Sofiane BouhdibaSofiane Bouhdiba is a Tunisian demographer, born on 12 April 1968. He is Professor of Demography in the department of Sociology in the University of Tunis. He has taught in many universities in Europe, Africa and the United States, and has participated in a great number of international conferences, with a focus on mortality and morbidity. As an international consultant to the United Nations, he had the opportunity to observe closely the history of the fight against major diseases in the world.
Alexandre del ValleMarc d'Anna (born September 4, 1968), writing under the pen name Alexandre del Valle, is a Franco-Italian geopolitologist, writer, professor, columnist, and political commentator. Del Valle specializes in geopolitics. He is known primarily for his analysis of Islamic extremism, and his criticism of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's policies. Del Valle is a proponent of the PanWest paradigm, which is the cooperation between the West and Russia against radical Islamism. He coined the term "red–green–brown alliance" in 2002.
Jean-Yves CamusJean-Yves Camus (born 1958) is a French political scientist who specializes on nationalist movements in Europe. Born in 1958 to a Jewish family, Camus is an observant Jew and describes himself as part of "the anti-totalitarian left". He earned a M.A.S. in contemporary history at Sciences Po in 1982. He has been a researcher at the Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques since 2006 and the president of the Observatoire des radicalités politiques ("Observatory of political radicalism") at the center-left think tank Fondation Jean-Jaurès since 2014.
2007 French presidential electionPresidential elections were held in France on 21 and 22 April 2007 to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France (and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra) for a five-year term. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 5 and 6 May 2007 between the two leading candidates, Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal. Sarkozy was elected with 53% of the vote. Sarkozy and Royal both represented a generational change.
Philippe de VilliersPhilippe Marie Jean Joseph Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon, known as Philippe de Villiers (filip də vilje; born 25 March 1949), is a French entrepreneur, politician and novelist. He is the founder of the Puy du Fou theme park in Vendée, which is centred around the history of France. Appointed Secretary of State for Culture in 1986 by President François Mitterrand, de Villiers entered the National Assembly the following year and the European Parliament in 1994.
La Santé PrisonLa Santé Prison (named after its location on the Rue de la Santé) (Maison d'arrêt de la Santé or Prison de la Santé) is a prison operated by the French Prison Service of the Ministry of Justice located in the east of the Montparnasse district of the 14th arrondissement in southern Paris, France at 42 Rue de la Santé. It is one of the most famous prisons in France, with both VIP and maximum security sections. La Santé is one of the three main prisons of the Paris area, along with Fleury-Mérogis (Europe's largest prison) and Fresnes, both located in the southern suburbs.
Jean-Michel VernhesJean-Michel Vernhes (born in 1950 at Mazamet) is a French public servant. He is the current President of French Airports (Union des aéroports français) and of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport. Graduate from classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles at Lycée Pierre-de-Fermat (Toulouse) and from the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university, promotion 1971), Jean-Michel Vernhes starts his career in 1975 at the air traffic control center of Bordeaux.
Elections in the PhilippinesElections in the Philippines are of several types. The president, vice-president, and the senators are elected for a six-year term, while the members of the House of Representatives, governors, vice-governors, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board members), mayors, vice-mayors, members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod/members of the Sangguniang Bayan (city/municipal councilors), barangay officials, and the members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (youth councilors) are elected to serve for a three-year term.
Claude TresmontantClaude Tresmontant (5 August 1925 – 16 April 1997) was a French philosopher, Hellenist, and theologian. Claude Tresmontant taught medieval philosophy and philosophy of science at the Sorbonne. He was a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Science. He was given the Maximilien-Kolbe Prize in 1973 and the Grand Prix of the Academy of Moral and Political Science for his complete works in 1987. fr Essai sur la pensée hébraïque, éd. O.E.I.L., 1953 (republishing 1956). fr Études de métaphysique biblique, éd.
Hans BoumanHans Bouman (born in 1951) is a Dutch visual artist working in painting, sculpture, etching and video. He settled in Paris in 1980. Hans Bouman grew up in Haarlem, Netherlands, and earned his degrees at the Graphics School and at the Rietveld Academy of Amsterdam in 1978. After settling in Paris in 1980, he received the Painting Prize at the Salon de Montrouge in 1985, when he became a well-known and successful visual artist.
