Marie-Thérèse Join-Lambert ( Kourilsky; 1 October 1936 – 22 March 2023) was a French government official. She was president of the

Observatoire National de la Pauvreté et de l'Exclusion Sociale The Observatoire National de la Pauvreté et de l'Exclusion Sociale (ONPES) is an agency of the French government. It aims at assessing poverty in France, poverty and social exclusion, exclusion in France. Overview The ''Observatoire National de la ...

(ONPES) from 1999 to 2005.

Biography

Born in the

16th arrondissement of Paris The 16th arrondissement of Paris (; ) is the westernmost of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France. Located on the city's Right Bank, it is adjacent to the 17th and 8th arrondissements to the northeast, as well as to the ...

on 1 October 1936, Join-Lambert was the daughter of professor . She graduated from

Sciences Po Sciences Po () or Sciences Po Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies (), is a public research university located in Paris, France, that holds the status of ''grande école'' and the legal status of . The university's unde ...

and served as director of studies and professional counsel at the

Agence nationale pour l'emploi The ''Agence nationale pour l'emploi'', or ANPE (English: "National Employment Agency" or "National Work Agency") was a French government agency which provided counseling and aid to those who are in search of a job or of training. The ANPE was c ...

from 1974 to 1977. She then served as deputy rapporteur of the Centre d'études des revenus et des coûts until 1981. In May 1981, Join-Lambert was appointed a project manager in the cabinet of

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. She headed the social affairs department of the General Planning Commission from 1981 to 1982 and was vice-president of an industrial strategy group from 1982 to 1985. That year, she was appointed director of IGAS. In 1988, Join-Lambert was hired as a social policy advisor to Prime Minister

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. She was a member of the from 1990 to 1997. In January 1998, in the midst of an unemployment crisis, Prime Minister

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tasked her with research on unemployment assistance. She turned in a report on unemployment compensation on 25 February 1998. Join-Lambert served as the founding president of ONPES from 5 May 1999 to 25 February 2005. She also chaired the Exclusion Committee of the and the "Mal-Logement" group of the . She wrote numerous reports and manuals, including the 1997 publication ''Politiques sociales'', in which she supervised the teaching of social issues. Marie-Thérèse Join-Lambert died on 22 March 2023, at the age of 86.

Decorations

*Grand Officer of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

(2014)

References

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