mekachera ; * 2003 - February 2007 : Director-assistant of the cabinet of the Secretariat of State to Defence charged with War Veterans ; * February 2007 - May 2007 : Principal private secretary of the Secretariat of State to Defence charged with War Veterans ; * September 2007 - June 2008 : Rapporteur at the Commission of White paper on Defence and the French National Security ; * January 2009 - June 2012 : Project Manager on the "Securities Secure" to the French Ministry of Interior ; * Since July 2012 : Deputy Ministerial Delegate to Private Security (MDPS) to the French Ministry of Interior.

Literary works

Charles de Foucauld Charles Eugène de Foucauld de Pontbriand, Viscount of Foucauld (15 September 1858 – 1 December 1916) was a French soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnographer, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Al ...

: Repères pour Aujourd'hui (Première Partie Editions, December 2016 - ) ; * Géopolitique du

Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

e (Ellipses Editions, 2007 - ).

Honorary Distinctions

* Knight of the

Ordre National du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's esta ...

; * Knight of the

Mérite Agricole The Order of Agricultural Merit (french: link=no, Ordre du Mérite agricole) is an order of merit bestowed by the French Republic for outstanding contributions to agriculture. When it was created in 1883, it was second in importance only to the ...

; * Knight of the

External links

Patrick Levaye's Book, Charles de Foucauld : Repères pour Aujourd'hui, on the Première Partie Website
;
The Official Website of White paper on Defence and the National Security (France)
;
The Official Website of the Minister of Defence (France)
;
The Official Website of the Minister of the Interior (France)
;
The Official Website of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
{{DEFAULTSORT:Levaye, Patrick 1952 births Living people École nationale d'administration alumni Knights of Malta Knights of the Order of Agricultural Merit