Jérôme Monod

Monod started his career as a political advisor to Prime Minister Michel Debré in 1959.^[1][2] He later served as an advisor to ministers Olivier Guichard and Maurice Schumann.^[1][2] He served as the chairman of the Interministerial Delegation of Land Planning and Regional Attractiveness from 1968 to 1975.^[1][2] He served as an advisor to Prime Minister Jacques Chirac in 1975.^[1][2] With Chirac and others, he was a co-founder of the Rally for the Republic, a center-right political party, in 1976.^[1][2][3]

Monod joined Lyonnaise des eaux in 1979,^[2] and he became its chief executive in 1980.^[1] In the 1980s, he diversified the company portfolio by acquiring Sita, Degrémont, Pompes funèbres générales and BTP Dumez.^[4] He merged it with Suez in 1997.^[1][4] He served as the chairman of Suez-Lyonnaise until 2000.^[1][5]

Monod served as an advisor to President Jacques Chirac from 2002 to 2007.^[1][2][4] He was a co-founder of the Union for a Popular Movement in 2002.^[1] He served as the honorary chairman of the Fondation pour l'innovation politique, a center-right think tank.^[1]

Monod married Françoise Gallot, the granddaughter of Henri Queuille.^[1] They had three children.^[1] He died on August 18, 2016, in Lourmarin, Vaucluse, France.^[1][3] He was 85 years old.^[3][5] He was buried in Lourmarin, where a private funeral was held on August 21, 2016.^[1] A public funeral was held at the L'Oratoire du Louvre in Paris.^[1]