Patrick Levaye (born July 26, 1952 in

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) is a writer and a French Senior official. Author of a book on Catholicism, Patrick Levaye occupied several functions with high responsibilities with the French Minister of the Interior, with the Minister of Defence like to the Secretariat of State to the War Veterans. He was member of the

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(RPR), a French

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, during about fifteen years, as from 1979. He is also knight of the

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, delegated hospital works for the 12th arrondissement of Paris since the beginning of the years 2000, and reserve officer.

Biography

He is born in

, on July 26, 1952. Only sons of a family of the middle-class, he followed, in

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(

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), a schooling without difficulty until the scientific baccalaureat. After having obtained this diploma, in 1969 with the Mention Assez Bien (Honours), Patrick Levaye carried out a preparation in agronomy and was acceptable with a veterinary contest. He decided, finally, to turn to studies of botany. He obtained its licence of botany. Levaye, who wished to carry out a professional path in the public office, decided to present himself to the contest of the Regional Institute of French Administration (RIFA), which he makes a success of in 1975. Left graduate RIFA from

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in 1977, Patrick Levaye carried out his military service (which was, let us recall it, at the time, obligatory) with

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. After his military service, he entered to the

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, with the Management of the Forecast, as attache with the Central Administration. In 1982, he entered to the

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(ENA), in promotion "

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". In this promotion was also admitted, at the sides of Patrick Levaye,

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(director of the

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), Patrick Galouzeau de Villepin (brother of the former French Prime Minister

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), François Peny (General secretary of préfecture of the

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), Jean-François Cirelli (president of Gaz de France), Jean-Claude Mallet (former General secretary of French National defense), so on. Following obtaining the diploma of the ENA, in 1985, Patrick Levaye carried out a career of senior official "interesting" and "exemplary", according to the terms of some of his former comrades of promotion.

Administrative Functions and occupied Policies

* 1979 - 1982 : Attache, with the Central Administration, within the Management of the Forecast (

); * 1982 - 1985 : Student at the

, promotion "

"; * 1985 - 1989 : Civil administrator with the Head office of the National Police Force (

Minister of the Interior (France) Minister of the Interior (, ) is the interior minister of French government, traditionally responsible for internal security and territorial administration. The minister ensures the maintenance and cohesion of the country's institutions through ...

); * 1989 - 1992 : General Secretary of the Prefecture of the

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; * 1992 - 1994 : Head clerk of the Budgetary Businesses to the French Minister of the Interior; * 1994 - 1999 : Sub-manager of the administration and modernization to the direction of defense and safety civil (French Minister of the Interior); * 1999 - 2002 : Sub-manager of the Budget to the

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; * 2002 - 2007 : Adviser of the

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Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (; born 10 September 1946), known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the The Republicans (France), Rep ...

; * 2002 - 2003 : Technical adviser with the cabinet of the Secretary of State to Defence charged with War Veterans, Hamlaoui Mekachera; * 2003 - February 2007 : Director-assistant of the cabinet of the Secretariat of State to Defence charged with War Veterans; * February 2007 - May 2007 : Principal private secretary of the Secretariat of State to Defence charged with War Veterans; * September 2007 - June 2008 : Rapporteur at the Commission of White paper on Defence and the French National Security; * January 2009 - June 2012 : Project Manager on the "Securities Secure" to the French Ministry of Interior; * Since July 2012 : Deputy Ministerial Delegate to Private Security (MDPS) to the French Ministry of Interior.

Literary works

* Charles de Foucauld : Repères pour Aujourd'hui (Première Partie Editions, December 2016 - ); * Géopolitique du

Catholicism The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

e (Ellipses Editions, 2007 - ).

Honorary Distinctions

* Knight of the

Ordre National du Mérite The (; ) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's establishment was twofold: to replace the large number of ...

; * Knight of the Mérite Agricole; * Knight of the

External links

Patrick Levaye's Book, Charles de Foucauld : Repères pour Aujourd'hui, on the Première Partie Website

The Official Website of White paper on Defence and the National Security (France)

The Official Website of the Minister of Defence (France)

The Official Website of the Minister of the Interior (France)

The Official Website of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
{{DEFAULTSORT:Levaye, Patrick 1952 births Living people École nationale d'administration alumni Knights of Malta Knights of the Order of Agricultural Merit