Jean-Jacques Aillagon
Jean-Jacques Aillagon (born 2 October 1946, Metz) is a French museum director and politician.
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 |
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| Born | 2 October 1946 Metz, France |
| Political party | UMP |
Aillagon was a close confidant of Jacques Chirac, 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. During his time in government, Aillagon worked on a law concerning philanthropy, patronage, and foundations in France.
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.
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