| Jérôme Monod | |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Death Place: | Lourmarin, Vaucluse, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Education: | Lycée Buffon Lycée Henri-IV |
| Alma Mater: | Sciences Po École nationale d'administration |
| Occupation: | Business executive Political advisor |
| Spouse: | Françoise Gallot |
| Children: | 3 |
| Relatives: | Jacques Monod (cousin) Théodore Monod (cousin) |
Jérôme Monod (7 September 1930 – 18 August 2016) was a French business executive and political advisor. He was the chairman of Lyonnaise des eaux, later known as Suez-Lyonnaise, from 1980 to 2000. He was an advisor to President Jacques Chirac. He was a co-founder of the Rally for the Republic and the Union for a Popular Movement, two center-right political parties in France.
Jérôme Monod was born on September 7, 1930.[1] He graduated from Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration.[1] [2]
Monod started his career as a political advisor to Prime Minister Michel Debré in 1959.[1] [2] He later served as an advisor to ministers Olivier Guichard and Maurice Schumann.[1] [2] He served as the chairman of the Interministerial Delegation of Land Planning and Regional Attractiveness from 1968 to 1975.[1] [2] He served as an advisor to Prime Minister Jacques Chirac in 1975.[1] [2] With Chirac and others, he was a co-founder of the Rally for the Republic, a center-right political party, in 1976.[1] [2] [3]
Monod joined Lyonnaise des eaux in 1979,[2] and he became its chief executive in 1980.[1] In the 1980s, he diversified the company portfolio by acquiring Sita, Degrémont, Pompes funèbres générales and BTP Dumez.[4] He merged it with Suez in 1997.[1] [4] He served as the chairman of Suez-Lyonnaise until 2000.[1] [5]
Monod served as an advisor to President Jacques Chirac from 2002 to 2007.[1] [2] [4] He was a co-founder of the Union for a Popular Movement in 2002.[1] He served as the honorary chairman of the Fondation pour l'innovation politique, a center-right think tank.[1]
Monod married Françoise Gallot, the granddaughter of Henri Queuille.[1] They had three children.[1] He died on August 18, 2016, in Lourmarin, Vaucluse, France.[1] [3] He was 85 years old.[3] [5] He was buried in Lourmarin, where a private funeral was held on August 21, 2016.[1] A public funeral was held at the L'Oratoire du Louvre in Paris.[1]