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Jonathan Favreau this Jon favreau , born the In Winchester, is the director of the Barack Obama speeches editorial office, President of the United States, from 2009 to 2013.

He acquired a certain notoriety thanks to the drafting of strong, clear and poignant speeches for Barack Obama during the Democratic primaries and then American presidential elections of 2008. He was, after the accession of Obama to the presidency of the United States, regularly considered one of spin doctors of the White House.

Jon Favreau and Barack Obama in the oval office on April 14, 2009 for the revision of a speech.

From a Franco-Canadian descent, Jon Favreau is from Massachusetts. After brilliant studies of political science in College of the Holy Cross The Worcester [ first ] , of which he graduated from a B.A. in 2003 [ 2 ] and of which he is the treasurer, then the chairman of the debates commission of the student section of the Democratic Party [ 2 ] , he participated in John Kerry’s campaign for the 2004 presidential election: initially responsible for bringing extracts from broadcast programs, he ended up joining the speeches’ editorial team and became the assistant of the main feather of the Democratic Democratic candidate .

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During the Democrat Convention, he met for the first time Barack Obama, responsible for delivering the program. While Obama repeats his speech behind the scenes, he indicates a dissonance on a sentence [ 3 ] , thus pointing out of the future senator. Shortly after his election in the Senate, he hired him on the recommendations of Robert Gibbs, a former press officer of candidate Kerry, who was also one of his advisers.

Main feather of Barack Obama during the electoral campaign for the 2008 presidential election, having thus written the victory speech during the Iowa caucuses, he became, after the victory of the Democratic candidate, director of the speeches editorial office ( Director of Speechwriting ) to the White House [ 4 ] . He is the youngest to exercise this function since James Fallows, under the chairmanship of Jimmy Carter (1977-1979 [ 5 ] ).

He is notably responsible for writing the inauguration speech of Obama the [ 6 ] . He is very much expressed in the media, who consider him to be spin doctor (Communication Advisor) of the White House, in which he has an office, located near the Oval office.

In , Favreau leaves his duties at the White House and decides to turn to the writing of scripts for the cinema [ 7 ] .

  1. ↑ He is thus responsible for delivering the graduation speech ( valedictory speech ) by SA promotion (cf. « Obama Speechwriter Jon Favreau’s College Valedictory Speech Six Years Ago » , The Des Moines Register , ), privilege granted to the very best students.
  2. ↑ a et b (in) « Favreau named valedictorian » “Archived copy” (version of January 30, 2009 on Internet Archive ) , The Crusader , .
  3. ↑ (in) « Profile: Barack Obama’s speechwriter Jon Favreau » , The Times , .
  4. ↑ (in) « President-Elect Barack Obama names two new White House staff members » , Change.gov .
  5. ↑ (in) James Fallows, « I am shocked to see a factual error in today’s Washington Post! » , The Atlantic , .
  6. ↑ (in) « Obama inauguration: Words of history… crafted by 27-year-old in Starbucks » , The Guardian , .
  7. ↑ (in) « Leaving West Wing to pursue Hollywood dream » , The Boston Globe , 3 mars 2013

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