Please answer the following question: Alain Richard born on 29 August 1945 in Paris is a French politician. An alumnus of the Ecole nationale d'administration he was mayor of Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone and member of the French parliament elected in Val d'Oise. A member of the French socialist party and ally of Lionel Jospin he was the French Minister of Defense from 1997 to 2002. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Office Holder