Health news requires, the exceptional promotion of the Legion of Honor and the National Order of Merit of January 1 this year distinguishes several hundred personalities, more particularly committed in the fight against Covid 19 in recent months, some distinguished by virtue of posthumous. This is the case, for example, with Dr Jean Pouaha, hospital practitioner at the CHR of Metz-Thionville or Dr Sylvain Welling, general practitioner at L’Hôpital. In addition, many practitioners are honored such as the president of Samu Urgences de France, François Braun, head of emergencies at the CHR of Metz-Thionville, elevated to the distinction of knight. On the Alsatian side, where we were very early on in the front line, distinguished figures such as Yannick Gottwalles, head of the Colmar emergency department, Marc Noizet, emergency practitioner and head of the emergency department, or Corinne Krencker director of the Mulhouse hospital, appointed knights.
From Philippe Richert to Carole Gaessler
But the health orientation of the 2021 promotion list is also expanding to other channels, such as the press, politics or the management of public responsibilities. The journalist of Thionville origin Carole Gaessler (France Television) is appointed to the rank of knight. Philippe Richert (former president of the Grand Est region), an officer since July 2017, is elevated to the rank of commander. Prefect of Moselle, Laurent Touvet, for his part, was promoted to the rank of officer. Former director of the regional health agency Grand Est, Marie-Ange Desailly-Chanson reaches the rank of officer.
Medical director of a telemedicine company, Hervé Vespignani is distinguished with the rank of knight, just like the former mayor of Nancy Laurent Hénart for his fight as an elected official in the metropolis of Nancy.
François Vannson, Fabrice Bizé …
We find him alongside François Vannson, president of the Vosges departmental council, and Gérard Fillon president of the association of mayors of Meuse, recently declared positive. Franck Leroy, mayor of Epernay and head of the departmental council of the Marne, is also included in these distinctions, as is Martine Escolano, president of the chamber of instruction at the court of appeal of Nancy.
The Ministry of Justice has also chosen to honor Bruno Frémont, forensic pathologist in Nancy and Christian Mercuri, public prosecutor in Metz, as well as the Vosgien Fabrice Bizé at the head of the company Berjac or Gérard Claudel, boss of the CCI 88. Annie Silvestri, vice-president of the CD 54, delegate for the autonomy of the people is raised to the rank of knight. A volunteer member of a departmental association fighting against exclusion, Josette Tofolini is distinguished, as is Bénédicte Wissemberg, general practitioner in private practice in Mirecourt or Jean-Paul Mir, in Bar-sur-Seine.
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