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Haddad was born in the 16th arrondissement of Paris in a Sephardic Jewish family from Tunisia.[3] He obtained a Master of Arts in international affairs from Sciences Po in Paris and an MA from HEC Paris in financial economics.[4]
Early career
From 2014 to 2018, Haddad was a fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC.[5] From 2019 to 2022, he worked as senior director of the Atlantic Council's Europe Centre.[4][6] In 2019, he published his book Le paradis perdu : L'Amérique de Trump et la fin des illusions européennes.
In September 2024, Haddad was appointed to the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier as Minister Delegate for European Affairs under Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.[3] In the days following his appointment, he announced he would advocate for the European Union to tighten its immigration policy guidelines: "Everywhere, in all of our countries, beyond the left-right divide, there's a strong demand from our citizens to take control of our immigration".[9]