Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg (born 17 April 1943) is a French

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of the

Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG has been a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Socialist Party (, PS). Af ...

(French: ''Parti Radical de Gauche'', PRG).

Biography

He has been a

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(1979-1983), a Deputy to the (French) National Assembly (1986-2007; he was defeated in the 2007 elections, but regained his seat in 2012) and a Government Minister (1983-1986 et 2000-2002). He is a professor at Panthéon-Assas University. From 1981 to 1983 he was President of the Movement of Radicals of the Left (''Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche'', the forerunner of the PRG) in the French Parliament. He is also known as a popular political theoretician especially in his book ''L'etat Spectacle'' originally written in 1977 (Flammarion) and subsequently rewritten to include female political role models (

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in particular) in 2009 (Plon) and his other major work ''La Politique du Mensonge'' (Odile Jacob 1998). He posits politics as a shadow show with stereotypical characters and plots. Main actors include "The Man of the People" (

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), "The Hero" (

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), "Father/Mother of the Nation" (originally

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and subsequently Angela Merkel) and "The charmer" (

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). Strategically his analysis is allied to game theory where politicians play roles to contrast with their opponents and provides a tool for analysing electoral tactics. His work is virtually unknown in the

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References

1943 births Living people People from Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques French people of German descent Politicians from Nouvelle-Aquitaine Radical Party of the Left politicians Radical Movement politicians Government ministers of France Deputies of the 8th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 9th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 11th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Val-de-Marne Academic staff of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University {{France-MEP-stub