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Nicolas Revel
Director of the Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2022
Preceded by	Martin Hirsch
Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister
In office 3 July 2020 – 16 May 2022
Prime Minister	Jean Castex
Preceded by	Benoît Ribadeau-Dumas
Succeeded by	Aurelien Rousseau
Director of the National Fund for Health Insurance
In office 12 November 2014 – 3 July 2020
Preceded by	Frédéric van Roekeghem
Succeeded by	Thomas Fatome
Deputy Secretary-General to the President
In office 15 May 2012 – 12 November 2014 Serving with Emmanuel Macron
President	François Hollande
Preceded by	Jean Castex
Succeeded by	Boris Vallaud
Personal details
Born	(1966-05-26) 26 May 1966 Paris, France
Parent(s)	Jean-François Revel Claude Sarraute
Alma mater	Sciences Po École nationale d'administration

Nicolas Revel, né Ricard (French pronunciation: [nikɔla ʁəvɛl]; born 26 May 1966) is a French senior civil servant. He was the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff between 3 July 2020 and 16 May 2022. He was Assistant General Secretary of the President alongside Emmanuel Macron from 2012 to 2014, then Director of the National Health Insurance Fund from 2014 to 2020.

Family

Nicolas Revel, born Ricard, is the son of academician Jean-François Revel and journalist Claude Sarraute. His maternal grandmother, Nathalie Sarraute, came to France as a child from what is now Russia.

On his mother's side, he has two half-brothers, Laurent and Martin, and a half-sister, Véronique. On his father's side, he has a half-sister, Ève, and a half-brother, Matthieu Ricard, a Buddhist monk and a writer. His aunts are Anne Sarraute and photographer Dominique Sarraute.

He has three sons named Simon, David, and Benjamin.

Career

A graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Public Service section, class of 1988) and former student of the École nationale d'administration (class of Léon-Gambetta, 1991–1993), Nicolas Revel joined the Court of Auditors as legal adviser.

In 2000, he was appointed technical advisor by the Minister of Agriculture Jean Glavany.

After Bertrand Delanoë's victory in the 2001 municipal elections, the new mayor of Paris chose him as deputy chief of staff (in 2003). He appointed him Chief of Staff in 2008.