Laurent Nuñez-Belda (born 19 February 1964) is a French civil servant and independent politician who has served as Head of the National Center of Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism (CNRLT) from 2020 to 2022. From 2018 until 2020, he was as Secretary of State to the

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in the

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. He served as director-general of the

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(DGSI) from 2017 to 2018.

Early life and education

Nuñez studied

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and joined the

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in 1989. In 1999, he graduated from the

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(ENA).

Career

In 2012, Nuñez became a ''directeur de cabinet'' at the

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, and in 2015 he was appointed as police prefect in

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. As part of the reorganisation of the French intelligence services Nuñez was appointed as director-general of DGSI on 22 June 2017, and succeeded Patrick Calvar. He pursued a new policy of "openness." On 16 October 2018 he served as Secretary of State to the

, under the leadership of minister

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. He was especially responsible for the coordination of the intelligence services and the police. In July 2020, Nuñez was appointed Head of the National Center of Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism (CNRLT), succeeding

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Honours

* On 26 September 2016, Nuñez was awarded the Insignia rank of the Order of the Aztec Eagle by the then president of Mexico,

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.Granting the Decoration of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle to thirty-one citizens of the French Republic
- website of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nunez, Laurent 1964 births Living people Politicians from Bourges University of Tours alumni École nationale d'administration alumni French people of Spanish descent Renaissance (French political party) politicians General Directorate for Internal Security Spymasters