{"id":9633,"date":"2025-08-21T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatercouncil.org\/?p=9633"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:50:44","slug":"rene-coulomb-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatercouncil.org\/fr\/rene-coulomb-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9c\u00e8s de Ren\u00e9 Coulomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chers coll\u00e8gues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nous venons d'apprendre le d\u00e9c\u00e8s de Ren\u00e9 Coulomb, l'un des tout premiers gouverneurs de notre Conseil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ren\u00e9 Coulomb, \u00e9minent professionnel de l'eau, a fait sa carri\u00e8re \u00e0 la Lyonnaise des Eaux (aujourd'hui Suez). Il a contribu\u00e9 au d\u00e9veloppement de la compagnie Suez, notamment en France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u00e8s la cr\u00e9ation du Conseil mondial de l'eau, Ren\u00e9 Coulomb a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le de premier plan aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de Mahmoud Abou Zeid et Ismael Serageldin, deux des fondateurs du Conseil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 responsable de la r\u00e9daction des statuts du Conseil, dont la plupart sont encore en vigueur aujourd'hui.<br>Ren\u00e9 Coulomb a \u00e9t\u00e9 gouverneur du Conseil de 1996 \u00e0 2009, o\u00f9 il a apport\u00e9 sa double exp\u00e9rience d'ing\u00e9nieur et de gestionnaire.<br>Nous nous souvenons de lui comme d'un homme de grande culture, engag\u00e9 au service des autres et curieux de toutes les innovations, qu'elles soient technologiques ou manag\u00e9riales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nous pr\u00e9sentons nos sinc\u00e8res condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 sa famille et \u00e0 ses proches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loic Fauchon<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear colleagues, We have just learned of the passing of Ren\u00e9 Coulomb, one of the very first Governors of our Council. 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