Dr. Sylvain Charat is a graduate from the University of the Sorbonne, Paris, was chief of staff for a former French Minister of Finance in the French National Assembly, and is now a public affairs consultant, specializing in the welfare system.

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Dr. Sylvain Charat is a graduate from the University of the Sorbonne, Paris, was chief political adviser of a former French Minister of Finance in the French National Assembly, and is now a public affairs consultant, specializing in the welfare system.

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