Ismaël Emelien (born 9 March 1987) is a French political advisor. He co-founded

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and served as

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's special advisor for strategy, communication and speeches.

Early life and education

Emelien was born 9 March 1987 in

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. He has a sister, Marie. He graduated from

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in 2010.

Career

Emelien worked on

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's campaign during the 2006

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primary of the

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. Strauss-Kahn lost to

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(who lost to President

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in the general election). Shortly afterward, Emelien joined

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, where he worked for Gilles Finchelstein and co-edited a book with Julia Cagé. He subsequently worked for Euro RSCG, a PR firm now known as Havas Worldwide. He worked on

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's campaign in

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. Emelien first met Macron in 2009. He later worked for him at the

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. In 2016, Emelien quit his job at the ministry and co-founded

. He advised Macron during the 2017 French presidential campaign. He worked with Liegey Muller Pons, an electoral strategy start-up, and Proxem, a linguistics analysis start-up. Emelien was appointed as

Macron's special advisor for strategy, communication and speeches, on 14 May 2017. In July 2018, Emelien's name was mentioned in the

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. He was suspected of having taken custody of video surveillance recordings illegally given to

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by three police officers. On February 11, 2019, Emelien announced his resignation as President Macron's special advisor to ''

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''.

Other activities

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(ECFR), MemberMembers

Works

References

1987 births Living people Politicians from Grenoble Renaissance (French political party) politicians Sciences Po alumni French political consultants {{France-politician-LREM-stub