Jean-Christophe Victor

He was posted as a diplomat in Afghanistan, worked as policy adviser at NATO in Brussels, and for the Policy Planning Office at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was the founder and the director of LEPAC, the Center for Political Studies and Cartographic Analysis, a Paris based think tank. The LEPAC trains international managers in the corporate sector for companies such as Veolia, Vinci, Areva, BP, Cartier and L’Oréal; and public sector organisations including RATP, Council of Europe and the European Union. Victor taught geopolitics in France and in several foreign universities. The last books he authored on geopolitics are: • "Le dessous des cartes: Itinéraires géopolitiques" (Beneath the Maps: Geopolitical Routes) 2011, Paris • "Political Atlas for Teenagers" 2010; Paris • "Atlas for a Changing World" 2008, Paris, Berlin, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei. He was the author of a weekly program on the Franco-German channel ARTE and the French international channel TV5Monde, dealing with geopolitics: Le dessous des cartes ("Beneath the Maps"). Victor died on 28 December 2016 from a heart attack.

Jean-Christophe Victor studied at Institut d'ethnologie and Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is ethnology. Employment is recorded with Policy Planning Staff and Arte France. Works named in the authority record are Mapping the World.

• Name — Jean-Christophe Victor • Born — 30 May 1947 • Birthplace — Neuilly-sur-Seine, France • Died — 28 December 2016 • Place of death — Saint-Jean-de-Fos, France • Occupation — Political scientist, ethnologist, television host • Parents — Paul-Émile Victor