Françoise Nyssen
Françoise Nyssen | |
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Minister of Culture | |
In office 17 May 2017 – 16 October 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe |
Preceded by | Audrey Azoulay |
Succeeded by | Franck Riester |
Personal details | |
Born | (1951-06-09) 9 June 1951 Etterbeek, Belgium |
Nationality | Belgian French |
Parents | Hubert Nyssen Christine Le Bœuf |
Alma mater | Université libre de Bruxelles |
Françoise Nyssen (born 9 June 1951) is a French-Belgian publisher and politician, former director of Actes Sud. From 2017 until 2018, she served as Minister of Culture of France in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe.
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Career
3 Other activities
3.1 Corporate boards
3.2 Non-profit organizations
4 References
Early life and education
Françoise Nyssen grew up and attended university in Belgium.[1] She has a maîtrise (Master's degree) from the Institut supérieur d’urbanisme et de rénovation urbaine in Brussels.
Career
Early in her career, Nyssen worked first as an urban planner in Paris.[2]
In 1987, Nyssen became an associate and presiding director of Actes Sud publisher, founded by her father Hubert Nyssen,[1] and located in Arles.[3] Françoise Nyssen and her husband founded in 2014 the school Domaine du possible, using Steiner-Waldorf paedagogical methods.[4] The school settled in a farm a few kilometers away from Arles center, where a hundred pupils, aged from 3 to 16, are enrolled on September 2016.[4]
On 17 May 2017, Nyssen was appointed as French Minister of Culture, as the successor of Audrey Azoulay.[2] On 13 November 2017, she announced the launch of a new fund to support young designers with 300,000 € to be invested in 10 projects yearly.[5]
During her time in office, Nyssen faced accusations over renovations done in her previous publishing house’s outpost in Arles in 2011.[6] Shortly after, the public prosecutor’s office in Paris launched a preliminary investigation into Nyssen, after French weekly Le Canard Enchaîné reported that she had failed to declare building renovations in her prior career as a publisher.[6] In October 2018, she was replaced by Franck Riester in a cabinet reshuffle.[7]
Other activities
Corporate boards
EuropaCorp, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2017)
Société Marseillaise de Crédit (SMC), Member of the Supervisory Board
Non-profit organizations
Rencontres d'Arles, Member of the Board of Directors (-2017)[8]
References
^ ab Mounier, Frédéric (10 October 2014). "Françoise Nyssen, éditrice bienveillante". La Croix (in French)..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab "Gouvernement : Françoise Nyssen, une éditrice à la Culture". Le Moniteur (in French). 17 May 2017.
^ Douroux, Philippe (19 February 2016). "Françoise Nyssen, le charme discret de l'éditrice". Libération (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ ab Floc'h, Benoît (10 October 2014). "Le Domaine du possible, une école pour "faire bouger les lignes"". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 18 November 2018..
^ Foreman, Katya (13 November 2017). "France's Minister of Culture Announces Fashion Fund". WWD. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ ab Young, Zachary (24 August 2018). "Paris prosecutor launches probe into French culture minister". Politico Europe. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
^ Bisserbe, Noemie (16 October 2018). "Macron, Under Pressure, Walks Tight Line With Cabinet Appointments". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "Françoise Nyssen nommée ministre de la Culture". Rencontres d'Arles (in French). 17 May 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2018.