Founder & President :
- Guy Lardeyret, political scientist
Co-fondateurs :
- Jean Foyer (1921-2008), president of the Commission of Laws of the National Assembly, past Government Minister, member of Académie des Sciences morales et politiques
- Jean Baechler (1937-2022), chairman teacher of department of historical sociology at the Sorbonne, member of Académie des Sciences morales et politiques
- Bernard Owen (1928-2023), Doctor of Law, general secretary of the Centre d’études comparatives des élections (Universié de Droit, Paris 2)