Corps des mines

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The Template:Lang (Template:IPA) is the foremost technical Grand Corps of the French State.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is composed of the state industrial engineers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Corps is attached to the French Ministry of Economy and Finance.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its purpose is to entice French students in mathematics and physics to serve the government and train them for executive careers in France.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Education and Recruitment

Members are educated at the Template:Lang, also known as Mines ParisTech.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Each year, the Corps recruits between 10 and 20 members. Most are alumni from École polytechnique, usually among the top-ranked students; others come from École normale supérieure (ENS), Télécom Paris, or Mines ParisTech graduates.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career Path

Being admitted to the Corps des mines program is considered a significant fast-track for executive careers in France.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Corps des Mines engineers typically hold high-level technical or executive positions in various ministries or international organizations. After serving in the administration, some engineers transfer to the private sector, holding top executive positions in large industrial companies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Missions

Corps des Mines engineers contribute to the conception, implementation, and evaluation of public policies in the fields of:

• industry and economy
• energy and natural resources
• information and communication technologies
• environmental sustainability, industrial safety, and public health
• research, innovation, and new technologies
• land use planning and transportation
• standardization and metrology
• banking, insurance, and financial services<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable Members

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• Armand Dufrénoy (1792-1857)
• Gabriel Lamé (1795-1870)
• Élie de Beaumont (1798-1874)
• Émile Clapeyron (1799-1864), founder of thermodynamics
• Michel Chevalier (1806-1879)
• Frédéric le Play (1806-1882)
• Henri Victor Regnault (1810-1878)
• Louis Le Chatelier (1815-1873)
• Charles-Eugène Delaunay (1816-1872)
• Achille Delesse (1817-1881)
• Charles de Freycinet (1828-1923), prime minister of France
• Camille Jordan (1838-1922)
• Henry Le Chatelier (1850-1936), chemist
• Henry Küss (1852-1914)
• Henri Poincaré (1854-1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Albert Lebrun (1871-1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Conrad Schlumberger (1878-1936)
• Maurice Allais (1911-2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Anne Lauvergeon (1959)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>