Roger Cukierman

Roger Cukierman (born 23 August 1936) is a French banker, businessman and Jewish philanthropist. He served as the President of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF) and is Vice President of the World Jewish Congress.

Biography

Early life Roger Cukierman was born in 1936. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and a PhD in Economics from ESCP Europe, a business school in Paris.

Business career From 1963 to January 1999, he worked at the Edmond de Rothschild Group.

He has written two books. He was re-elected in May 2013. However, his reelection was criticized by some, who opined he was too old to represent French jewry properly. He has expressed his concern about Qatar's economic ties to France in light of its relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood. However, in an interview in February 2015 he claimed that Le Pen "cannot be faulted personally" for anti-Semitism, prompting criticism from Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld.

He has also served as Vice President of the European Jewish Congress and the Alliance Israélite Universelle. He currently serves as Vice President of the World Jewish Congress.