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Jean-Jacques Aillagon | |
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 Jean-Jacques Aillagon (2021) | |
| French Minister of Culture | |
| In office 7 May 2002 – 31 March 2004 | |
| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Pierre Raffarin |
| Preceded by | Catherine Tasca |
| Succeeded by | Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 October 1946 Metz, France |
| Political party | UMP |
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]
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- ^ a b "Jean-Jacques Aillagon". www.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ de Lacharrière, Marc Ladreit (2019). "Jacques Chirac Et La Culture". Revue des Deux Mondes: 22–28. ISSN 0750-9278. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Ministry of Culture celebrates 15 years of the Aillagon Law". www.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Carnie, Christopher (2017). How philanthropy is changing in Europe (1 ed.). Bristol University Press. p. 107. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Mun-Delsalle, Y.-Jean. "In Conversation With Jean-Jacques Aillagon, CEO Of The Pinault Collection". Forbes. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Bonami in Venice, a New French Culture Minister, and More