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Richard Prasquier (born on 7 July 1945 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a French cardiologist and Jewish leader. He served as president of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF) from 2007 to 2013.〔(Roger Cukierman succède à Richard Prasquier à la présidence du Crif - TF1 News, 26 May 2013 )〕 ==Biography== Prasquier was born as Ryszard Praszkier in Gdańsk, Poland, on 7 July 1945 to Holocaust survivors who wanted to emigrate to the United States after the 1946 Kielce pogrom against Jews in Poland, but decided to settle in France. After his schooling at the Lycée Charlemagne in Paris and studies in medicine which he completed with a Ph.D, Richard Prasquier became a cardiologist and later the director of the ''Hôpital Beaujon'' in Paris. In 1989, he was a founding member of the ''Association des Médecins d’Origine Polonaise de France'', a grouping of French doctors of Polish origin.〔(AMOPF - Médecins d'origine Polonaise de France )〕 In 1994, Prasquier began his activities with the CRIF, the umbrella body of Jewish communities and organizations in France. He became head of the CRIF liaison group with the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of France as well as the CRIF International Relations Committee. He also served on the board of the ''Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah'' headed by Simone Veil, and in 1997 he became chairman of the French Committee for Yad Vashem. In 2001, he was decorated with the French Legion of Honor.〔( Décret du 13 juillet 2001 portant promotion et nomination )〕 In 2006, Prasquier was among those who welcomed Pope Benedict XVI at the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.〔(Richard Prasquier : le dialogue à coeur - Par Henri Tincq - Le Monde )〕 On 13 May 2007, Prasquier was elected as president of the CRIF, beating two other candidates by a clear margin. He succeeded Roger Cukierman. Upon his election Prasquier said that for him, the CRIF was “the communal home of Judaism”, the place “where it is possible to express hopes, concerns and projects”, a place “to fight for Judaism”.〔(Richard Prasquier Elected New President of CRIF – European Jewish Congress website, 14 May 2007 )〕 He was re-elected in 2010 for a second mandate of three years, beating his rival Meyer Habib.〔(Richard Prasquier reelected at the head of CRIF, France’s Jewish umbrella representative body – European Jewish Press, 13 June 2010 )〕 In May 2013, being barred to stand for a third consecutive term, Prasquier was succeeded as CRIF president by his predecessor Roger Cukierman. Prasquier is married and has five children.〔Richard Prasquier's French Wikipedia entry〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Prasquier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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