Book: "L'Oeil du Pouvoir, Tome I, Les affaires de l'Etat 1981-1986". Paris: Fayard . ISBN: 9782213603018. This was followed in 2000 and 2001 by 2 other volumes.
Civil servant, he was François Mitterrand's chief of staff from 1988 to1992. He was afterwards president of EDF (1992-1995). He was condemned in 2005 for his role in the Élysée wiretap scandal.