Michel Jarraud Biography
- Title:
- Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Can Alternative Energy Effectively Replace Fossil Fuels?"
- Reasoning:
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None found as of July 24, 2009
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization, Jan. 2004-Present
- Fellow, American Meteorological Society
- Member: French Meterological Society, American Meteorological Society, Royal Meteorological Society (United Kingdom) and the African Meteorological Society
- Honorary Member: Chinese Meteorological Society and the Cuban Meteorological Society
- Recipient, “Commandeur de l’Ordre national du Lion” Award (Senegal), Apr. 2005
- Recipient, Honorary Doctor of Science, Universidad Nacional Agraria (Peru), Apr. 2004
- Deputy Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization, Jan. 1995 – Dec. 2003
- Recipient, First Class Distinction Award, Civil Defense of Venezuela, Apr. 2001
- Deputy Director, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMFW), Nov. 1, 1991 – Dec. 1994
- Director, Operational Department, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Jan. 1990 – Oct. 1991
- Director, Weather Forcasting, French National Meteorological Service (Météo-France), Jan. 1986 – Dec. 1989
- Researcher, Numerical Weather Prediction, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, June 1978 – Dec. 1985
- Researcher, French National Meteorological Service (Météo-France), Sep. 1976 – May 1978
- Education:
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- Ingénieur de la Météorologie (similar to a Master’s Degree), Ecole de la Météorologie Nationale (France), 1976
- Ingénieur de l’Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole Polytechnique (France), 1974
- Other:
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- Born in France on Jan. 31, 1952