Alain Geismar (born 17 July 1939 in Paris) is a French politician, physicist, and Honorary Inspector General of Education. He was one of the student leaders during the unrest of May 1968 in France. Geismar was born in the 16th arrondissement of Paris to an Alsatian Jewish family. He attended the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly high school and later became the fourth leader of the Union of Communist Students alongside André Senik. Geismar is married to Sylvie Wieviorka, deputy mayor of the Parti Socialiste (PS) of the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. He was previously married to Rédith Estenne, with...
