Overview
- Christophe Leribault, previously president of the Château de Versailles and former head of Orsay and the Orangerie, was appointed in the Council of Ministers with a mandate to secure and modernize the museum.
- Laurence des Cars’s resignation was accepted by Emmanuel Macron, who called it an act of responsibility, and she was assigned a new mission on G7 museum cooperation.
- The change comes four months after an October 19 burglary in the Galerie d’Apollon, where eight Crown jewels valued at about €88 million were stolen in broad daylight.
- Official inquiries, including an administrative review and Cour des comptes report, found chronic underestimation of intrusion and theft risks and under-equipped security systems.
- Culture Minister Rachida Dati dropped the Philippe Jost reorganization mission and indicated that 17 reform measures are underway, as staff continue an intermittent strike and judicial probes, including a ticketing fraud case, progress.