Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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French historian and politician
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Place of Birth: 16th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
- Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (born Hélène Zourabichvili; 6 July 1929) is a French political historian of Georgian origin, specializing in Russian history.
- Since 1999 she has served as the Perpetual Secretary of the Académie française, to which she was first elected in 1990.
- Carrère d'Encausse was a member of the European Parliament between 1994 and 1999, representing the right-wing Conservative party RPR.
- She was awarded the Lomonosov Gold Medal and Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 2008 and 2011, respectively.
- She is a cousin of Salome Zourabichvili, the current President of Georgia.
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