Blandine Kriegel

Blandine Kriegel (born 1 December 1943) is a French philosopher, political scientist, and professor. Throughout her career, Kriegel has been president of the , advisor to Jacques Chirac and member of the Comité consultatif national d'éthique. Kriegel was furthermore assistant to Michel Foucault at the Collège de France.

Early life and education Kriegel was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 1 December 1943. She is the daughter of the resistance fighter, jurist and communist deputy Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont and the resistance fighter Paulette Lesouëf de Brévillier, the niece of the historian and resistance fighter Annie Kriegel His conclusions were not appreciated by "the post-'68 press", in the words of Alain Finkielkraut.

Kriegel was appointed president of the in October 2002.

In 2011, in ('The Republic and the Modern Prince'), Kriegel suggested that the first true "republican" revolution in Europe was that of the Netherlands, through the that the northern states drafted to proclaim the fall of King Philip II of Spain. This revolution would have, according to her, anticipated two centuries in advance that of the United States of America in 1776 and of France in 1789.

From 2012 to 2018, she was a member of the Committee for Prefectural History.

Political commitments After having been close to the Socialist Party, in 1995, Kriegel supported the candidacy of Jacques Chirac in the presidential election. but a member of the sponsorship committee of the Marianne de la diversité foundation.

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