
Alain Duhamel
Born
May 31, 1940 (85 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Caen, Calvados, France
Alain Maurice Jacques Duhamel (born 31 May 1940) is a prominent French journalist and political commentator.
In 1963, Duhamel started working at Le Monde. He started giving talks on Europe 1 from 1974. He has also written in Libération since 1992, and in Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace.
Duhamel has also hosted several television political broadcasts: À armes égales from 1970, Cartes sur table on Antenne 2 from 1978, succeeded by L'Heure de vérité, and eventually 100 minutes pour convaincre from 2002, as well as Question Ouverte. During the French presidential election of 1995, Duhamel, along with fellow journalist Guillaume Durand, hosted the television debate between Jacques Chirac and Lionel Jospin.
Duhamel has also worked with RTL from 1999.
In 2006, Duhamel published Les Prétendants 2007, listing 20 likely contendants of the French presidential election of 2007, and notably ignoring Ségolène Royal. Duhamel persisted in denying that Royal was a likely contendant, even as she rose in popularity. He eventually included a chapter on the pocket edition of the book.
On November 27, 2006, during a talk at Sciences Po, Duhamel stated his intention to vote for François Bayrou. A video of the event was released on Dailymotion, and Duhamel was suspended from his activities at France 2 and RTL until the end of the campaign.
In 2009, Duhamel released La Marche Consultaire, a book which made comparisons between Nicolas Sarkozy and Napoleon.
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Known For

Sarkozy-Gaddafi: The Scandal of All Scandals
Self (archive footage)
2025

Quelle époque !
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2022

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
2022

Mitterrand et la télé
Self (archive footage)
2021

Face à face pour l'Élysée
Self · (1 episode)
2021

Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi
Self
2020

Chirac
Self
2019

1974, l'alternance Giscard
Self
2019

Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français
Self
2019

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, l’homme qui avançait à contre-courant
Self
2017

Quotidien
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2016

Mitterrand, the impossible legacy
self
2016

Giscard, l'impossible retour
Self
2014

The New Watchdogs
Self
2012

28 minutes
Self · (1 episode)
2012

Le Diable de la République : 40 ans de Front national
Self
2011

Les Hommes de l'Élysée
Self
2011

C à vous
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009

C Politique
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2009
François Hollande : anatomie d'un échec
Self - editorial writer
2007

Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
Self (archive footage)
2007

Infrarouge
Self · (1 episode)
2006

1974, une partie de campagne
Self
2002

Pas vu, pas pris
Self
1998

Zone interdite
Self · (1 episode)
1993

Coucou c'est nous !
Self · (1 episode)
1992

The Braggart
Wounded man
1976

Apostrophes
Self · (6 episodes)
1975