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Érik Orsenna

1947 - Today

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Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult (born 22 March 1947) a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po"), Orsenna specialized in economics at the London School of Economics. He was a close collaborator of François Mitterrand and held several government positions in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a member (currently on leave) of the Conseil d'État, having been appointed in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Érik Orsenna is the 15,023rd most popular politician (down from 14,533rd in 2019), the 4,538th most popular biography from France (down from 4,439th in 2019) and the 859th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Érik Orsenna ranks 15,023 out of 19,576Before him are Fruto Chamorro, Francisco Lagos Cházaro, Seankhenre Mentuhotepi, Claude Cheysson, Bronislovas Lubys, and Saulius Skvernelis. After him are Rosalia Zemlyachka, Wilbur Ross, José María Medina, Þorsteinn Pálsson, Eduardo Schaerer, and Fatemeh Pahlavi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Érik Orsenna ranks 550Before him are Terje Rypdal, Svetlana Bojković, Nikolai Volkoff, Ottis Toole, Peter Osgood, and Tracey Walter. After him are Þorsteinn Pálsson, John Ratzenberger, Gordon Neufeld, Gregg Rolie, Maria del Mar Bonet, and Hawa Abdi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Érik Orsenna ranks 4,538 out of 6,770Before him are Jean-Paul Agon (1956), Édouard Louis Trouessart (1842), Joséphine Fodor (1789), Hervé Guibert (1955), Claude Cheysson (1920), and Jean Piot (1890). After him are Chrétien Waydelich (1841), Jean Graczyk (1933), Philippe Descola (1949), Gaston Amson (1883), Adolphe Grisel (1872), and Maurice Perrin (1911).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Érik Orsenna ranks 859Before him are Victor Bérard (1864), Jean-Claude Gaudin (1939), Luc Ferry (1951), Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway (1648), Edmund, Earl of Rutland (1443), and Claude Cheysson (1920). After him are Jean, Count of Paris (1965), Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne (1618), Roselyne Bachelot (1946), Alain Peyrefitte (1925), Arlette Laguiller (1940), and François Asselineau (1957).