Patrick Buisson was a French right-wing essayist, journalist and political advisor.
19 Facts About Patrick Buisson
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Patrick Buisson was a journalist for Minute, Valeurs Actuelles and Le Crapouillot as well as La Chaine Info.
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Patrick Buisson wrote several books about Vichy France, the Algerian War and the Indochina War.
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Patrick Buisson was the co-presenter of Historiquement show, a television program on Histoire, a subsidiary of the TF1 Group, which he chaired.
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Patrick Buisson was born on 19 April 1949 in Paris.
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Patrick Buisson's father, Georges Buisson, an engineer for Electricite de France, was a member of the Camelots du Roi, and later the Rally for the Republic.
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Patrick Buisson's parents divorced when he was five years old, and he lived with his mother.
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Patrick Buisson received a PhD in History from Paris West University Nanterre La Defense, where his thesis supervisor was Raoul Girardet.
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Patrick Buisson served as a political advisor to Philippe de Villiers in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Patrick Buisson served as a political advisor to President Nicolas Sarkozy from 2006 to 2012.
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Patrick Buisson played a key role in Sarkozy's victory during the 2007 presidential election.
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Patrick Buisson suggested renegotiating the Evian Accords, which give special visas to Algerians when they visit France, but Sarkozy turned down the idea.
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Patrick Buisson founded Publifact, a polling firm, in Lyon in 1982.
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In February 2014, Le Point revealed that Patrick Buisson had surreptitiously recorded private conversations he had had with President Sarkozy.
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Patrick Buisson served as the Chairman of Histoire, a TV channel which is a subsidiary of the TF1 Group, beginning in 2007.
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Patrick Buisson presented Historiquement show, a history TV program, with Michel Field.
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Patrick Buisson received the Legion of Honour on 24 September 2007.
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Patrick Buisson was a Roman Catholic "by tradition," and attended the Latin Mass.
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Patrick Buisson had a son, Georges, who is co-owner of Publifact and works for the Histoire TV channel, formerly with his father.