A decree dated May 6 reports the appointment of Thomas Janicot, master of requests at the Council of State, as head of the legal and international affairs department (SAJI), at the general secretariat of the Ministry of Culture.
This appointment, effective since May 11, extends over a period of three years, with a probationary period of six months. A graduate of the National School of Administration, Thomas Janicot was notably coordinator of the deconfinement strategy during the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2021, alongside the Prime Minister.
Created in 2010, the SAJI is responsible for state policy on copyright and related rights, with expertise covering heritage law and artistic and literary creation, general public law, public economic law, social law, as well as protection law. personal data. It defines and implements the European policy of the ministry, as well as international cultural cooperation.
Cécile Favarel-Garrigues, for her part, is appointed head of department, deputy to the general director of artistic creation, from June 1, 2026, for a period of three years, with a probationary period of six months, according to a decree published on May 14 last.
General Secretary of Oppic, Operator of heritage and real estate projects of Culture, between 2015 and 2020, Cécile Favarel-Garrigues then worked within the Directorate of Finance, Purchasing and Services (DFAS) of the social ministries (Ministry of Labor and Solidarities, Ministry of Health, Families, Autonomy and Disabled People).
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The General Directorate of Artistic Creation (DGCA) “ defines, coordinates and evaluates state policy relating to the visual arts and performing arts, placing it within a broader logic of territorial planning and development ”, details the website of the Ministry of Culture.
Photography: The facade of the Ministry of Culture (illustration, ActuaLitté, CC BY SA 4.0)
By Antoine Oury
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