Camille Pascal

About Camille Pascal

Camille Pascal is an author, historian, and French audiovisual personality born in Montpellier (Hérault). Coming from a family from the Cévennes, he is the grandson of Georges and Lucie Pascal, who were posthumously awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations in 1994. After completing a khâgne at La Bruyère high school in Versailles, Camille Pascal obtained his bachelor’s degree in history from Nanterre La Défense University and continued with a master’s degree and a DEA in modern history at the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. He became an agrégé in history in 1990 and became an assistant in Modern History at the Sorbonne, then at the University of Picardie Jules Verne.

Alongside his teaching career, he became involved in political life by serving as the general secretary of the States General of the University in 1995 within the cabinet of François Bayrou, then Minister of National Education. He was tasked with overseeing the reform of the University.

In 1997, he was appointed agrégé professor at EHESS and joined the historical research center. He is also close to Philippe Douste-Blazy, whom he accompanied in his political career and served as an advisor to the President of the UDF group in the National Assembly.

In 2001, Dominique Baudis, then President of the Higher Council for Audiovisual (CSA), appointed him Chief of Staff. He thus became one of the witnesses and actors in the Baudis/Allègre affair.

In March 2006, Camille Pascal was appointed Deputy General Director in charge of development and diversification at France Télévisions. He initiated a partnership between France 2 and Google during the 2007 presidential election, as well as the first catch-up television service accessible from any terminal.

In September 2007, Camille Pascal became the Secretary General of the France Télévisions group, which led him to collaborate on the reform of public broadcasting. Starting in November 2008, he also took charge of the group’s communication direction and became Vice-President of the France Télévisions Foundation. The year 2008 also marked his literary success as his book “Le Goût du Roi, Louis XV et Marie-Louise O’Murphy” received the Prize from the Cercle des Amis de Montesquieu.

On January 6, 2011, he was appointed advisor to the Presidency of the Republic, particularly in charge of media under Nicolas Sarkozy.

On May 3, 2012, he was appointed State Counselor. Camille Pascal is notably a Knight of Arts and Letters (2002), of Academic Palms (2003), and of the National Order of Merit (2007).

He has notably published:

Scènes de la Vie Quotidienne à l’Elysée, Plon, 2007

Le Goût du Roi, Louis XV et Marie-Louise O’Murphy, Perrin, 2007

Les Screenagers, avoir 20 ans en l’an 2000, Plon, 2000

La Soif d’Émotion, Plon, 1999

Du Corps machine à la Santé Harmonique, Plon 1999

Les Nouveaux Horizons de la Consommation, Plon, 1999

De l’Homo Sapiens à l’Homme Interactif, Denoël, 1998

L’Alternative des Valeurs Féminines, Denoël, 1998