Thibault Muzergues
Resident Program Director, Europe, International Republican Institute
Thibault Muzergues has been working at the International Republican Institute since 2011, and currently serves as its Europe Program Director, working with political parties to preserve and promote democracy around the continent. Prior to his work at IRI, Thibault was for 5 years a fundraiser and direct marketing consultant to France’s leading party UMP and Nicolas Sarkozy. He started his career in London, United Kingdom, where he served as advisor to the British Conservatives, both at regional and local levels.
At IRI, Thibault specializes in work with political parties, assisting their development as a way to stabilize political systems, and regularly trains politicians and young leaders on new developments in the political field. He is the author of a book on the evolution of the party systems in the West, La Quadrature des Classes, which will be published in English by Routledge as The Great Class Shift: How Four Social Tribes Are Redefining Western Politics in November 2019. Thibault is a regular contributor to France’s major newspapers (Le Monde, Le Figaro, Libération, Marianne, etc.), as well as English-language and Spanish-language media.
Thibault graduated from the London School of Economics (UK; MSc Russian and Post-Soviet Studies) and Sciences-Po Paris (France, Masters in Public Administration, Summa Cum Laude).
Resident Program Director, Europe, International Republican Institute
Thibault Muzergues has been working at the International Republican Institute since 2011, and currently serves as its Europe Program Director, working with political parties to preserve and promote democracy around the continent. Prior to his work at IRI, Thibault was for 5 years a fundraiser and direct marketing consultant to France’s leading party UMP and Nicolas Sarkozy. He started his career in London, United Kingdom, where he served as advisor to the British Conservatives, both at regional and local levels.
At IRI, Thibault specializes in work with political parties, assisting their development as a way to stabilize political systems, and regularly trains politicians and young leaders on new developments in the political field. He is the author of a book on the evolution of the party systems in the West, La Quadrature des Classes, which will be published in English by Routledge as The Great Class Shift: How Four Social Tribes Are Redefining Western Politics in November 2019. Thibault is a regular contributor to France’s major newspapers (Le Monde, Le Figaro, Libération, Marianne, etc.), as well as English-language and Spanish-language media.
Thibault graduated from the London School of Economics (UK; MSc Russian and Post-Soviet Studies) and Sciences-Po Paris (France, Masters in Public Administration, Summa Cum Laude).