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Stanislas Guerini
Stanislas Guerini (born 14 May 1982) is a French politician who is serving as Minister of Public Transformation and Service in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022. Prior to entering government, Guerini served as Executive Officer of La République En Marche! (LREM) since 2018. He succeeded Christophe Castaner, who had resigned after he was appointed Minister of the Interior by President Emmanuel Macron. From 2017 to 2022, Guerini was the member of the National Assembly for the 3rd constituency of Paris, which covers parts of the 17th and 18th arrondissements. Early life and education One of his grandfathers, an Italian immigrant, fled the Fascist regime to settle in France. Guerini established his company Watt & Home, a company selling and installing solar panels, founded in 2007. At the end of 2013, he left his position of general manager of Watt and Home and becomes "director of the customer experience" of the multinational Elis, company in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Civil Service Ministers Of France
Below is a list of Civil Service Ministers in the Government of France since the establishment of the Fourth Republic. Since 6 July 2020, Amélie de Montchalin has been Minister of Public Transformation and Service under Prime Minister Jean Castex. __NOTOC__ List Fourth Republic Under Vincent Auriol * 19 February – 4 May 1947: Maurice Thorez, Minister of State * 4 May – 22 October 1947: Pierre-Henri Teitgen, Minister of State * 26 November 1947 – 2 July 1950: Jean Biondi, Secretary of State * 2 July – 12 July 1950: Paul Giacobbi, Minister of State * 12 July 1950 – 11 August 1951: Pierre Métayer, Secretary of State * 20 January – 8 March 1952: Bernard Lafay, Secretary of State Under René Coty * 30 June – 12 November 1954: Jean Masson, Secretary of State * 12 November 1954 – 23 February 1955: René Billières, Secretary of State * 1 February 1956 – 13 June 1957: Pierre Métayer, Secretary of State * 17 June – 6 November 1957: Jean Meunier, Secretary of Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HEC Paris
HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Finance, MBA and EMBA programs, specialised MSc's, PhD's and executive education. HEC Paris is the founding member of CEMS - Global Alliance in Management Education and holds the triple accreditation ( AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS). History Founded in 1881 by the Paris Chamber of Commerce (CCIP) with 57 students in the very first class, the ''École des hautes études commerciales de Paris'' (HEC) aimed to be in the fields of management and commerce what '' Centrale Paris'' was in the field of engineering. In 1921, the school introduced the case-based method of the Harvard Business School, but most of the lectures remained theoretical. In 1938, the HEC program was lengthened to 3 years. Due to French corporations' demand for North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20 Minutes (France)
''20 minutes'' (pronounced ''vingt minutes'') is a free, daily newspaper aimed at commuters in France. It is published by Schibsted and . '' 20 minutos'', the Spanish version, is distributed by Schibsted and Zeta in Spain. In Switzerland, the French-language edition ''20 minutes'' and the German-language edition '' 20 Minuten'' are published by Tamedia. In 2017, it claimed that its website received 16 million unique users per month. In Greater Paris, Ipsos and CESP confirmed a circulation of 805,000 with a readership of 2,339,000. ''20 minutes'' claims that its readers are "young urban citizens (15–40 years old) that to a lesser extent consume traditional newspapers." The French ''20 minutes'' was launched in Paris on 15 March 2002, and spread to 11 other urban areas of France, including, in order of size, the cities of Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Lille, Rennes and Grenoble. Each edition includes both national pages and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 French Socialist Party Presidential Primary
The Socialist Party presidential primary of 2006 was the selection process by which members of the Socialist Party of France chose their candidate for the 2007 French presidential election. In a nationwide vote on 16 November 2006, members of the party chose the regional president of Poitou-Charentes, Ségolène Royal. This historic vote made Royal the first woman to be nominated by a major party for the office of President of France. Royal faced two significant rivals in the campaign, a former Minister of Finance, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and a former Prime Minister, Laurent Fabius. With a lively public style and a dominant presence on the Internet, Royal managed to upend her more established opponents. She followed this victory with a spirited fight in the 2007 French presidential election, but ultimately lost to conservative UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy. Background At the 2005 Socialist Party congress in Le Mans, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Laurent Fabius had both been consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn (; born 25 April 1949), also known as DSK, is a French economist and politician who served as the tenth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and was a member of the French Socialist Party. He was a professor of economics at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense and Sciences Po, and was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1997 to 1999, as part of Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government. He sought the nomination in the Socialist Party presidential primary of 2006, but was defeated by Ségolène Royal. Strauss-Kahn was appointed managing director of the IMF on 28 September 2007, with the backing of then–President of France Nicolas Sarkozy. He served in that capacity until his resignation on 18 May 2011, in the wake of an allegation that he had sexually assaulted a hotel maid; the charges were later dismissed. Other sexual allegations followed, and resulted in acquittals. These accusations were seen as co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HuffPost
''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy living, women's interests, and local news featuring columnists. It was created to provide a progressive alternative to the conservative news websites such as the Drudge Report. The site offers content posted directly on the site as well as user-generated content via video blogging, audio, and photo. In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. Founded by Andrew Breitbart, Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, the site was launched on May 9, 2005 as a counterpart to the Drudge Report. In March 2011, it was acquired by AOL for US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BFM Business
BFM Business (called BFM for ''Business FM'' until April 2009 and BFM Radio until November 2010) is France's first business news channel. It's also the most-listened to business news radio station in this country. From November 2010, BFM Business is a national economic television station offering regional variation in Ile-de-France. That regional variation was shut down in November 2016 and replaced by a local news channel, BFM Paris. Founded in 1991 (radio), it has been part of NextRadioTV group since 2002. Organization Management The chief executive officer is Guillaume Dubois and the assistant CEO is Nicolas Lespaule. Capital BFM Business is held by the French group NextRadioTV which also owns the national news channel BFM TV and RMC radio station. Broadcasting From November 2010 to November 2016, the television station was broadcast in 16:9 format on TNT in the Paris region (channel 24). It is still available by satellite in Western Europe and North Africa vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Figaro
''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French Newspaper of record, newspapers of record, along with ''Le Monde'' and ''Libération''. It was named after Figaro, a character in a play by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799); one of his lines became the paper's motto: "''Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n'est point d'éloge flatteur''" ("Without the freedom to criticise, there is no flattering praise"). With a Centre-right politics, centre-right editorial line, it is the largest national newspaper in France, ahead of ''Le Parisien'' and ''Le Monde''. In 2019, the paper had an average circulation of 321,116 copies per issue. The paper is published in Berliner (format), Berliner format. Since 2012 its editor (''directeur de la rédaction'') has been Alexis Brézet. The newspaper has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fascist Italy (1922–1943)
The Kingdom of Italy was governed by the National Fascist Party from 1922 to 1943 with Benito Mussolini as prime minister. The Italian Fascists imposed authoritarian rule and crushed political and intellectual opposition, while promoting economic modernization, traditional social values and a rapprochement with the Roman Catholic Church. According to Payne (1996), " heFascist government passed through several relatively distinct phases". The first phase (1922–1925) was nominally a continuation of the parliamentary system, albeit with a "legally-organized executive dictatorship". The second phase (1925–1929) was "the construction of the Fascist dictatorship proper". The third phase (1929–1934) was with less interventionism in foreign policy. The fourth phase (1935–1940) was characterized by an aggressive foreign policy: the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, which was launched from Eritrea and Somaliland; confrontations with the League of Nations, leading to sanctions; growin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italians In France
Italian migration into what is today France has been going on, in different migrating cycles, for centuries, beginning in prehistoric times right to the modern age. In addition, Corsica passed from the Republic of Genoa to France in 1768, and the county of Nice and Savoy from the Kingdom of Sardinia to France in 1860. According to Robin Cohen, "about 5 million French nationals are of Italian origin if their parentage is retraced over three generations". According to official data of the Eurostat for 2012, the number of Italian citizens residing in France was 174,000. History of Italians in France Middle Ages and Renaissance There has always been migration, since ancient times, between what is today Italy and France. This is especially true of the regions of northwestern Italy and southeastern France. As Italian wealth and influence grew during the Middle Ages, many Florentine, Genoese and Venetian traders, bankers and artisans settled, usually through family branches, through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th Arrondissement Of Paris
The 18th arrondissement of Paris (''XVIIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''dix-huitième''. The arrondissement, known as Butte-Montmartre, is located on the Rive Droite, right bank of the River Seine. It is mostly known for hosting the district of Montmartre which contains a hill known for its artistic history, the Bateau-Lavoir where Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Amedeo Modigliani lived and worked in early 20th century, the house of music diva Dalida, the Moulin Rouge cabaret, other historic features, and the prominent Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris, Sacré Cœur basilica which sits atop the hill. The 18th arrondissement also contains the North African and African district of Goutte d'Or which is famous for its market, the marché Barbès, where one can find various products from the African continent. Geography The land area of thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Arrondissement Of Paris
The 17th arrondissement of Paris (''XVIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ''le dix-septième'' (; "the seventeenth"). The arrondissement, known as Batignolles-Monceau, is situated on the right bank of the River Seine. In 2019, it had a population of 166,543. It borders the inner suburbs of Neuilly-sur-Seine, Levallois-Perret and Clichy in Hauts-de-Seine to the northwest, as well as Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine in Seine-Saint-Denis to the northeast. Geography The land area of the 17th arrondissement is 5.669 km2 (2.189 sq. miles, or 1,401 acres). Situated on the right bank (Rive Droite) of the River Seine, it is divided into four administrative districts: Ternes and Monceau in the southwestern part, two upper-class districts which are more Haussmannian in style; in the middle of the arrondissement, the Batignolles district, an area mostly occupied by young families or couples, with a mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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