In France, the members of these grand corps have great importance in the government administration, since many executive positions are held by them.
Also many CEOs of French companies come straight out of these Grand Corps.
The administrative grands corps mainly recruit graduates of the École nationale d'administration (ENA).
Georges Pompidou was member of the Conseil d'État, François Hollande and Jacques Chirac were both members of the Cour des comptes, and Emmanuel Macron, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Michel Rocard were members of the Inspection des finances.
[4] In January 2009, a report on the future of the technical grands corps was sent to the Prime Minister.