{{Short description|French economic journalist (1929–2016)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jean Boissonnat | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 16 January 1929 | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2016|9|25|1929|1|16|df=y}}}} | death_place = Paris, France | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = Sciences Po | employer = | occupation = Journalist | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''Jean Boissonnat''' (16 January 1929 – 25 September 2016) was a French economic journalist. He was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of ''L'Expansion''. He was the author of several books.
==Early life== Jean Boissonnat was born on 16 January 1929 in Paris, France.<ref name="lemondeobit">{{cite news|last1=Noblecourt|first1=Michel|title=Le journaliste et essayiste Jean Boissonnat, spécialiste de l'économie, est mort|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/09/25/le-journaliste-et-essayiste-jean-boissonnat-specialiste-de-l-economie-est-mort_5003084_3382.html|accessdate=September 29, 2016|work=Le Monde|date=September 25, 2016}}</ref> He graduated from Sciences Po.<ref name="lemondeobit"/><ref name="lacroixobit">{{cite news|last1=de Féligonde|first1=Vincent|title=Jean Boissonnat est mort|url=http://www.la-croix.com/Economie/Media/Jean-Boissonnat-est-mort-2016-09-25-1200791572|accessdate=September 29, 2016|work=La Croix|date=September 25, 2016}}</ref> While he was a student, he joined Jeunesse Étudiante Chrétienne.<ref name="lemondeobit"/><ref name="lacroixobit"/>
==Career== Boissonnat was a faculty member at his alma mater, Sciences Po, from 1960 to 1971.<ref name="lemondeobit"/>
Boissonnat was an economic journalist for ''La Croix'' from 1954 to 1967.<ref name="lemondeobit"/><ref name="lacroixobit"/> In 1967, he co-founded ''L'Expansion'' with Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber.<ref name="lefigobit">{{cite news|title=Décès de Jean Boissonnat, journaliste et essayiste|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/2016/09/25/97002-20160925FILWWW00078-deces-de-jean-boissonnat-journaliste-et-essayiste.php|accessdate=September 29, 2016|work=Le Figaro|date=September 25, 2016}}</ref> He served as its editor-in-chief from 1967 to 1986, and as its senior editor from 1986 to 1994.<ref name="lemondeobit"/> He also served as the editor-in-chief of ''La Tribune'' from 1987 to 1992. He later founded ''L'Entreprise''.<ref name="lefigobit"/>
Boissonnat was also a commentator on ''Europe 1''.<ref name="lemondeobit"/> Additionally, he wrote articles for ''Le Parisien'', ''Le Midi libre'', ''Le Progrès'', ''L’Est républicain'' and ''Ouest-France''.<ref name="lemondeobit"/> He served on the board of directors of Bayard Presse.<ref name="lemondeobit"/>
Boissonnat was the author of several books.<ref name="lemondeobit"/>
==Death== Boissonnat died of a stroke on 25 September 2016 in Paris, France.<ref name="lemondeobit"/><ref name="lacroixobit"/><ref name="lefigobit"/> He was 87 years old.<ref name="lemondeobit"/><ref name="lefigobit"/>
==Works== *{{cite book|last1=Boissonnat|first1=Jean|title=La Politique des revenus|date=1966|publisher=Éditions du Seuil|location=Paris|oclc=299485010}} *{{cite book|last1=Boissonnat|first1=Jean|title=Journal de crise, 1973-1984|date=1984|publisher=JC Lattès|location=Paris|oclc=12775291}} *{{cite book|last1=Albert|first1=Michel|last2=Boissonnat|first2=Jean|title=Crise Krach Boom|date=1988|publisher=Éditions du Seuil|location=Paris|isbn=9782020100878|oclc=300927812}} *{{cite book|last1=Boissonnat|first1=Jean|title=Rendez-vous avec l'Histoire|date=1995|publisher=Calmann-Lévy|location=Paris|isbn=9782702124031|oclc=34374209}} *{{cite book|last1=Boissonnat|first1=Jean|title=Le Travail dans vingt ans|date=1995|publisher=Editions Odile Jacob|location=Paris|isbn=9782738103505|oclc=214950520}} *{{cite book|last1=Boissonnat|first1=Jean|title=La révolution de 1999 : l'Europe avec l'euro|date=1998|publisher=Sand|location=Paris|isbn=9782710706373|oclc=40502602}} *{{cite book|last1=Boissonnat|first1=Jean|last2=Grannec|first2=Christophe|title=L'aventure du christianisme social : passé et avenir|date=1999|publisher=Bayard|location=Paris|isbn=9782227317192|oclc=954613091}} *{{cite book|last1=Boissonnat|first1=Jean|title=Europe, année zéro|date=2001|publisher=Bayard|location=Paris|isbn=9782227139466|oclc=421997779}} *{{cite book|last1=Boissonnat|first1=Jean|title=La Fin du chômage ?|date=2001|publisher=Calmann-Lévy|location=Paris|isbn=9782702131466|oclc=46378074}} *{{cite book|last1=Albert|first1=Michel|last2=Boissonnat|first2=Jean|last3=Camdessus|first3=Michel|title=Notre foi dans ce siècle|date=2001|publisher=Arléa|location=Paris|isbn=9782869595606|oclc=300919818}} *{{cite book|last1=Boissonnat|first1=Jean|title=Plaidoyer pour une France qui doute|date=2004|publisher=Stock|location=Paris|isbn=9782234056527|oclc=469967961}} *{{cite book|last1=Boissonnat|first1=Jean|title=Dieu et l'Europe|date=2005|publisher=Desclée De Brouwer|location=Paris|isbn=9782220055701|oclc=420530379}} *{{cite book|last1=Boissonnat|first1=Jean|title=2029 ou comment j'ai traversé trois siècles en cent ans|date=2009|publisher=Salvator|location=Paris|isbn=9782706705977|oclc=302387175}}
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