Raymond Soubie (born 23 October 1940) is a former

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advisor to former

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Nicolas Sarkozy.Le Figaro
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Biography

Raymond Soubie is a graduate of the

Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux, also known as Sciences Po Bordeaux, is a French grande école located on the university campus of Pessac, Bordeaux. It is attached to the University of Bordeaux. Established in 1948, Sciences Po Bordeau ...

(class of 1960) and 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 Charles de Gaulle and principal author of the 1958 Constitution Michel Deb ...

( class of 1964). In 1969, he worked as an advisor to

Minister of Labour Minister of Labour (in British English) or Labor (in American English) is typically a cabinet-level position with portfolio responsibility for setting national labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, traini ...

Joseph Fontanet. He then worked for Jacques Chirac and

Raymond Barre Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (; 12 April 192425 August 2007) was a French centre-right politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three presidents (Rey, ...

. He also served as an advisor to

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Pierre Bérégovoy,

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and

Alain Juppé Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans (France), The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced 1995 strikes ...

. In 1981, he became the Director of Liaisons Sociales, the second biggest press firm in France. In 1992, he created a

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, Altedia. In 2004, 80% of the CAC 40 enlisted its services.

References

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