Jean-Jacques Aillagon

Jean-Jacques Aillagon
Jean-Jacques Aillagon (2021)
French Minister of Culture
In office
7 May 2002 – 31 March 2004
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterJean-Pierre Raffarin
Preceded byCatherine Tasca
Succeeded byRenaud Donnedieu de Vabres
Personal details
Born (1946-10-02) 2 October 1946 (age 78)
Metz, France
Political partyUMP

Jean-Jacques Aillagon (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak ajaɡɔ̃]; born 2 October 1946, Metz) is a French museum director[1] and politician.[2]

Aillagon was a close confidant of Jacques Chirac,[3] as well as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) political party. He became Minister of Culture and Communication in 2002, a post in which he served until 2004.[2] During his time in government, Aillagon worked on a law concerning philanthropy, patronage, and foundations in France.[4][5]

Outside of politics, he has been the chairman at the Centre Georges Pompidou, the CEO of the worldwide satellite TV station TV5MONDE, and president of the Château de Versailles. Jean-Jacques Aillagon is a confidant of François Pinault and has worked as his art advisor.[6]

Aillagon is openly gay.[7]

  1. ^ Knorr, Katherine (6 July 2010). "Flinging Open Those Stately Salon Doors". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Jean-Jacques Aillagon". www.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  3. ^ de Lacharrière, Marc Ladreit (2019). "Jacques Chirac Et La Culture". Revue des Deux Mondes: 22–28. ISSN 0750-9278. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Ministry of Culture celebrates 15 years of the Aillagon Law". www.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  5. ^ Carnie, Christopher (2017). How philanthropy is changing in Europe (1 ed.). Bristol University Press. p. 107. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  6. ^ Mun-Delsalle, Y.-Jean. "In Conversation With Jean-Jacques Aillagon, CEO Of The Pinault Collection". Forbes. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  7. ^ Bonami in Venice, a New French Culture Minister, and More