Serge Lasvignes (6 March 1954 – 15 February 2025) was a French government official.

Life and career

Born in

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

on 6 March 1954, Lasvignes studied letters at the

École nationale d'administration The (; ENA; ) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by the then Provisional Government of the French Republic, provisional chief of government Charles de Gaulle and principal co-author of the Constitution of France, 1958 Constitution M ...

. He became a '' Conseiller d'État'' in 2005 and became ' the following year, replacing Jean-Marc Sauvé. Under his leadership, the secretariat began monitoring the transposition of directives, implementing decrees of laws, and monitoring the reform of the decentralized French state. On 4 March 2015, Lasvignes was appointed president of the

Centre Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the (), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of ...

. His appointment attracted criticism due to his previous positions and lack of experience in cultural affairs. On 1 April 2020, he was reappointed to the position. He retired from the post on 29 June 2021. On 3 October 2021, he was appointed president of the '. He served in this role until 1 February 2025. Lasvignes died on 15 February 2025, at the age of 70.

Decorations

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

**Knight (1999) **Officer (2008) **Commander (2017) *Grand Officer of the

Ordre national du Mérite The (; ) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's establishment was twofold: to replace the large number of ...

(2023) *Officer (2016), Commander (2021) of the

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The Order of Arts and Letters () is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant ...

* 3rd Class of the Order of the Rising Sun (2020)

References

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