Michel Bernard, born the 1st of March 1943 at

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, graduate of

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ANPE
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L'ANPE joue la proximité à Saint-Alban et Labège
/ref> (promotion 1967), was the head of the '' Agence nationale pour l'emploi'' from 1995 to 2005.

Biography

Michel Bernard has performed a career in French

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and national companies. He starts his career in 1969 at the ''service technique de la navigation aérienne'' (air navigation technical department) then becomes head of the ''centre en route de la navigation aérienne Nord'' (North en route air navigation center) in 1978. He is promoted

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in 1993. During this period, he was director of human resources at

Snecma Safran Aircraft Engines, previously Snecma (''Société nationale d'études et de construction de moteurs d'aviation'') or Snecma Moteurs, is a French aerospace engine manufacturer headquartered in Courcouronnes and a subsidiary of Safran. It d ...

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director and

Air Inter Air Inter () (legally ''Lignes Aériennes Intérieures'') was a semi-public French domestic airline in France that operated from 1954 until it merged with Air France in 1997. It was last headquartered in Paray-Vieille-Poste, Essonne.''World Ai ...

President from November 1993 until March 1995, when he resigned, denouncing the "backward-looking categorical protection" which are attached the unions.Michel Bernard laisse Air Inter aux grévistes. Après deux mois et demi de grèves à répétition
/ref> He is head of the '' ANPE'' from 1995 till 2005 (his predecessor was Michel Bon and his successor Christian Charpy). Since October 1995, Michel Bernard is head of the board of directors of the ''Fonds d'aide et de soutien pour l'intégration et la lutte contre les discriminations'' (Aid funds and support for integration and the fight against discrimination). Michel Bernard is the current President of the "''cultures du coeur''" ("hearth culture") association which works to fight against social exclusion by promoting access to cultural and sporting events.

Bibliography

* Académie nationale de l'air et de l'espace and Lucien Robineau, ''Les français du ciel, dictionnaire historique'', Le Cherche midi, Juin 2005, 782 p. (), p. 61, ''Bernard, Michel''

References

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