13 Facts About Bernard Maris

Bernard Maris was murdered on 7 January 2015, during the shooting at the headquarters of the magazine in Paris.

Bernard Maris taught as an assistant professor then from 1984 on as a senior lecturer at the University of Toulouse I In September 1994 he earned his full professorship through the Agregation d'Economie Generale at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques [Institute of Political Science] in Toulouse.

Bernard Maris taught microeconomics at the University of Iowa in the United States and the Central Bank of Peru.

Bernard Maris wrote for various journals: Marianne, Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Figaro Magazine, Le Monde and Charlie Hebdo, in which he used the pen name "Oncle Bernard".

Bernard Maris presented on television, on the i-Tele channel, where he participated as a columnist in Y'a pas que le CAC.

Bernard Maris regularly appeared on the programme C dans l'air on France 5.

Bernard Maris was often presented as alter-globalization, because of his earlier participation with the Scientific Council of ATTAC Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and for Citizens' Action.

Bernard Maris lived in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, and was a candidate in 2002 at the city-council elections of the 10th arrondissement of Paris for The Greens.

Bernard Maris was a candidate for the CFDT in the 2009 elections for the Commission de la carte d'identite des journalistes professionnels.

Bernard Maris published several novels including L'enfant qui voulait etre muet, and was awarded the Leclerc's booksellers award in 2003.

Bernard Maris was married to Sylvie Genevoix, a journalist and a former member of the CSA, who died on 20 September 2012.

Bernard Maris was initiated at Roger Leray lodge in Paris in 2008.

Bernard Maris was killed, along with seven of his colleagues, two police officers, and two others on 7 January 2015 in the Charlie Hebdo shooting when armed gunmen stormed the Charlie Hebdo newspaper offices in Paris.