Richard French (Canadian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Canadian politician and academic
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Richard French (Canadian politician)
- Richard D.
- French (born February 25, 1947) is a Canadian businessman, academic, and a former politician. Born in Montreal, Quebec, French received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia in 1968 and a D.
- Phil.
- from the University of Oxford in 1973.
- From 1971 to 1972, he was an assistant professor of history at Princeton University.
- From 1972 to 1973, he was an assistant adviser to the Ministry of State for Science and Technology.
- From 1973 to 1974, he was an advisor to the Science Council of Canada.
- From 1974 to 1977, he worked in the Privy Council Office.
- From 1977 to 1981, he was an associate professor at the Faculty of Management at McGill University.
- From 1978 to 1981, he was a partner at SECOR.He was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Westmount in 1981.
- A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1985.
- He held various ministerial positions in the cabinet of Robert Bourassa.
- He did not run in 1989.After leaving politics, he held various Vice Presidential positions at Bell Canada from 1989 to 1996.
- From 1996 to 1999, he was President and CEO of Tata Communications in Hyderabad, India.
- He was vice-chairman (telecommunications) of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission from 2005 to 2007.
- In 2007, he became a professor at the University of Ottawa.
- He is currently the inaugural chairholder of the CN Paul M.
- Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy.He is the author of How Ottawa Decides: Planning and Industrial Policy-making 1968-1980 published in 1984.
- He is also the author of several scholarly articles including an analysis of the concept of political capital, and a provocative account of the ways in which academics misunderstand the nature of political office.In December 2016, French was named a Member of the Order of Canada.
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