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Jean-Christophe Parisot
French political scientist (1967–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jean-Christophe Parisot de Bayard (20 June 1967 – 18 October 2020) was a French political scientist and disability activist with tetraplegia due to myopathy.
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Early life and education
He was born in Douala, Cameroon. At ten he was diagnosed with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. His two sisters also have this condition. In 1989 he became the first disabled student to graduate from the Sciences Po.[1]
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. In 1997 he established the National League of Disabled Students.[2] He graduated in 1995 and became a doctor in political science.[3]
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Career
Parisot served as a ministerial delegate in the French Ministry of Employment and Disability Integration.[4] He was also the president and founder of the Collectif des Démocrates Handicapés (Collective of Disabled Democrats).[5] in 2002 and 2007 he ran for presidency just to show that disabled people also can take difficult tasks.[6]
Parisot died on 18 October 2020 at the age of 53.[7]
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