Martin Hirsch (born December 6, 1963 in Suresnes) is the former head of Emmaüs France and the High Commissioner for Active Solidarities against Poverty in the government of François Fillon. He was awarded a Master in Neurobiology.

 

           

Born on 6 December 1963 in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine).

Cursus

 

State Councilor

Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) from 1988 to 1990

Holds a DEA in neurobiology, biochemistry control

Ecole Normale Superieure (Promotion 1983)

Careers

 

     * Director General of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA), 1999 to 2005

     * Director of Cabinet of Secretary of State for Health and advisor to the cabinet of the Minister of Employment and Solidarity, 1997 to 1999

     * Director of the hospital central pharmacy to the Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), 1995 to 1997

     * Secretary General of the Council of State, 1993 to 1995

     * Master of the Conseil d'Etat, 1993

     * Legal Adviser, Ministry of Health, 1992 to 1993

     * Legal Counsel at the Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie des travailleurs salariés (CNAMTS), 1990 to 1992

     * Auditor to the Council of State, 1990

     * Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, 1990 and 1997, and the Ena in 1994

 

Functions

 

     * High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty, High Commissioner for Youth, since January 2009

     * High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against poverty since 2007

 

Other functions

 

     * President of Emmaus France, 2002 to 2007

     * Chairman of the Central Union of Emmaus communities, 1995 to 2002

     * Founding President and CEO of the Agency of new solidarities active 2006 to 2007

     * Vice-President of the Association for Research on Cancer (ARC), 2006 to 2007

     * Member of the Advisory Committee of the High Authority against Discrimination and for Equal Opportunities (Halde), 2006 to 2007

     * Director of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products, 2002 to 2007

     * Member of the Forum of European Food Safety Authority and the National Committee to fight against exclusion (CNLE), 2003 to 2007

 

Recent literature

 

     * The Chomard and the High Commissioner, Oh! editions, 2008

     * Poverty legacy, Editions Robert Laffont, 2006

     * Human Rights Code against exclusion, Dalloz, 2006

     * Manifesto against poverty, Oh! editions, 2004

     * These fears that govern us, Editions Albin Michel, 2002

     * Panic history of mad cow disease, Balland, 1996

     * The Challenges of Social Protection, LGDJ, 1994