2023-12-18 12:31:20
The economist Philippe Martin, dean of the Sciences Po School of Public Affairs, has died at the age of 57, the Paris Institute of Political Studies (IEP) announced in a press release on Sunday evening.
“A brilliant and recognized economist (…) he was an eminent figure in our institution, from which he was a graduate and to which he devoted part of his career,” praised Sciences Po on X.
Sciences Po is very sad to announce the death of Philippe Martin.
Brilliant and recognized economist, dean of@EAPScPo since February 2022, he has been an eminent figure in our institution, from which he graduated and to which he devoted part of his career. pic.twitter.com/JYYcRD5cQu— Sciences Po (@sciencespo) December 17, 2023
Philippe Martin was a “specialist, among other things, in questions of international economics and economic geography”, according to the press release from the IEP of Paris.
Advisor to the Minister of the Economy Emmanuel Macron in 2015 and 2016, he was president of the Economic Analysis Council (CAE), an expert body attached to Matignon, from 2018 to 2022. Since February 2022, Philippe Martin was the dean of the School of Public Affairs.
Many members and ex-members of the government wanted to pay tribute to a brilliant man following this “brutal disappearance”.
Left “much too young”
The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire deplored on
Deeply saddened by the sudden disappearance of Philippe Martin. A brilliant researcher, open and wise mind, he will have shed light on economic policy, particularly during the COVID crisis. All my heartfelt thoughts to his family and his students @EAPScPo
— Bruno Le Maire (@BrunoLeMaire) December 17, 2023
The Minister of Higher Education and Research Sylvie Retailleau pays tribute to a “committed professor” and “one of the great voices in macroeconomics and international economics. »
The Minister for Public Accounts, Thomas Cazenave, praised on the social network “a talented economist” and the Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, his “deep professional and friendly sadness at losing Philippe Martin”.
Former socialist minister Pierre Moscovici, for his part, underlined “his finesse, his demands, his commitment”, regretting that he “left young, much too young”.
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