Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Charles de Gaulle Chair in Global Leadership at CEIBS
Former Prime Minister of France

Join us for a Master Class with Mr. Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Mr. Raffarin was elected Senator of Vienne from 1995 to 2017 and President of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces Committee of the Senate from October 2014 to July 2017. He also occupied the position of Vice-President of the Senate from March 2011 to September 2014. Appointed by Jacques Chirac, he was the French Prime Minister from May 2002 to May 2005.

From 1988 to 2002, he was President of the Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes and presided over the Association of French Regions. Meanwhile, he was also a member and questor of the European Parliament. From 1995 to 1997, he was appointed Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Craft.

In the academic field, Mr. Raffarin is a graduate of l’École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP). He was senior lecturer at the Institut d’Études politiques of Paris and has been a lecturer at ESCP Europe since 2007. His latest publications include Je marcherai toujours à l’affectif, and also Ce que la Chine nous a appris, a book in Chinese written with Anne-Marie Raffarin.

Mr. Raffarin is a member of the CEIBS Board. He joined CEIBS as Distinguished Professor on February 23, 2018. He has been acting as a special representative of French President Emmanuel Macron since January 2018 to further strengthen ties between China and Europe.

We look forward to welcoming you to this event as he shares his wealth of knowledge.

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