'''Thierry Breton''' (born January_15, 1955 in Paris) is the French Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industry. He was appointed on February_25, 2005, replacing Hervé_Gaymard.
He was born in the XIVe_arrondissement of Paris. He studied at Supélec and later at the Institut_des_hautes_études_de_défense_nationale.
He was the chief executive of France_Télécom. He is a knight of the Légion_d'honneur and an officer of the Ordre_National_du_Mérite.
He was an entrepreneur in New York and wrote novels about cyberspace at one time, including a science-fiction best seller entitled "Softwar".
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