Given the question: Read the bio below and try to give details on richard french -lrb- canadian politician -rrb- 's: - successor - party - predecessor - office - term end - term start - birth date - name - birth place - alma mater Bio: richard d. french -lrb- born february 25 , 1947 -rrb- is a canadian businessman , academic , and a former politician . born in montreal , quebec , french received a bachelor of science degree from the university of british columbia in 1968 and a d. phil . from the university of oxford in 1973 . from 1971 to 1972 , he was an assistant professor of history at princeton university . from 1972 to 1973 , he was an assistant adviser to the ministry of state for science and technology . from 1973 to 1974 , he was an advisor to the science council of canada . from 1974 to 1977 , he worked in the privy council office . from 1977 to 1981 , he was an associate professor at the faculty of management at mcgill university . from 1978 to 1981 , he was a partner at secor . he was elected to the national assembly of quebec for the riding of westmount in 1981 . a liberal , he was re-elected in 1985 . he held various ministerial positions in the cabinet of robert bourassa . he did not run in 1989 . after leaving politics , he became held various vice presidential positions at bell canada from 1989 to 1996 . from 1996 to 1999 , he was president and ceo of tata communications in hyderabad , india . he was vice-chairman -lrb- telecommunications -rrb- of the canadian radio-television and telecommunications commission from 2005 to 2007 . in 2007 , he became a professor at the university of ottawa . he is currently the inaugural chairholder of the cn paul m. tellier chair on business and public policy . he is the author of '' how ottawa decides : planning and industrial policy-making 1968-1980 '' published in 1984 . he is also the author of several scholarly articles including an analysis of the concept of political capital , and a provocative account of the ways in which academics misunderstand the the nature of political office .
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- successor is richard holden- party is liberal- predecessor is george springate- office is member of the national assembly of quebec for westmount- term end is 1989- term start is 1981- birth date is 25 february 1947- name is richard d. french- birth place is montreal , quebec- alma mater is university of british columbia university of oxford