Denis Jeambar (born 1948 in Valréas) is a French journalist.
Biography Having started his career at Paris-Match in 1970, he joined Le Point in 1972, rising to chief of its political staff in 1981. In 1988 he became editor-in-chief, as well as editor-in-chief of the political and cultural staffs. In 1995, Jeambar became general director of Europe 1 and after a few months, of L'Express. In 2001 he became president of the directory of Groupe Express-Expansion. In August 2006, he became director of Seuil editions.
According to the French electronic magazine La République des Lettres, Jeambar is ideologically close to neoconservatism, having displayed in the French journal L'Express "the opinion of the neoconservative, atlantist and zionist french right, mostly represented recently in France by former President Nicolas Sarkozy".Éric Frezel, « Denis Jeambar quitte L'Express pour les Éditions du Seuil. » , La République des Lettres, 9 août 2006. René-Éric Dagorn underlines Jeambar's ideological proximity with Samuel Huntington, author of the "Clash of civilizations":« Huntington ou la culture de l'ennemi. » , EspacesTemps.net, 5 mars 2003. according to him, Denis Jeambar and Alain Louyot have written an article published in L'Express, September 13, 2001, in which "all the arguments point to Huntington [...]".
According to French author Guillaume Weill-Raynal Denis Jeambar, along with journalist Daniel Leconte, has played an important role in the building of the controversy around the Muhammad al-Durrah incident.Guillaume Weill-Raynal, Affaire Mohamed Al Doura : les vrais imposteurs ont gagné, Marianne2 du 26 mai 2008,
He has been a member of the think tank Le Siècle.Frédéric Saliba, 'Le pouvoir à la table du Siècle', in Stratégies, issue 1365, April 14, 2005, p. 49
Bibliography Nos enfants nous haïront with Jacqueline Rémy, Éditions du Seuil, 2006 Le défi du monde with Claude Allègre, Fayard, 2006 Accusé Chirac, levez vous !, Seuil, 2005 Les dictateurs à penser et autres donneurs de leçon, Seuil, 2004 Un secret d'état, Odile Jacob, 1997 Questions de France, Fayard, 1996 L'inconnu de Goa, Grasset, 1996 La Grande Lessive : anarchie et corruption with Jean-Marc Lech, Flammarion, 1995 Le jour ou la girafe s'est assise, Arléa, 1994 Le self-service électoral, with Jean-Marc Lech, Flammarion, 1993 Le poisson pourrit par la tête, with José Frèches, Seuil, 1992 Éloge de la trahison : de l'art de gouverner par le reniement en collaboration with Yves Roucaute, Seuil, 1988 Dieu s'amuse, Robert Laffont, 1985 Le PC dans la maison, Calmann-Lévy, 1984 George Gershwin, Éditions Mazarine, 1982 Sur la route de Flagstaff, Stock, 1980
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