Jacques Mistral (born September 22, 1947) is a French economist and professor.
[2] Mistral has held several professorships: from 1978 to 1992, he was a professor of economics at Université Paris-Nord; from 1974 to 1992, at ENSAE; from 1984 to 1994, at the École Polytechnique; and from 1982 to 1996, at Sciences Po.
From 1988 to 1992, he was an economic advisor for the then-prime minister, Michel Rocard; from 2000 to 2001, he was a special advisor of political economy and international relations for the Minister of Economics, Finances, and Industry, Laurent Fabius.
He was also a senior fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University from 2005 to 2006.
[5] In the French presidential election of 2012, Mistral endorsed Socialist Party candidate and eventual winner François Hollande.