Jacques RenéChirac was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988,as well as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga is a Latvian politician who served as the sixth President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007. She is the first woman to hold the post. She was elected President of Latvia in 1999 and re-elected for the second term in 2003.
Jean-Claude Trichet is a French economist who served as President of the European Central Bank from 2003 to 2011. Previous to his assumption of the presidency he served as Governor of the Bank of France from 1993 to 2003.
Jacques de Larosière de Champfeu is a French former civil servant who served as the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 1993 to 1998. He previously served as the governor of the Banque de France from 1987 to 1993. Before that appointment,he was also the sixth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1978 to 1987
Lakhdar Brahimi is an Algerian United Nations diplomat who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until 14 May 2014. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 1991 to 1993. He served as chairman of the United Nations Panel on United Nations Peace Operations in 2000. Its highly influential report "Report of the Panel on United Nations Peacekeeping" is known as "The Brahimi Report".
Hubert Védrine is a French Socialist politician. He is an advisor at Moelis &Company.
Federico Mayor Zaragoza is a Spanish scientist,scholar,politician,diplomat,and poet. He served as director-general of UNESCO from 1987 to 1999. He is currently the chairman of the Foundation for a Culture of Peace and member of the Honorary Board of the International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World as well as the honorary chairman of the Académie de la Paix.
Marguerite (Maggie) Barankitse is a humanitarian activist who works to improve the welfare of children and challenge ethnic discrimination in Burundi. After rescuing 25 children from a massacre,she was forced to witness the conflicts between the Hutu and Tutsi in her country in 1993. She established Maison Shalom,a shelter that provided access to healthcare,education,and culture to over 20,000 orphan children in need. Because she protested against a third term for President Nkurunziza,she lives in exile.
Jean-Michel Severino is a French banker with particular interest in sustainable development. He has held senior positions in the World Bank,and served for more than nine years as the CEO of France's government agency for international development,AFD. Since 2011 he has been CEO of an investment group,Investisseurs et Partenaires (I&P),and a board member for several private companies.
Andrea Riccardi is an Italian historian,professor,politician and activist,founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio. He served as minister for international cooperation without portfolio in the Monti Cabinet.
The Fondation Chirac was launched by former French President Jacques Chirac,after having served two terms in office between 1995 and 2007. Since 2008,this foundation strives for peace through five advocacy programmes:
Denis Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist and Pentecostal pastor. He founded and works in Panzi Hospital in Bukavu,where he specializes in the treatment of women who have been raped by armed rebels. In 2018,Mukwege and Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict".
Dr. Michel Sidibé is the Africa Union Special Envoy for the African Medicines Agency (AMA). He was the Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Mali. A long-standing champion of a people-centered approach to health and development and a strong advocate for social justice,Sidibéwas the second Executive Director of UNAIDS,serving from January 2009 until May 2019. He held the rank of Under-Secretary-General.
Jean-Pierre Landau is a high-ranking French civil servant.
Park Jae-kyu is the president of Kyungnam University in Masan,South Korea,and the former Unification Minister and National Security Council Chairman of South Korea.
Mario Giro is an Italian trade-unionist,and since 1990 a mediator for peace in the Community of Sant'Egidio.
Bertrand Badré was born on 10 May 1968. He is the son of Denis Badré,Senator of Hauts-de-Seine until 2011 and mayor of Ville d'Avray. Bertrand Badréis CEO and Founder of BlueOrange Capital,an investment fund that aims to finance the Sustainable Development Goals with market level financial returns. Previously,Badréserved as managing director and Chief Financial Officer of the World Bank Group. Badréalso held key positions at SociétéGénérale,Crédit Agricole and Lazard,and was an advisor to previous French President Jacques Chirac’s diplomatic team. He is currently a member or chairs numerous boards paneks,committees,and research institutions,and teaches in a number of universities. His most recent book is titled “Money Honnie,si la finance sauvait le monde?”with a foreword from Gordon Brown,former prime minister of the UK and which explores Badré's experience throughout the financial crisis and how we can reboot the system. The English version of the book “Can finance save the world? Regaining control over money to serve common good”has been prefaced by the president of France,Emmanuel Macron. The book has also been translated into Italian,Russian,and Chinese.
Nicolas Georges Norbert Dufourcq is a French businessman. He has been the general manager of the Banque Publique d’Investissement (Bpifrance) since its creation in January 2013.
Latifa Ibn Ziaten,is a French-Moroccan activist. She is the mother of Imad ibn Ziaten,born in 1981,the first service member in Toulouse killed by Mohammed Merah on 11 March 2012.
Caroline Kende-Robb is a Senior Adviser at the African Center for Economic Transformation,a Pan-African think tank influencing policy across Africa and globally to support Africa’s long-term growth through transformation.
