Richard Descoings | |
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![]() Richard Descoings (right) | |
Director of Sciences Po | |
In office 1996–2012 | |
Preceded by | Alain Lancelot |
Succeeded by | Frédéric Mion |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France | 23 June 1958
Died | 3 April 2012 New York City, United States | (aged 53)
Spouse |
Nadia Marik (m. 2004) |
Education | Lycée Henri-IV |
Alma mater | Sciences Po, ÉNA |
Richard Descoings (French: [ʁiʃaʁ dekwɛ̃]; June 23, 1958 – April 3, 2012[1]) was a French civil servant. He was serving as the Director of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (French: Institut d'études politiques de Paris or Sciences Po Paris),[2][3] and as such as the Chief Administrator of the National Foundation of Political Science (Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, FNSP). These two entities are collectively referred to as Sciences Po (see Use of Sciences Po), and are two of the most prestigious public policy research and teaching bodies in Europe.[4] Descoings was also a senior member of the Conseil d'État.