Nicolas Revel

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Nicolas Revel
Director of the Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris
Assumed office
5 July 2022
Preceded byMartin Hirsch
Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister
In office
3 July 2020 – 16 May 2022
Prime MinisterJean Castex
Preceded byBenoît Ribadeau Dumas
Succeeded byAurelien Rousseau
Director of the National Fund for Health Insurance
In office
12 November 2014 – 3 July 2020
Preceded byFrédéric van Roekeghem
Succeeded byThomas Fatome
Deputy Secretary-General to the President
In office
15 May 2012 – 12 November 2014
Serving with Emmanuel Macron
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Preceded byJean Castex
Succeeded byBoris Vallaud
Personal details
Born (1966-05-26) 26 May 1966 (age 57)
Paris, France
Parent(s)Jean-François Revel
Claude Sarraute
Alma materSciences Po
École nationale d'administration

Nicolas Revel, né Ricard (born 26 May 1966) is a French senior civil servant. He has been the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff between 3 July 2020 and May 2022. He was Assistant General Secretary of the President alongside Emmanuel Macron from 2012 to 2014, then Director of the National Health Insurance Fund from 2014 to 2020.

Family[edit]

Nicolas Revel, born Ricard, is the son of academician Jean-François Revel, born Ricard (1924–2006), and journalist Claude Sarraute[1] (1927-2023). His maternal grandmother, Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999), was a Jewish woman of Russian background who came to France as a child.

On his mother's side, he has two half-brothers, Laurent and Martin, and a half-sister, Véronique. On his father's side, he has a half-sister and a half-brother, Ève and Matthieu Ricard, who is a Buddhist monk and a writer. His aunts are Anne Sarraute and photographer Dominique Sarraute.

He has three sons named Simon, David, and Benjamin.

Career[edit]

A graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Public Service section, class of 1988) and former student of the École nationale d'administration (class of Léon-Gambetta, 1991–1993), Nicolas Revel joined the Court of Auditors as legal adviser.

In 2000, he was appointed technical advisor by the Minister of Agriculture Jean Glavany.

After Bertrand Delanoë's victory in the 2001 municipal elections, the new mayor of Paris chose him as deputy chief of staff (in 2003). He appointed him Chief of Staff in 2008.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "L'équipe élyséenne de Hollande révélée". Libération.fr (in French). 15 May 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2020.