Jacques H. Mistral

Pierre Keller Visiting Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-240
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 40
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-9640
Email: Jacques_Mistral@hks.harvard.edu
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Jacques Mistral, Pierre Keller Visiting Professor of Public Policy, is a Professor of economics, head of economic research at IFRI (Institut Franais des Relations Internationales). He has long served as a member of the Conseil d'Analyse Economique (Prime Minister's office) in Paris. He has been elected in 2008 President of the Political Economy Association -a society founded in Paris in 1846.

Dr. Mistral previously served as the Minister - Financial Counsellor to the Embassy of France in the United States of America from August 27, 2001 to August 31st, 2006. While in this position, he has been invited as a senior fellow by the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, for the academic year 2005-06.

Prior to his Washington assignment, he was Special Advisor to then-Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry Laurent Fabius.

From 1992 to 2000, Dr. Mistral held various executive positions in the AXA Group, successively: CEO Axa Marine and Aviation; EVP Asian Operations; EVP Human Resources; EVP Finance. During this period, he served as a member of the board of various Axa Companies (Paris, Melbourne, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong).

From 1988 to 1991, Dr. Mistral served as Economic Advisor to then-Prime Minister Michel Rocard.

Jacques Mistral was born on September 22nd, 1947, in the city of Toulouse, in south-western France. He received his education at France's Ecole Polytechnique, and he holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Paris I (1977). Dr. Mistral has had a long teaching career, as a Professor of Economics at the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE) from 1974 to 1992, at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (1982-1996) and at the Ecole Polytechnique (1984-1994). He is the author of many articles in the fields of macroeconomics, economic policies, and international economy. He serves as a member of the board of CEPII (leading Research Centre in International Economics) and is an elected member of "Le Cercle des Economistes" and "Le Sicle". His latest book, "La troisime rvolution amricaine" (The Third American Revolution) has been awarded the 2008 prize of "the best economic book ", the 2008 prize of the preferred book of business schools' students and the 2009 prize offered by the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. Most recently, he has written for the CAE two reports on The Economic Consequences of Emerging China and on The Reform of the International Monetary System

Courses

Spring

  • IGA-662 The Political Economy of Europe, Domestic and International Aspects