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Jean-Christophe Rufin
Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor, diplomat, historian and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, one of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières, and a member of the Académie française.
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Born 28 June 1952 · Q713222
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded grand prix de la Société de géographie (2018).
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded Paulée de Meursault Prize (2015).
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2013).
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the National Order of the Lion (2012).
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2008· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Académie française (2008).
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2007· 3 entries
Career landmark: ambassador of France to Senegal (2007–2010).
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Career landmark: ambassador of France to the Gambia (2007–2010).
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Was appointed French ambassador to Dakar
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2003· 1 entry
Rufin was commissioned by French Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin to write an in-depth report on the upsurge of antisemitism in France
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2002· 4 entries
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2002).
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Awarded Grand Prix de l'Académie de marine (2002).
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Awarded honorary doctorate at the Laval University (2002).
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Career landmark: president (2002–2006).
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Goncourt for Brazil Red (2001).
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1999· 3 entries
Awarded Prix Interallié (1999).
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Awarded Prix littéraire de l'armée de terre - Erwan Bergot (1999).
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“Asmara et les causes perdues”
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Goncourt du premier roman for The Abyssinian (1997).
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1989· 1 entry
Was cultural attaché in Brazil, and in 1993 he became a special adviser in strategic thinking on North-South relations to François Léotard, then Minister of Defence
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1986· 1 entry
Became advisor to the Secretary of State for Human Rights and published his first book, Le Piège humanitaire (The Humanitarian Trap), an essay on the political stakes of humanitarian action
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain (1980).
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1977· 1 entry
After medical school, Rufin went to Tunisia as a volunteer doctor
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1952· 1 entry
Born 1952-06-28.
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