Jean Matouk

Jean Robert François Matouk (18 June 1937 – 24 or 25 October 2020) was a French economist, banker, and professor of economics.[1]

Jean Matouk
Born(1937-06-18)18 June 1937
Paris, France
Died25 October 2020(2020-10-25) (aged 83)
Nîmes, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Economist
Banker
Professor

Biography

Born into a Lebanese Maronite Christian family, Jean's father, Henri, was a lawyer.[2] Jean studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and obtained a diploma in physics,[3] a doctorate in economics, and an agrégation in economics. He was a professor of economics at the University of Montpellier 1, as well as in the Netherlands and Germany.[4] He served as President of Banque Chaix from 1982 to 1986, the Caisse nationale de l'énergie from 1988 to 1992, and the Société Marseillaise de Crédit from 1992 to 1996. Le Monde described him as a "theorist of socialist finance".[5] He regularly spoke on Europe 1 and wrote economic columns in numerous newspapers, including L'Obs and La Tribune.

Matouk joined the Socialist Party in 1972 and became a member of its executive committee in 1979.[6] In the 1970s, he served as a municipal councillor in Nîmes.[7] In 1981, along with Georgina Dufoix, he helped organize the presidential campaign of François Mitterrand in Gard.[8] He was an economic expert for the campaign.[9] That same year, he was also a legislative candidate in Gard's 1st constituency but was defeated by Émile Jourdan.[10]

In 2006, along with Jean-Paul Boré, Raymond Huard, and Claude Mazauric, Matouk founded the Cercle nîmois de réflexion critique, which ceased its activities in 2008. He was elected to the Académie de Nîmes in 2013 under the leadership of André Costabel.[11] He was also affiliated with the Grand Orient de France.[12]

In 1984, Matouk married Marie-Françoise Cazes, President of the Association culturelle et humanité.[13][14] Cazes died in 2020.[15] Jean Matouk died of COVID-19 in Nîmes sometime during the overnight hours between 24–25 October 2020, at the age of 83.[16]

Publications
  • La Gauche peut sauver l'entreprise (1978)
  • Le Languedoc - Roussillon et l'avenir (1979)
  • Le Socialisme libéral (1987)
  • Systèmes financiers comparés (1990)
  • La Bourse (2000)
  • Mondialisation – Altermondialisation (2005)
  • L'Humanité à la croisée des chemins (2006)
  • La Croissance économique en question (2009)
  • L'Europe et le Destin de la démocratie (2019)

Distinctions

References
  1. "Jean Matouk inhumé samedi". France Bleu (in French). 26 October 2020.
  2. "Qui sommes-nous". Union des jeunes avocats de Paris (in French). Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. "CEUX QUI ARRIVENT BANQUES • Commissaires du gouvernement". Le Monde (in French). 19 February 1982.
  4. "Jean Matouk". L'Obs (in French). Archived from the original on 13 May 2019.
  5. "PARMI CEUX QUI PARTENT MM. Pierre Vajda et Jean Matouk : des théoriciens de la finance socialiste". Le Monde (in French). 4 September 1986.
  6. "Jean-Pierre Aubert et Jean Matouk, futurs présidents du groupe CIC et de la Marseillaise de Crédit". Les Echons (in French). 22 June 1992.
  7. "I. - UNE OPTION DIFFICILE POUR LE LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON". Le Monde (in French). 16 September 1978.
  8. "Mme Georgina Dufoix La fraîcheur et la ténacité". Le Monde (in French). 4 June 1981.
  9. "PDG en l'état Dans le renouvellement des patrons des entreprises nationalisées, le pouvoir a choisi la logique économique". Le Monde (in French). 3 July 1992.
  10. "GARD : M. Bastide, député sortant du P.S., n'est pas désigné". Le Monde (in French). 17 October 1977.
  11. "Discours d'accueil de la présidente Michèle Pallier" (PDF). Académie de Nîmes (in French). 1 March 2013.
  12. "NÎMES. Mort de Jean Matouk, ancien conseiller de François Mitterrand". La Gazette (in French). 25 October 2020.
  13. "Extrait de la fiche de Mme Marie-Françoise MATOUK". LesBiographies.com (in French). 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019.
  14. "Une Nîmoise dans les pas du Président Hollande en Haïti". Midi Libre (in French). 17 May 2015.
  15. "NIMES. Disparition de Marie-Françoise Matouk, fondatrice de l'APAM association d'aide aux haïtiens". La Gazette (in French). 20 July 2020.
  16. "Gard : Jean Matouk est décédé des suites du coronavirus". Midi Libre (in French). 25 October 2020.
  17. "Décret du 31 décembre 2012 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French). 1 January 2013.
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