Olivier Duhamel | |
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President of the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques | |
In office 10 May 2016 –4 January 2021 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Claude Casanova |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 1997–2004 | |
Preceded by | Pierre Moscovici |
Personal details | |
Born | Neuilly-sur-Seine,France | 2 May 1950
Spouse | Évelyne Pisier |
Alma mater | Paris Nanterre University |
Olivier Duhamel (born 2 May 1950) is a French former university professor and politician. [1] As a member of the social-democratic Socialist Party,he was elected as a member of the European Parliament from 1997 to 2004. [1] [2] In 2021 he resigned from the FNSP and his academic position after being accused of the sexual abuse of a minor. In mid-April 2021,French media,citing sources close to the investigation,reported that Duhamel had admitted to sexually abusing his stepson. [3]
Olivier Duhamel was born on 2 May 1950 in Neuilly-sur-Seine,France, [2] the son of politician Jacques Duhamel. [4]
He has taught at the University of Franche-Comté,Paris West University Nanterre La Défense,and the UniversitéParis 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. [1] He was also a visiting professor at the University of Washington and New York University. [1] He is a faculty member of Sciences Po,though he stopped teaching in 2010. [1] [5] [6] [7]
He was an advisor to the Constitutional Council from 1983 to 1995,and to Georges Vedel in 1993 and Édouard Balladur in 2007. [1] [7] He served as MEP from 1997 to 2004. [1] [2]
He writes in the popular press for La Marseillaise and Valeurs Actuelles . [1] He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of another publication, POUVOIRS . [1] [6] [7] [8] He is an editor for the European Constitutional Law Review . [1] He also appears on France Culture,LCI,and Europe 1. [1] [6] [7]
He is the Vice-President of Le Siècle. [9] He is also a member of the Club des Juristes,a legal think tank in France. [7]
In January 2021, he was accused by his stepdaughter Camille Kouchner in a book titled La Familia Grande of sexually abusing her twin brother, Duhamel's stepson, when he was 13 in 1988: this offence is outside the statute of limitation for criminal charges. [4] [10] He subsequently resigned from the FNSP, his academic, and media posts. [4] [11] Saying “Being the subject of personal attacks, and eager to protect the institutions I work for, I resign from [all of my positions]." [12] The allegations against him are said to have sparked an online movement of people speaking out about family abuse, [13] [14] [15] and to have led to new laws toughening sexual assault laws against minors. [16] On 5 January 2021, Paris prosecutors opened an investigation into the allegations. [12] In mid-April 2021, French media, citing sources close to the investigation, reported that Duhamel had admitted to sexually abusing his stepson. [3] [17]
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