The mediator book Laurence Engel was appointed head of the National Library of France, the statement of the Council of Ministers issued Wednesday. Laurence Engel, 49, wife of former presidential adviser Aquilino Morelle, is the first woman at the head of the BNF, most important cultural institution in France. Appointed for a term of five years, she succeeds Bruno Racine.
The appointment of a new chairman of the BNF was eagerly awaited as Bruno Racine officially left his office last Friday. “I hope that, in its wisdom, the executive will soon find my successor”, said Bruno Racine, during his farewell party Friday.
Companion of Aquilino Morelle
“first woman appointed to this position, Laurence Engel will first mission to offer one of the ambitious public policy, both careful to french and foreign students and researchers, but also strongly oriented towards population younger and sometimes distant culture, “the statement from the Ministry of Culture announced his arrival at the head of the BNF. This is one of the first appointments since the arrival of Audrey Azoulay for Culture, in February.
Former Director of Cabinet of the Minister of Culture Aurélie Filippetti, Laurence Engel also was responsible for cultural Affairs of the City of Paris. This former student of ENS and ENA, master counselor at the Court of Auditors (as Bruno Racine), is the companion of Aquilino Morelle, former adviser to Francois Hollande, who resigned in 2014 after having been decision about a possible illegal interest in connection with pharmaceutical laboratories. In early March, the preliminary investigation was aimed discontinued.
Since 2014, Laurence Engel was mediating the book, Board Chair of the Institut national d’histoire de l’art and Chair of the Finance Committee of Agence France-Presse.
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