Alain Richard

Richard reads to me as the consummate durable statesman. Paris-born, schooled at the elite Lycée Henri-IV, he rose to serve as France's Minister of Defence, then made the striking move from the Socialist Party to Macron's new movement in 2017. I find that pivot telling: a principled idealist with the pragmatism to read the political winds and reposition himself. Receiving the Legion of Honour in his late seventies confirms a lifetime of accumulated trust. Holding a clear line while staying flexible is the master politician's art, and staying on the front line for over half a century commands real admiration.

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Name (English)

Alain Richard

Name (Japanese)

アラン・リシャール

Reading

あらん・りしゃーる

Born

August 29, 1945 (age 81)

Origin

Paris, France

Occupation

politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• 2021 Order of Propitious Clouds
• 2000 prix de la Carpette anglaise
• 2023 Knight of the Legion of Honour

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain%20Richard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930418

Tags

• politician

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.