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Jacques Attali

1943 - Today

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Jacques José Mardoché Attali (French pronunciation: [ʒak atali]; born 1 November 1943) is a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant. A very prolific writer, Attali published 86 books in 54 years, between 1969 and 2023. Attali served as a counselor to President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991, and was the first head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 1991 to 1993. In 1997, upon the request of education minister Claude Allègre, he proposed a reform of the higher education degrees system. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Attali is the 152nd most popular economist (down from 95th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jacques Attali ranks 152 out of 414. Before him are Ben Bernanke, Peter Diamond, Tony Atkinson, Benedetto Cotrugli, Silvio Gesell, and Christopher A. Pissarides. After him are Robert F. Engle, Christopher A. Sims, Roger Myerson, Angus Deaton, Eric Maskin, and Vernon L. Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jacques Attali ranks 136. Before him are Ri Chun-hee, Kiyoshi Tomizawa, Roberto Boninsegna, Jacques Laffite, Angelo Comastri, and Blythe Danner. After him are Luis Carlos Galán, Jacques Dutronc, Masafumi Hara, Arturo Merzario, Chevy Chase, and Tobe Hooper.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Jacques Attali ranks 48 out of 213. Before him are Jean-Claude Brialy (1933), Khaled (1960), Robert Merle (1908), Abdelkader Bensalah (1941), Jean-Marc Aveline (1958), and Liamine Zéroual (1941). After him are Maximilian of Tebessa (274), Adherbal (-200), Enrico Macias (1938), Paul Masson (1876), Tony Gatlif (1948), and Lalla Fatma N'Soumer (1830).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Algeria

Among economists born in Algeria, Jacques Attali ranks 1. 

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