Background
Ardant, Philippe Marie Joseph Maurice was born on July 21, 1929 in Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe, Haute-Vienne, France. Son of Pierre Ardant and Jacqueline de Lapierre de la Rouvière.
Ardant, Philippe Marie Joseph Maurice was born on July 21, 1929 in Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe, Haute-Vienne, France. Son of Pierre Ardant and Jacqueline de Lapierre de la Rouvière.
Doctor in Public Law, Faculté de droit de Paris.
Professor of law University of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco, 1956—1958, University of Beyrouth, Beyrouth, Lebanon, 1958—1960, Faculté de droit, Poitiers, France, 1960—1965. Counsel for culture Embassy of France, China, 1965—1967. Professor of law Faculté de droit, 1967—1969, University of Paris-X Nanterre, Paris, 1969—1971.
Counsel for culture Embassy of France, Morocco, 1971—1975. Professor of law University of Paris-V René Descartes, Paris, 1976—1977. Founder and president Pouvoirs, since 1977.
Professor of law University of Paris-II Panthéon-Assas, Paris, since 1977. Director Institut du Monde Arabe, 1980—1980, president, 1981—1985. Professor of law Institute d'études politiques de Paris, 1990—1997.
President University of Paris-II Panthéon-Assas, 1993—1997, honorary president, since 1997.
Married Margarita de Zayas d'Harcourt, December 26, 1958. Children: François, Gabriel.