The actresses Jeanne Balibar and Marina Hands, the singer Gilbert Montagné and the Nobel prize winner Gérard Mourou appear in the New Year promotion of the National Order of the Legion of Honor published Wednesday 1st January to Official newspaper, which distinguishes 483 other people “Illustrious or unknown”.
Civil promotion of the Legion of Honor of 1st january brings together 487 people “Divided between 395 knights, 73 officers, 13 commanders, 4 grand officers and 2 grand’cross”, said the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honor in a statement.
In this promotion two resistance fighters, Pierre Simonet and Edgard Tupët-Thomé, both companions of the Liberation, are raised to the dignity of grand’croix, the highest dignity.
Sociologist Claudine Herzlich and Egyptologist Christiane Ziegler have risen to the rank of great officer, as have Albanian writers Ismaël Kadaré and Franco-Bulgarian Julia Kristeva.
In the field of culture, the actresses Jeanne Balibar, Marina Hands and Chantal Lauby are appointed knight, as is Jean-François Chougnet, president of the Museum of Civilizations in Europe and the Mediterranean (Mucem) in Marseille. Singer Gilbert Montagné is promoted to officer.
Arsène Wenger promoted to officer
The promotion also includes Stéphane Israël, president of Arianespace named knight and Gérard Mourou, Nobel Prize in physics, promoted to officer.
In the ecological and climatological fields, Nathalie de Noblet-Ducoudré, researcher, member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and Sophie Paturle-Guesnerot, Managing Director of Demeter Partners, are appointed knight.
In the field of sport, Arsène Wenger, director of world football development at FIFA is promoted to officer and Bernard Serin, president of FC Metz, appointed knight.
Among the personalities of the economic world, are notably named knight Bertrand Camus, general manager of the Suez group, Karima Silvent, HR director of the Axa group, and Virginie Basselot, head chef.
Former ministers and former parliamentarians are also part of this promotion including the former minister and mayor of Boulogne Jean-Pierre Fourcade, promoted to officer, and Jean Glavany, appointed knight.
“Founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, the Legion of Honor is the highest of French national distinctions. Today, it has 92,000 members, rewarded for their outstanding merits in the service of the nation “, says the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honor.
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