US embassy cable - 05PARIS4212

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 PARIS 004212 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR ECA/PE/V/R/E (CAROL GRABAUSKAS; STEVE TAYLOR); 
EUR/PPD (LILLIAN DEVALCOURT) 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OEXC, SCUL, FR 
SUBJECT: FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. 
ALEXANDRE GALDIN - PRINCIPAL CANDIDATE FOR INDIVIDUAL 
PROGRAM. 
 
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VERSION: 3.0.7 
POST-EMAIL: PaillardS@state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Paris 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 14544 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VGE 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 285 
ECA-PROJ-NO: 
PROJ-NAME: FY 2006 - INDIVIDUAL Program - Alexandre Galdin 
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END MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
PROJ-TYPE: Individual 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2006 
DEPART-POST: 
SESSION-DATE: 
RETURN-POST: 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 13 
START MEMO POST-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO POST-RCMD: 
 
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ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1047 
PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: IND 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 14544 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: Foreign Policy 
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PREFIX: Mr. 
F-NAME: Alexandre 
M-NAME: 
L-NAME: Galdin 
SUFFIX: 
POSITION-CODE: 0 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: Secretariat General de la 
M-ADDR2: Defense Nationale - SGDN 
M-ADDR3: 51, boulevard de Latour Maubourg 
M-CITY: Paris 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: France 
M-ZONE: 75700 07-SP 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: + (33) 1.71.75.80.04 
M-FAX: + (33) 1.71.75.80.40 
M-EMAIL: alexandre.galdin@SGDN.pm.gouv.fr 
M-CNTRY-ID: FR 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 01/05/1968 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Paris 
BIRTH-CNTRY: France 
CITIZ-CNTRY: France 
RES-CNTRY: France 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Advisor in charge of inter-ministerial coordination for 
security and defense matters, General Secretariat for National 
Defense (SDGN), since February 2004 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Since April 2001: 
- Vice-President (UMP) of the Financial and Open Markets 
Commission of the Paris Council 
- Elected Advisor (UMP) to Paris 15th district 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
- June 2002-December 2003 - Parliamentary Assistant to the 
Minister of Research and New Technologies Claude Haignere 
- January-December 2002 - President of the French section of 
the Atlantic Association of Young Political Leaders 
- January-May 1995 - Assistant to Rene Dejean then Treasurer 
of the Presidential Campaign of Edouard Balladur 
February 1994-June 2002 - Parliamentary Assistant to Rene 
Dejan then Deputy-Mayor (RPR) of Paris 15th district 
- 1993-1994 - President of the Conference Olivaint 
(Independent Political Education Center for all parties 
created in 1875) 
- September 1992-December 1993 - National Service in the Navy 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
None 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
- Egypt, Turkey - 2004 for tourism 
- Greece, Italy - 2003 for tourism 
- Morocco, Malta - 2002 for tourism 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
2000 - Center for Higher Studies in Armament (CHEAr), fellow 
in the 36th session 
1992 - Master in Business Law 
1991 - Degree in Public Administration, Institute of Political 
Studies of Paris 
END MEMO EDUCATION: 
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
- Member of the French section of the Atlantic Association for 
Young Political Leaders (AAYPL) 
- Member of the CEPS (Center for Strategic Studies) 
- Member of the Board of the CHEAr (Center for Higher Studies 
in Armament attached to the Ministry of Defense), since 2000 
- Financial Agent for the Political Group "Association Paris 
15th district", since 1995 
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
 
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START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
 
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FIRST-LANG: French 
ENGL-READ: 2 
ENGL-SPEAK: 2 
ENGL-COMP: 2 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
Alexandre Galdin is a fast-rising expert on defense and 
security matters for the French government who has a bright 
career ahead of him.  He h